MEDICARE D APPEALS HANDBOOK

New from the Medicare Rights Center: “Medicare Part D Appeals: An advocate’s manual to navigating the Medicare private drug plan appeals process”. Released in February 2007, this clear and comprehensive, 24 page manual is available for free download from their website: http://www.medicarerights.org/appealsmanual.html. It includes a detailed explanation of the various levels of the appeals process, advocacy tips, case examples and websites for useful tip sheets, reference guides and sample letters. There is also a link to the site on our website: www.mghsocialwork.org > Staff Access > Community Resources > Basic Needs > Health Care Coverage > Medicare D, under the “Problems getting scripts filled?” section.

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