Start the new year off right. Dual Eligible beneficiaries (those eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid) have the D-SNP Quarterly SEP available to them to make one plan change per quarter. What a beneficiary can do: Join, switch, or drop a Medicare Advantage Plan or Medicare prescription drug coverage once ... Read More
Due to Hurricane Sally, additional counties have been added to the FEMA notification for the state of Alabama. A FEMA notification was originally released on October 2, 2020. Alabama counties covered by this SEP include: Baldwin Barbour Butler Clarke Coffee Conecuh Covington Crenshaw Escambia Geneva Houston Mobile Pike This ... Read More
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provides for a Special Election Period (SEP) for beneficiaries impacted by a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Emergency or Major Disaster Declaration. This SEP is for Medicare beneficiaries who were prevented from submitting a Medicare Advantage (MA/MAPD) or Prescription Drug (PDP) plan ... Read More
Special Election Period (SEP) options for Dual-Eligible Beneficiaries As of 2019, LIS/Dual eligible individuals are no longer allowed unlimited SEP changes throughout the year. Instead they will be limited to one SEP change per quarter during the first 3 quarters of the year. Since there’s no Quarterly SEP for Dual-Eligible ... Read More
Individuals Affected By Severe Weather May Be Eligible For SEP CMS provides a Special Enrollment Period (SEP) for individuals affected by severe weather who need to enroll in, disenroll from or switch Medicare health or prescription drug plans and have missed another enrollment period (i.e., either aging in or a ... Read More
