New
Online Medicare Counselor Now Available in Montana!
Confused by Medicare? Don’t know how to keep up with program changes? Medicare Interactive, a state-of-the-art, interactive web site, provides easy-to-use, up-to-the-minute information about health care benefits, rights and options. Medicare Interactive offers information and resources specific to Montanans.
This virtual counseling tool answers questions like how to fill gaps in Medicare coverage, which preventive services Medicare covers, what to do if Medicare denied payment, and how to find affordable prescription drugs. It illustrates answers through case examples and frequently asked questions, and provides links to related sites. The Medicare Interactive web site is updated daily to stay on top of all federal and Montana state changes. For example, you can visit it today for details on the three new preventive care benefits that Medicare now covers.
The SHIP program at the Western Montana Area Agency on Aging is partnering with the Medicare Rights Center (MRC) to launch Medicare Interactive in western Montana. MRC is a national, not-for-profit consumer service organization working to ensure that older adults and people with disabilities receive good, affordable health care. MRC developed Medicare Interactive and is making it available in Montana as part of a Health Assistance Partnership pilot project funded by Atlantic Philanthropies.
You can visit Medicare Interactive by following the link on the Western Montana Area Agency on Aging web site (www.) or by going directly to www.medicareinteractive.org/( )
Medicare Interactive offers other tools that are not publicly available, including Medicare Interactive University, a series of train-the-trainer courses on topics ranging from the basics of Medicare to the ins and outs of home health care. For more information on how your organization can partner with MRC to get access to all MI tools, e-mail Marilyn Lund, MI, Montana technical liaison, at mlund@medicarerights.org or call her at 406-737-4341.