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MEDICARE OMBUDSMAN

• If you have complaints about Medicare, Medicare providers, Medicare processing, etc, contact the Medicare Ombudsman.
  
  The Medicare Ombudsman is Daniel Schreiner.  His e-mail address is Daniel.schreiner@cms.hhs.gov. His telephone number is 410-786-0630.  A description of the functions of the Ombudsman can be found online at www.cms.gov/center/
  ombudsman.asp.  

HELPFUL LINKS

• CMS Policy Manuals

• Code of Federal Regulations (Electronic)

• Connecticut Prescription Drug Program (ConnPACE)

• Eldercare Locator (online or at 800.677.1116) - Help in finding a variety of services for elders including legal advice, transportation, home and community-based services, social services, and other resources.

• Healthcare.gov - A federal government Website managed by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. - Washington, D.C. 20201

• Medicare Appeals Forms

• Medicare Official Web Site

• Office of the Federal Register

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR MEDICARE PART D

• The Medicare & You Handbook

• CMS Frequently Asked Questions

• Standardized Exceptions Request Form (.pdf)

• Additional Publications Relating to Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage

• Request for Prescription Information or Change form (.pdf)

• Home Infusion Therapy Coverage Information (.pdf)

• Draft Transition Guidance From CMS (.pdf)

• Facilitated Enrollment Letter (Partial Subsidy) (.pdf)

• Facilitated Enrollment Letter (Partial Subsidy - SPANISH) (.pdf)

• Facilitated Enrollment Letter (Full Subsidy) (.pdf)

• Facilitated Enrollment Letter (Full Subsidy - SPANISH) (.pdf)

• Facilitated Enrollment Final Fact Sheet (SPANISH) (.pdf)

OTHER HELPFUL ENTITIES

• AARP Foundation Litigation

• ABA Commission on Law and Aging

• Care.com: Home Health Aides, Nurses, and In-Home Senior Care Providers

• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) (Formerly HCFA)

• The Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center (PRC)

• CHOICES Health Insurance Counseling

• Connecticut Area Agencies on Aging

• Connecticut Elderly Services

• Connecticut Legal Services

• Connecticut Office of the health care Advocate

• Consumer Coalition for Quality Health Care

• Health care for Less Blog by Michelle Katz, M.S.N.

• The Justice Partnership

• Keep the Promise Coalition

• National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA)

• National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare (NCPSSM)

• National Health Law Program (NHeLP)

• National Senior Citizens Law Center (NSCLC)

• Qualidigm

• Right Wheelchair

• Seniors to Seniors

• Social Security

• State Health Insurance Counseling and Assistance Programs (SHIP Programs)

• The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation