Hawaii SHIP (State Health Insurance Assistance Program) | Aug 1, 2014 | Articles, August - September 2014, Programs & Services
Earlier this year the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) clarified the criteria for determining payment responsibility under the Part A hospice benefit and Part D prescription drug benefit for individuals who are under the Medicare hospice benefit....
The Aging and Disability Resource Center, Hawai`i | Oct 1, 2012 | Articles, October - November 2012, Programs & Services
The Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) Program is a collaborative effort of the Administration on Aging (AoA) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The goal of the ADRC Program is to empower individuals to make informed choices and to...
Pamela Cunningham, Hawai‘i SHIP Coordinator | Apr 1, 2012 | Articles, Programs & Services
Seeing Coach Murakami on the cover made me think about how much Medicare and baseball have in common. Practice and being prepared for the big game is one way to hit a home run. It’s the same idea with Medicare. Innings (In Medicare they are called Enrollment Periods)...