Medicare Cheatsheet

Medicare and Bankruptcy

October 16, 2026

If you have filed a bankruptcy petition or are involved in a bankruptcy proceeding, notify your servicing Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) immediately so that we can properly resolve Medicare financial obligations. Even if there are no outstanding payments at the time of the bankruptcy filing, this notification ensures that we handle your situation properly. Notify your servicing Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) by providing: – Name

How to find Medicare Providers using the Medicare Lookup Tool

October 14, 2026

To find Medicare providers using the Medicare Lookup Tool, start by visiting Medicare.gov and clicking on “Find care” in the main navigation menu. This will take you to the provider search tool where you can search for doctors, hospitals, nursing homes, home health services, hospice care, rehabilitation facilities, long-term care hospitals, and dialysis facilities. Begin your search by entering your ZIP code or city and

Aging Life Care Managers Can Be a ‘Godsend’ for Families

October 14, 2026

Kristin Martinelli began her workday at 7:30 a.m. on a recent Monday, completing an online Medicaid recertification form for a client in a nursing home in Austin, Texas. Next, she drove to meet an 85-year-old and her daughter, who had come in from out of town. The older woman had “pretty advanced dementia” and was scheduled to move into the secure memory care unit of

What is the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program?

October 12, 2026

The Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program is a proven health behavior change program to help you prevent type 2 diabetes. Medicare covers the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program once in your life if all of these conditions apply to you: – You have Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) or a Medicare Advantage Plan – You have a body mass index (BMI) of 25 or more (BMI of

Getting Started with Medicare – 5 tips for using Medicare

October 9, 2026

1. Create your secure Medicare account to access your information anytime. You can also: – Add your prescriptions to help you better compare health and drug plans in your area. – View your Original Medicare claims as soon as they’re processed. – Print a copy of your official Medicare card. – Review a list of preventive services you can get in Original Medicare. 2. Give

AI, Tech Leaders Are Lobbying Trump Health Officials in a Government-Run Chat Room

October 9, 2026

A cadre of elite techies, financiers, and high-level Trump administration officials have spent a year quietly charting an extraordinary and rapid campaign to persuade Americans to use apps and other artificial intelligence-powered tools to manage their healthcare and medical records. As that campaign has unfolded, administration officials have granted tech companies an unusual opportunity to nudge the nation’s health department toward a loosely regulated future

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