General Medicare Information

General Medicare Information

Medicare
(Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)
The official U.S. government site for people with Medicare. This is a great site to visit for all kinds of useful information. The Questions section is a long list of frequently asked questions about Medicare eligibility and services. Stay Healthy provide visitors with information about Medicare benefits, publications, and websites with information that can help you stay healthy and disease-specific information. Scroll down the page to find the Physician and Other Healthcare Professional Directory. Other sections include Long Term Care, Plan Choices, Medicare Billing, Provider Information, and more. Select Espanol at the top of the page for Spanish language resources.
https://www.medicare.gov/index.html
Medicare
(MEDLINEplus)
Links to sites which have been reviewed by librarians at the National Library of Medicine. Topics include News, General/Overviews, Research, Specific Conditions/Aspects, Directories, Law and Policy, Organizations, Women, and more. Many of these links are to the federal government's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services site. Read from other sources about Medicare HMOs, regional differences in Medicare spending, clinical trials and Medicare, and more. Select espanol from the menu bar for Spanish links.
https://medlineplus.gov/medicare.html
Medicare Eligibility Tool
The Official U.S. Government Site for People with Medicare is operated by The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. CMS manages the Medicare program. Medicare is a Health Insurance Program for people 65 years of age and older, some disabled people under 65 years of age, and people with End-Stage Renal Disease (permanent kidney failure treated with dialysis or a transplant). This site has information about eligibility, enrollment, claims, and preventive services. Also in Spanish.
https://www.medicare.gov/eligibilitypremiumcalc/
Medicare Resources
(Social Security Administration)
This site brings together information about Medicare and Medicaid from different government web sites. there are links to general sites and to specific information like how to replace a lost or damaged Medicare card, premium information, or prescription drug coverage. You can also find out who to contact in South Carolina or other states about Medicare questions.
https://www.ssa.gov/medicare/mediinfo.html
Social Security Administration
The official website for SSA. Site contains information on how to obtain a Social Security card, apply for retirement and disability benefits, apply for Medicare and get help with drug prescription costs for Medicare patients.
https://www.ssa.gov/
Stop Medicare Fraud
(U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Department of Justice)
This government-sponsored website provides information for seniors on how to prevent and report Medicare fraud. Learn how you can protect against Medicare fraud and about the Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team (HEAT) that investigates fraud cases across the country. This site is also available in Spanish.
https://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/

Last Modified: Monday February 13, 2017 7:21 PM