The National Medicare Advocates Alliance is an initiative to assist public interest advocates throughout the country with Medicare cases and issues.

All Issue Briefs are in .pdf format.  Other materials are in the formatted indicated.

Issue Briefs And/Or Presentation Materials

• February 13, 2012 - Extender Bill, Therapy Caps and Health Reform Challenges

• December 12, 2011 – pdf.  Updates for medicare in 2012

• June 13, 2011 – Powerpoint – Accountable Care Organizations and .pdf – Recommendations for Beneficiary Protections

• February 14, 2011 – Powerpoint – Observation Status

• December 14, 2010 – "A Potpourri of Part B Issues"

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

• August 9, 2010 – "The Medicare Part B Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Benefit"

• June 14, 2010 – "The QMB Benefit: How to Get it, How to Use it"

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

• February 8, 2010 – "the Medicare Appeals Process"; also see Appeals Process Charts

• 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

For further information about this project and to sign up for the monthly calls, updates, and materials, please contact Alfred Chiplin, Jr. in the Center's Washington, DC office at achiplin@medicareadvocacy.org – (202) 293-5760 or Judith Stein in the Center's Connecticut office at jstein@medicareadvocacy.org – (860) 456-7790.