Index - A complete list of topics and FAQs

Glossary of Terms - An alphabetical list of common terms pertaining to Medicare and health care, with additional information for Connecticut.

Acute Hospital Care - Includes quick screen for coverage eligibility, appeals, articles & updates

Chronic Conditions - Includes coverage requirements, practical tips, articles & updates

Coverage & Appeals - Includes discharge planning and Part D appeals tips, Articles & updates

Disability - Includes eligibility and coverage summary for people with disabilities, including ESRD and ALS.

Discharge Planning - Includes information useful for challenging a discharge or reduction in services

Home Health - Includes "homebound" definition, tips for reductions & terminations, articles & updates

Hospice - Includes relation to Home Health and Medicaid, definition of care, articles & updates

The Improvement Standard - A discussion of the illegal standard of denying Medicare coverage to beneficiaries whose conditions are not actively improving.

Medicare Advantage (Medicare Managed Care) - Includes required services, guidelines for choosing, articles & updates

Medicare Act of 2003 - All our latest articles & updates

Medicare Enrollment - Includes how and when to enroll

Medicare Part B - Includes covered services and amounts, preventive benefits, articles & updates

Medicare Part D / Prescription Drugs - Includes coverage and appeals, subsidies, timeline, guidelines for choosing a plan, articles & updates

Medicare Privatization (and Occasional Reform) - Includes latest private Medicare plan news, calls for reform

Medicare Savings Programs - Includes QMB, SLMB, QI, articles & updates

Medicare Secondary Payer Program - includes rights and obligations under secondary payer law.

Medicare Summary - Includes premiums, deductibles, co-pays, articles & updates

Medigap (Medicare Supplemental Insurance) - includes definition of "gaps", changes due to Medicare Act, articles & updates

Mental Health - Includes information on coverage, limitations, returning to work

Multiple Sclerosis - Includes coverage criteria, contesting denials, articles & updates

Observation Status - When is a hospital NOT considered a hospital stay?  When the patient is on "Observation Status"

Quality of Care - Includes definition, standards, articles & updates

Rehab Hospital Care - Includes quick screen for coverage, appeals, articles & updates

Related Topics & Medicaid - Includes Medicaid (Title 19), ERISA, COBRA

Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) - Includes quick screen for coverage, examples of skilled services, articles & updates

Statistics - Includes Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Appeals, CT-specific, and more

CT Consumer's Guide - Includes CT-specific information

Other Resources - Includes links to other useful organizations and information