2001.09.13:Emergency Phone Number for Medicare and Medicaid Beneficiaries, Child Health Plus Members Whose Normal Medical Needs Have Been Interrupted by the Tragedy, Call 1-800-331-7767

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday Sept. 13, 2001

Contact:

CMS Press Office
(202) 690-6145
AoA Press Office
(202) 401-4543

EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER
FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID BENEFICIARIES,
CHILD HEALTH PLUS MEMBERS WHOSE NORMAL MEDICAL
NEEDS HAVE BEEN INTERRUPTED BY THE TRAGEDY
CALL 1-800-331-7767

HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson announced today that Medicare, Medicaid and other eligible beneficiaries living in Lower Manhattan who are having trouble getting their usual health care services and social services for daily living needs can now call a 24-hour, rapid response hotline for help: 1-800-331-7767. Parents with children enrolled in Child Health Plus can also call this hotline for questions about their health care needs. Translators will be available for assistance on that number.

"We are concerned about providing relief to seniors, disabled individuals, children and others who depend on our department's services for daily medications, personal services, therapies, transportation to health care professionals, or other important health and social service needs that may have been interrupted by the attack on the World Trade Center," said Secretary Thompson.

The hotline has been established by the HHS' Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Administration on Aging (AoA).

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EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID BENEFICIARIES, CHILD HEALTH PLUS MEMBERS WHOSE NORMAL MEDICAL NEEDS HAVE BEEN INTERRUPTED BY THE TRAGEDY CALL 1-800-331-7767

EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER
FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID BENEFICIARIES,
CHILD HEALTH PLUS MEMBERS WHOSE NORMAL MEDICAL
NEEDS HAVE BEEN INTERRUPTED BY THE TRAGEDY
CALL 1-800-331-7767