Explains the four Medicare Savings Programs, including the Qualified Disabled & Working Individual (QDWI) Program. Read More
Medicare – Compare Nursing Homes
Search tool that allows individuals to find and compare nursing homes that may be in the Medicare system. Read More
How is Medicare funded?
Explains that CMS, which is a branch of HHS, runs the Medicare Program. Read More
Swing bed services
“Medicare covers swing bed services in certain hospitals and critical access hospitals when the facility has entered into a “swing-bed” agreement with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).” Read More
www.medicare.gov/care-compare/?redirect=true&providerType=NursingHome
Search tool that allows individuals to find and compare various services/providers/facilities. Read More
Other resources | Medicare
Provides links to various other resources, including the Office of Disability, Aging, and Long-Term Care Policy. Read More
Topic Collection: Mass Distribution and Dispensing of Medical Countermeasures
This Topic Collection provides links to federal, state, local, and tribal programs and resources, lessons learned, plans, tools, and templates, courses, and guidance that can help planners address the need to effectively distribute and administer medical countermeasures (MCMs) to a large number of persons in a short period of time, particularly through mass dispensing efforts led by public health authorities. …
Biden-Harris Administration Requires Insurance Companies and Group Health Plans to Cover the Cost of At-Home COVID-19 Tests, Increasing Access to Free Tests
January 10, 2022 As part of its ongoing efforts across many channels to expand Americans’ access to free testing, the Biden-Harris Administration is requiring insurance companies and group health plans to cover the cost of over-the-counter, at-home COVID-19 tests, so people with private health coverage can get them for free starting January 15th. Read More
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Select ASPR TRACIE TA Responses
The ASPR TRACIE Assistance Center provides personalized support and responses to requests for information and technical assistance (TA). We answer a broad range of questions from all stakeholders – at the federal, state, regional, local, tribal, territory, non-profit, and for-profit levels. The type of requests that we receive are categorized as simple, standard, complex, or urgent depending on the scope …