Medicine Dish Presents - Medicare Part D and Program Updates

We are pleased to present the next in our monthly webcast series created for providers in Indian Country. These programs serve as a path to open communication, providing information and promoting discussion about Medicare, Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Programs (CHIP), and other issues important to the health of American Indian and Alaska Native people.

TOPIC: "Medicare Part D and Program Updates"

DATE: Wednesday, November 17, 2010

TIME: 1:30 p.m. - 2:50 p.m., Eastern Time

WHAT TO EXPECT:

Experts from IHS and CMS will discuss Medicare Part D and recent Medicare program changes. Topics include:

Creditable coverage letters
Plan changes for 2011
LIS, redeeming and reassignment
Medicare Plan Enrollment
Medicare program updates
Demonstration of the new Medicare Plan Finder on www.medicare.gov

WEBCAST INSTRUCTIONS:

Access link: http://videocast.nih.gov
Webcast lines are limited. Real Player is necessary to see the program and can be downloaded for free from this website. Previous Medicine Dish programs are archived at this site under "Training and Meetings" Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services at this link: http://videocast.nih.gov/PastEvents.asp?c=80 .
Technical Login Support is available from this site.

HELPFUL WEBSITES:

Pharmacy Issues web site http://www.pharmacyissues.ihs.gov/m_and_m/index_new.cfm
Business Office Web site http://www.ihs.gov/NonMedicalPrograms/BusinessOffice/index.cfm?module=boe_medicare
POS ftp site ftp://ftp.ihs.gov/rpms/POS/
2010 LIS Beneficiary Mailings http://www.cms.gov/LimitedIncomeandResources/Downloads/2010Mailings.pdf

Please join us for this broadcast and remember that you can access all of the previous shows at http://videocast.nih.gov .

The next show will be broadcast on December 15th at 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m., Eastern Time.

Lindsey Cometa
Tribal Affairs Group/OEA
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services