Medicare Self Help Info

Medicare status, summary notices, benefits & eligibility

• Check your Medicare status
• View or request your Medicare Summary Notices
• Ask about benefits and eligibility
• Medicare.gov
  Medicare: 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227)
  24 hours a day, 7 days a week

Apply for Medicare online

• Online Application
• Social Security: 1-800-772-1213

Replace my Medicare card

• Social Security
• Social Security: 1-800-772-1213

Research Medicare Part D Drug Plans

• Part D Prescription Drug Plan Finder Tool

Apply for extra help with prescription drug costs

• More about the Extra Help Program
• Online Application (Social Security)
• HICAP: 1-800-434-0222

Medi-Cal (California’s Medicaid program)

• Apply for Medi-Cal
• Apply for Medicare Savings Programs — help with Medicare premiums
• 250% Working Disabled Program (PDF) —  help with supplementing Medicare
• Medi-Cal Offices:

Senior services

• Look for senior housing, assisted living or help with Alzheimer’s care
• Explore home care and hospice services
• Find recreational and wellness programs
• Self-Help for the Elderly
  407 Sansome Street
  San Francisco, CA 94111
  (415) 677-7600
• California Department of Aging

Disabled adult services

• Department of Aging and Adult Services, San Francisco
• Disability Benfits 101
• Independent Living Resource Center, San Francisco

Fraud prevention

• Find out how to protect yourself from Medicare fraud and abuse.
• Talk to someone about something you suspect might be fraud.
• Get help with or report Medicare fraud.
• Contact Senior Medicare Patrol: 1-877-808-2468

Long-term care

• Long Term Care (Medicare.gov)
• California Partnership for Long-Term Care
• California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR)

Additional Links for Information on Medicare

•  www.cahealthadvocates.org California Health Advocates
  • Fact Sheets on Medicare
• www.aging.ca.gov – California Department on Aging
  • Find other HICAP Agencies in California
• www.nsclc.org National Senior Citizens Law Center
• www.kaiserhealthnews.org -Kaiser Health News
  • Information and News on Medicare
• www.medicareadvocacy.org Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc.