Medicare Advocates Alliance Call Agendas

The National medicare Advocates Alliance is an initiative to assist public interest advocates throughout the country with Medicare cases and issues, supported by the John A. Hartford Foundation.

Older agendas are in .pdf form

Call Agendas

• November 16, 2020 – Health Care, the Election, the ACA Case & Other Issues
• September 21, 2020 – Medical Rationing & Other Issues
• July 2020 – Medicare and COVID-19 Updates & Other Issues
• May 2020 – Medicare and COVID-19 & Other Issues
• March 2020 – Updates to Payment v. Coverage: barriers to Medicare-Covered Care & Other Issues
• January 2020 – Payment v. Coverage: Barriers to Medicare-Covered Care & Other Issues
• November 2019 – Medicare Enrollment Period Updates & Other Issues
• September 2019 – Upcoming Annual Coordinated Election Period (ACEP) & Other Issues
• July 2019 – Legislative Updates, Rollback of Nursing Home Oversight & Other Issues
• May 2019 – Medicare Oral Health Coverage & Other Issues
• March 2019 – Medicare Education & Outreach, and Other Issues
• January 2019 – Medicare Advocacy: Highlights from 2018 and Looking Forward in 2019
• November 2018 – Special Presentation – Better Advance Care Legal Counseling, and Other Items
• September 2018 – CMA Special Report on Part D Changes, and Other Issues
• July 2018 – Medicare Hot Topics
• May 2018 – Recent Policy Changes Relating to Medicare Advantage & Other Issues
• March 2018 – Tipping the Scales Toward Medicare Advantage & Other Issues
• September 2017 – Jimmo Implementation & Other Issues
• July 2017 – Update on Health Reform & Other Issues
• May, 2017 – House Passes AHCA, Updates on Home Health, SGDs & Other Issues
• March, 2017 – Updates on Litigation, Health Reform, Observation Status & Other Issues
• January 2017 – The Fight to Protect ACA, Medicare and Medicaid & Other Issues
• November, 2016 – The Election’s Impact on Medicare, Nursing Home RoPs, More
• September 2016 – Progress In Impact Litigation & Other Issues
• July 2016 – Proposed Medicare Appeals Rule & Other Issues
• May 2016 – Medicare Coverage of Oral Health & Other Issues
• March 2016 – Back to Court in Jimmo – Litigation Update & Other Issues
• January 2016 – Senate Finance Request for Comments on Chronic Care & Other Issues
• November 2015 – Budget Act of 2015 Mitigates Part B Premiums & Deductibles; Other Issues
• September 2015 – Proposed Rules for Nursing Facilities are Inadequate & Other Issues
• June 2015 – Reforming Medicare’s Appeal System & Other Issues
• April 2015 – The Potential Impact of the “Doc Fix” & Other Issues
• February 2015 – Live to Fight Another Day: Bagnall, Lessler & Other Issues
• December 2014 – The Year Ahead and Other Issues
• October 2014 – Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 (IMPACT Act) and Other Issues
• August 2014 – Restructuring of Medicare’s Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) and Other Issues
• June 2014 – Medicare Coverage of Speech Generating Devices During Part A Stays & Other Issues
• April 2014 – Ongoing Medicare Appeals Concerns and Other Issues
• February 2014 – Improvement Standard Update: Re-Review of Previously Denied Claims Pursuant to Jimmo and Other Issues
• December 2013 – IMPROVEMENT STANDARD UPDATE: CMS ISSUES MANUAL PROVISIONS PURSUANT TO JIMMO AND OTHER ISSUES
• October, 2013 – Medicare Annual Election Period, and the ACA Marketplace and Other Issues
• August, 2013 – Update on Observation Status and Other Issues
• June, 2013 – New Hospital Discharge Planning Guidance & Other Updates
• April 2013 – Ongoing Due Process Concerns in Medicare Appeals
• February, 2013 – The Road Forward on Jimmo: The Improvement Standard Litigation
• October, 2012 – Update on Medicare Appeals and Complaints
• August, 2012 – Medicare and ACA Messaging: Fighting Fiction with Facts
• June 11, 2012 – Rehospitalization: Issues, Trends, and Advocacy
• April 9, 2012 – Challenging Notices of Involuntary Discharge
• February 13, 2012 – Medicare Therapy Caps and Exceptions Process; ACA Updates
• December 12, 2011 – What if You Missed the Annual Enrollment Period?
• October 17, 2011 – The Supercommittee and Medicare: What Advocates Need to Know
• August 8, 2011 – Implications and Effects of the Debt-Ceiling Deal on Medicare and Beneficiaries
• June 13, 2011 – Understanding Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)
• April 11, 2011 – the Medicare Improvement Standard

• February 14, 2011 – "Observation Status"

• December 13, 2010 – "A Potpourri of Part B Issues"

• October 18, 2010 – "Cultural Competency and Language Appropriateness in the Provision of Medicare Services and Notices"

• August 9, 2010 – "Medicare’s Durable Medical Equipment Benefit (DME): Overview and Discussion"

• June 14, 2010 – "The QMB Benefit: How To Get It, How To Use It"

• April 12, 2010 – "Medicare Part D Grievances and Appeals"

• February 8, 2010 – "Handling Medicare Appeals – Parts A, B, and C"

• December 14, 2009 – "Medicare Hospice Coverage and Appeals"

• November 2, 2009 (Extra Call) – "Medicare Provisions in Health Care Reform Legislation"

• October 19, 2009 – "Can you be a QMB if you don’t have Medicare Part A?"

• August 10, 2009 – Home Health Coverage

• June 8, 2009 – Observation Status

• April 13, 2009 – The Medicare Improvement Standard

• February 9, 2009 – Dental Services