What is a Aging Disability Resource Center? — Changes to Medicare Part D Perscription Drug Plans 10-16-11
An Aging Disability Resource Center, contrary to the name is not a place but is a resource that exists under the banner of the Area Agency on Aging around the US. It is designed as a one stop location for seniors and their families to get information and access to services that enable seniors to remain independent in their own. According to the Administration on Aging – ” The Aging and Disability Resource Center Program (ADRC), a collaborative effort of AoA and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), is designed to streamline access to long-term care. The ADRC program provides states with an opportunity to effectively integrate the full range of long-term supports and services into a single, coordinated system. By simplifying access to long-term care systems, ADRCs and other single point of entry (SEP) systems are serving as the cornerstone for long-term care reform in many states.”
Marie Allen – Executive Director of the Southwestern Area Agency on Aging in Bridgeport, CT discusses the Resource Center- What, How, Where and Why.
MEDICARE PERSCRIPTION DRUG PLAN – PART D This year as before there are significant changes that need to be known by those eligible or becoming eligible for Medicare. Perhaps most significant is the Enrollment and Plan Change Dates which are now OCT 15th to Dec 7th.
Lisa Alhabal Communications Specialist for the Area Agency on Aging offers timely and useful information that will make navigating this sometimes complex Medicare benefit a bit easier
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8/08/10 Medical Identity Theft
Not as widely known as your run of the mill Identity Theft, Medical Identity Theft can have a far more dangerous impact on a person. While it involves finances, it has the ability to undermine someones ability to get medical care, insurance and even a job. While the threat is known, means to thwart it are still being developed. The public knowledge of this is still relatively small. Katalin Goencz of MedBillAssist in Stamford, CT discusses how this affects each of us and what we can do to protect ourselves.
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Articles
Identity Theft Programs Are Vital for Compliance and Sound Business
http://www.aishealth.com/Bnow/hbd080210.html
Medical Identity Theft – Facts for Consumers
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/idtheft/idt10.shtm
Medical Identity Theft
http://www.voluntarybenefitsmagazine.com/article-detail.php?issue=issue14&article=medical-identity
7/11/10 Medicare Supplemental Insurance – Sam Deibler
Insurance companies offering coverage under Medigap or the Medicare Supplemental Insurance plan have premiums that vary by as mush as 400% in Connecticut. This may also apply to other states. What are the differences? Are there any differences? Sam Deibler, Director of the Commission on Aging in Greenwich CT discusses Medicare and in particular Medigap. Buyer beware applies here, Listen and learn.
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Aftercare Tips for Patients Checking Out of the Hospital
“Hospitals tend to focus their efforts on the admissions process, because that’s when the patient is most sick,” said Dr. Mark V. Williams, one of the authors of the study. “The discharge process can be just as important but rarely gets the same level of attention.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/19/health/19patient.html
What? Me Pay? – Poor Long Term Planning
What? Me Pay? – Poor Long Term Planning – a study conducted by Connecticut into what residents understandings and abilities are to plan for or provide for their long term care. The frightening results prompted the creation of a state website www.ct.gov/longtermcare is a resources for residents and others on what long term care is all about.
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Why Hospitals Want Your Credit Report
Why Hospitals Want Your Credit Report – Are they meddling or do they have a good reason. Knowing who won’t pay their bills is important, cause someone’s gonna have to.
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Digitized Medical Record
Digitized Medical Record – Becoming more and more a means of containing information that may help to clarify information and avoid life threatening mistakes.
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Medicare Pay for Performance
Medicare Pay for Performance-Can proactive services by medical providers improve health and drive down costs?
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A Guide Through a Medical Wilderness
THESE days, dealing with medical bills and insurance claims makes April 15 look easy. The medical jargon and inscrutable coding on invoices and explanations of benefits are indecipherable for most lay people. Worse, seriously ill patients may simply be too sick or too broke to deal with the mountains of red tape. That can lead to unpaid medical debts and even bankruptcy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/08/health/08patient.html
WHAT? Did I Hear You Right?
The cost of a hearing aide may be way more than you thought and the way it gets paid for may really surprise you.
