medicare
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ACWDL 12-6: Communication Error Between SSA and MEDS for Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries During Open Enrollment
Once again there was a communication error between the Social Security Administration (SSA) and the state while processing the records for Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB) applicants who applied during the Medicare open enrollment period of January through March…
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ACWDL 05-24: Processing Qualified Medicare Beneficiary Cases When Eligibility Has been Erroneously Discontinued (8/5/05)
Directs counties how to reinstate eligibility for Qualified Medicare Beneficiary Program (QMB) cases that are erroneously discontinued through no fault of the beneficiary. Eligibility can be reinstated for months when the beneficiary should have been receiving benefits. Medi-Cal…
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ACIN I-63-05 – New Medicare Prescription Drug Plans (Part D) (October 3, 2005)
Initial information about the affect of the Medicare Part D program (phasing out the Drug Discount Card, beginning January 1, 2006.) As a result, the Food Stamps program will return to the former policy of considering only unreimbursed…
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DHS ACL 04-03 – Medicare-Approved Prescription Drug Discount Card Program (March 1, 2004)
Informs counties that the new Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 signed into law on December 8, 2003 will provide Medicare beneficiaries discounts on prescription drugs through a discount card program with a $600 annual…