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Medicare Part D Web-Based Resources

The New York State Department of Health provides these links as a convenience to our visitors. If you click any of these links, you will be leaving the New York State Department of Health's Medicaid web site.

Medicare Help on the Web

My Personalized Medicare Benefits Information - Designed to give you personalized information on your Medicare benefits and services available to you.
Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage Options - A site that helps you find a Medicare prescription drug plan in your area and allows you to compare benefits among different plans.
Medicare & You 2008 Publication - Provides information on the new Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit.
Medicare Official Website - Frequently Asked Questions
Medicare Patient Resources - Tips and tools for people with Medicare and those who care for them.
Medicare general website - Official U.S. government site for people with Medicare. Serves as a clearinghouse for all information related to the prescription drug benefit.
Other Medicare Publications

Other Federal Government References

Administration on Aging - Features useful questions and answer section on the prescription drug benefit.
BenefitsCheckUpRX - Helps people with Medicare and other older adults to learn about and enroll in government benefits, including the new Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Comprehensive site featuring fact sheets, handouts, regional maps, projected implementation dates, etc.
House Committee on Ways & Means - Features position papers and fact sheets related to the prescription drug benefit.
Social Security Administration (SSA) - Provides information to organizations about SSA's Medicare outreach.
White House - Includes top-line information about the prescription drug benefit.

Third-Party References

Additional Part D Information

Partnership information for advocacy groups, caregivers, employers and more... http://www.cms.hhs.gov/partnerships
More information on provider education and outreach regarding drug coverage can be found on the CMS website at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/medlearn/drugcoverage.asp
Communication tools for the office or other education efforts: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/medlearn/drugcoverage.asp
You can also find additional information on the CMS website regarding prescription drug plans at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/center/openenrollment.asp
For help with prescription drug costs: http://www.socialsecurity.gov/prescriptionhelp or call 1-800-772-1213 (TTY:1-800-325-0778)

New Fact Sheets Available On the Medicare Web Site

The following Fact Sheets are now available at http://www.medicare.gov. Those can help your patients better understand Medicare's new prescription drug coverage:
Information about how people with Medicare can protect their personal information when dealing with plans and others about Medicare prescription drug coverage. (2 pages) http://www.medicare.gov/Publications/Pubs/pdf/11147.pdf
New Publications Available on the CMS Web Site are available by going to http://www.cms.hhs.gov/center/people.asp

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