Medicare

 Official Medicare website: www.medicare.gov

Social Security online: www.socialsecurity.gov

Official Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Site www.cms.hhs.gov

RxAssist.org: Look up your medications (brand or generic) for information as to whether you can get them free directly from the pharmaceutical manufacturer www.rxassist.org

 

Senior Health Insurance Counseling for Kansas (SHICK)

The SHICK program is a volunteer-based program currently administered by the Kansas Department on Aging (KDOA). Senior citizens are provided counseling by trained volunteers about Medicare benefits and options concerning supplemental health insurance that is available. SHICK volunteers also assist older adults with problems they encounter with insurance and Medicare when appropriate.

Volunteers will be recruited based on good references, experience in public service, and willingness to serve. Before performing volunteer service for SHICK, volunteers must attend a 2 1/2 day training conducted by the Kansas Insurance Department. To be referred to a SHICK volunteer or to inquire about becoming a volunteer contact the Special Projects Coordinator at 785-242-7200 or 1-800-633-5621.

       
  2008 Overview of Medicare A & B  
        
Key:  Shaded areas -- Medicare Pays     
         White areas  --  You Pay  Excess Charges
    (15% over Medicare Allowed Charge) 
        
 A   B  
Each benefit period*  $135 Deductible  
   (per calendar year, January 1 to December 31)
In-patient Hospital      
        
First 60 days$1024 Deductible     
    80%  20%
Days 61-90$256 per day co-payment    C
   Physican's Charges   
Lifetime $512 per day co-payment(in or out of the hospital) O
Reserve Days      
91-150  Durable Medical Equipment I
   & Supplies   
       N
   Ambulance   
       S
   Outpatient Hospital   
       U
        
Skilled Nursing Facility Blood The first 3 pintsR
        
First 20 days100% (No co-pay)Lab Services  A
        
Days 21-100$128 per day co-payment    N
        
       C
        
       E
        
   Preventative Services  
100% Services Screening Mammograms, Annual Pap Tests, 
Home Health Diabetes Self Management, Bone Mass  
Hospice  Measurement, Flu Shots (Paid 100%), Prostate
   Cancer Screening, Glaucoma Screening, Nutrition
 $5 prescription drug co-payTherapy, Colorectal Cancer Screening, Abdominal
 5% con-insurance inpatient respite careAortic Aneurysm Screening  
   Welcome to Medicare Physical Exam 
        
* Benefit period ends when patient is out of the      
hospital or skilled nursing facility for 60     
consecutive days.