In mid to late September, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will mail notices to beneficiaries who have a change in status that impacts their low-income subsidy (LIS) in 2007. CMS will mail notices to beneficiaries who will no longer automatically qualify for the low-income subsidy (LIS) in 2007. These beneficiaries will receive a notice explaining why they no longer automatically qualify and encourage them to complete the enclosed application for extra help, which they can return to Social Security in an enclosed postage-paid envelope. An individuals will no longer automatically qualify for extra help in 2007 if he or she no longer has both Medicare and Medicaid (full-benefit dual-eligible), belongs to a Medicare Savings Program (partial dual-eligible), or receives Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits. Additionally, CMS will mail notices to beneficiaries who continue to automatically qualify for extra help in 2007, but their copayment level will change as required under the law. These beneficiaries will receive a notice from CMS what informs them of their new copayment level as of January 1, 2007. Attached, please find the following documents, which are also available on our My Health. My Medicare. site through the link below. - Re-deeming Notice: Communicates loss of extra help (CMS Pub. No. 11198)
- Re-deeming Notice: Communicates change in extra help copayment level (CMS Pub. No.11199)
- Partner Fact Sheet: Changes in qualifying for extra help in 2007
- Fact Sheet for People with Medicare: You might still save on your Medicare prescription drug coverage costs even if you don't automatically qualify for extra help (CMS Pub. No. 11215)
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