Fwd: Web Seminar: Changes to Medicare in 2009

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Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:17:43 -0800

Subject: Web Seminar: Changes to Medicare in 2009

The Medicare Rights Center is pleased to announce that we will be hosting

monthly free web seminars on important Medicare topics. The

monthly seminars will be held on the second Thursday of each month.

To register for these seminars, please visit

http://www.medicarerights.org/webinars.html

Changes to Medicare in 2009

Course Description

Medicare is making some changes to costs and coverage that may affect you

in the New Year. To help you understand and prepare for these changes,

the Medicare Rights Center is offering an online presentation, “Changes

to Medicare in 2009.†You will learn:

Changes Coming to Medicare in 2009

Increased Premiums, Deductibles and Copayments Extra Help Changes Expanded Part D Off-Label Coverage for Anti-Cancer Drugs

Ongoing and Recent Changes

New Advance Beneficiary Notices (ABNs) New Claims Processing Offices (Medicare Administrative Contractors) Extension of Therapy Cap Exceptions New Marketing Protections for Consumers

What You Should Be Doing Now

When: Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 1 p.m. Eastern Time

How: All you need is a computer with an Internet connection at 56K

or better and a phone (preferably with a high quality speaker). You will

be viewing the graphic portion of the presentation over the

Internet and listening to the audio portion via a toll-free phone

line.

Note: Capacity for this training is limited. If you are unable to

participate in this training, a recording of the seminar will be made

available on this page on Friday, December 12.

To register for this seminar, please visit

www.medicarerights.org/webinars.html.

You can access recordings of recent web seminars on our website at:

www.medicarerights.org/webinars.html.

We hope you can join us for this informational seminar.

All the best,

The Web Seminar Team

And, for those of you with questions about Medicare, we would like

to share all of our online resources with you:

To learn more about the ins and outs of Medicare, please visit

Medicare Interactive Counselor, the Medicare Rights Center's online

resource for independent information and expert advice on Medicare. For helpful handouts for both professionals and consumers on

the Medicare prescription drug benefit (Part D), please visit

www.medicarerights.org/drughelp.html. If you need help with an individual Medicare problem, please

call our Consumer Hotline at . If you need to appeal your Medicare drug plan, please call our

Appeals Hotline at .

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