Medicare/Medicaid Helpful Contacts - All US States

Aplicación para conocer los Contactos útiles de Medicare para todos los estados de los EE. UU.

Medicare helpful contacts for following items are available in this App

Claims & billing

Complaints about my care or services

General health & health conditions

Health care facilities & services in your area

Help with my Medicare options & issues

Bills for durable medical equipment and a list of approved suppliers of equipment.

Home health, hospice care, and fraud.

Medicare Secondary Payer, and who pays first.

Part A bills and services, hospital care, skilled nursing care, and fraud.

Complaints about quality of care, and filing an appeal or complaint.

Finding a voluntary list of patients' rights in a hospital.

Finding out if a doctor is board certified.

Finding out if an ambulatory surgical center is accredited or not.

Finding out if the lab where your blood tests are sent is accredited or not.

Finding out if urgent care centers and ambulatory surgical centers are accredited or not.

Home Health Care which is skilled nursing care and certain other health care services that you get in your home for the treatment of an illness or injury.

Local and community level projects to improve patient safety, reduce harm, and improve clinical care.

Obtaining information on nursing homes or resolving problems between nursing homes and residents or their families.

Requesting external reviews of Medicare managed care denials.

Submitting a complaint about discrimination.

Where to submit a complaint about the quality of care I received from my kidney dialysis facility.

Where to submit a complaint about the quality of life or quality of care inside a nursing home.

Discussing health concerns, medicines, and other issues important to older people.

Educational materials for people with kidney disease.

Financial assistance and educational materials for people with kidney disease.

Finding information on cancer.

Finding information on heart disease.

Information on cancer treatments, clinical trails, alternative medicine, coping with side effects, and other cancer related information.

Obtaining materials/forms for income tax filing and how Medicare Savings Accounts can affect my income taxes.

Support groups and educational materials for people with kidney disease.

Finding a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) closest to you to help lower health care costs. FQHCs include community health centers, tribal health clinics, migrant health services, and health centers for the homeless.

Finding necessary and convenient services that serve the elderly in their community.

Finding specific health support groups in your area.

Health insurance programs to children whose families earn too much to be eligible for Medicaid, but not enough to purchase private insurance.

To find a hospice program in my area.

Changing address, Medicare Part A or Part B, lost Medicare card, and Social Security benefits.

General Medicare information, ordering Medicare booklets, and information about health plans.

Medigap Policies

Personalized health insurance counseling

Children's Health Insurance Program

Claims and other issues for retired federal employees and their dependents/survivors.

Finding out where my doctor should send the bills for the diagnosis and treatment of my black lung disease.

Health based programs and services.

Information and services about homes and communities for citizens and for HUD's current and potential home buyers.

Medicaid program

VA medical benefits.

Whether I qualify for military retiree health care benefits.

Part A and B bills and services, hospital care, skilled nursing care, and fraud.

Gives information about how to save money on prescriptions through pharmacies, insurance, community agencies, and assistance programs from drug manufacturers. Pharmacists also counsel patients about the right way to take medications.