This handbook provides strategies designed to extend coverage under the Medicare law to all who are entitled, regardless of their medical condition or economic status. The handbook provides access to relevant Medicare law and regulations, case law developments, agency manuals, and other program-implementing materials, along with practical information about how to use these materials. This edition of the handbook provides information on the new Medicare prescription drug benefit that starts in 2006, and the interim Medicare-endorsed prescription drug discount card program. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Medicare Handbook 2004

Stein, Judith

Chiplin, Alfred J., Jr.

Family Law

ASPEN PUB.

Medicare Handbook Year 2007, good condition

2007 Medicare Handbook

Stein, Judith A.

Aspen Law & Business

To provide effective service in helping people understand how they are going to be affected by health care reform and how to obtain coverage, pursue an appeal, or plan for long-term care or retirement, you need the most current information from a source you can trust - Medicare Handbook. This is the indispensable resource for clarifying Medicare's confusing rules and regulations. Prepared by an outstanding team of experts from the Center for Medicare Advocacy, it addresses issues you need to master to provide effective planning advice or advocacy services, including: Medicare eligibility rules and enrollment requirements; Medicare covered services, deductibles, and co-payments; coinsurance, premiums, penalties; coverage criteria for each of the programs; problem areas of concern for the advocate; grievance and appeals procedures. The 2020 Edition of Medicare Handbook offers expert guidance on: <ul>
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In addition, Medicare Handbook will help resolve the kinds of questions that arise on a regular basis, such as: <ul>
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The 2020 Medicare Handbook is the indispensable resource that provides: <ul>
<li>Extensive discussion and examples of how Medicare rules apply in the real world</li> <li>Case citations, checklists, worksheets, and other practice tools to help in obtaining coverage for clients, while minimizing research and drafting time</li> <li>Practice pointers and cautionary notes regarding coverage and eligibility questions when advocacy problems arise, and those areas in which coverage has often been reduced or denied</li> <li>And more!</li> </ul>
Previous Edition: Medicare Handbook, 2019 Edition ISBN 9781543800456

Medicare Handbook: 2020 Edition

Business & Money

Education & Reference

Wolters Kluwer/Law & Business

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