Which of these scams do you know about and who do you need to share these details with so they're protected?
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Your new Medicare card
Fraudulant AARP letter
A client who has a general membership with AARP but is not affiliated with any AARP benefit plans received this letter seeking personal information. AARP is not aware of other letters like this and is conducting an investigation. If you or someone you know receives this letter, please let Senior Medicare Patrol-SMP or AARP know as they look into this matter. Be wary when asked to share personal information!
Free cardiovascular disease screening
Extended Medicare Open Enrollment for Fire Victims
Medicare issued a memo that granted additional time for eligible fire victims to enroll or switch their Part D prescription drug plans or Advantage plans.
Typically the annual open enrollment period is Oct.15 through Dec.7 to review the new 2018 plan options and make changes.
A Special Enrollment Period was granted until March 31 for all Medicare beneficiaries and their responsible parties who were affected by the fires and live in the counties of Napa, Sonoma, Lake and Mendocino.
Medicare MAY be calling
Some Medicare beneficiaries will receive direct contact from Medicare to conduct either a phone or in-home, in-person interview. To informed beneficiaries, this may sound like fraud. In fact, recently the CMS Regional Offices received a few inquiries from SHIPs and SMPs on behalf of beneficiaries contacted to participate.
Guard your card!
With the new Medicare cards coming out in 2018, it's important to do the following:
Marin Town Hall draws crowd regarding ACA
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Video – 60 Minutes regarding Part D prices
New Medicare Cards in 2018 BEWARE of scams
Have you heard you’ll be getting a new Medicare card? Wondering when or why? This isn’t happening until April 2018 but scammers are already jumping on the confusion as an opportunity for fraud. That’s why we’re sharing some facts.
