Index of topics
Note: The bold page numbers have the most details.
Medicare
Part A (Hospital Insurance) 25–29
Part B (Medical Insurance) 29–56
Part C (Medicare Advantage Plans) 61–74
Part D (Medicare drug coverage) 79–90
Medicare account 14, 24, 59, 91, 105, 107,
109, 111, 112
Medicare Administrative Contractor 99, 103
Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment
Period 13, 71–72, 80
Medicare Advantage Plan 121
How they work with other coverage 64
Plan types 66–70
Medicare Beneficiary Ombudsman 106
Medicare card 15, 24–25, 37, 61, 107, 109,
113–114
Medicare Cost Plans 55, 72, 79, 82, 121
Medicare drug plan 79–80
Medicare-Medicaid Plans 95
Medicare Savings Programs (MSPs) 91–92
Medicare Summary Notice (MSN) 59, 91,
99, 101, 103, 105, 109
Medicare Supplement Insurance
(Medigap) 10–12, 26, 29, 56–58, 64, 73,
75–78, 89, 98, 121
Medication Therapy Management
program 88
Medigap. Go to Medicare Supplement
Insurance.
Mental health care 46–47
MSN. Go to Medicare Summary Notice.
Notices 28, 59, 62–63, 69, 81, 86, 91, 97,
99–101, 103–105, 109, 111, 124
Annual Notice of Change 63, 69, 81
Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice
(also called “MOON”) 28
Medicare Summary Notice (MSN) 59, 91,
99, 101, 103, 105, 109
Nondiscrimination Notice 124
Notice of Privacy Practices 103–104
Nurse practitioner 39, 41, 44, 46, 48, 53
Nursing home 26, 56, 70, 74–75, 93, 95, 108,
110
Nutrition therapy services. Go to Medical
nutrition therapy.
Immunosuppressive drug coverage 52–53,
64, 92
Income Related Monthly Adjustment
Amount (IRMAA) 23–24, 82
Indian Health Service 84, 90, 119
Initial Enrollment Period 17, 18, 20, 71, 80
Inpatient hospital care 27–28
Institution 70, 93
Insulin 39, 88
Join
Medicare drug plan 79–80
Medicare health plan 63–64
Kidney disease education 45
Kidney (renal) dialysis. Go to dialysis.
Kidney transplant 16, 45, 46, 52–53, 64, 98
Laboratory tests 37, 44, 45
Late enrollment penalty. Go to Penalty.
Lifetime reserve days 27, 120
Long-term care 55–56, 75
Lost Medicare card. Go to Replacement
Medicare card.
Lung cancer screenings 45
Lymphedema compression treatment
items 45
Mammogram 45, 66, 70, 122
Marketplace. Go to Health Insurance
Marketplace®.
Medicaid 10, 11, 18, 19, 21, 26, 29, 34, 52,
55–59, 65, 70, 74, 88, 91–96, 103, 120
Medical identity theft 105
Medical nutrition therapy 38, 46
Medical Savings Account (MSA) Plan 20, 61,
64–65, 67, 79, 121