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Medicare Part D Notice: Prescription

Drug Coverage and Medicare

This notice has information about your current prescription drug When will you pay a higher premium (penalty) to join a
coverage with Apollo Healthcare Consulting and Management and Medicare Drug Plan? You should also know that if you drop or
your options under Medicare prescription drug coverage. This in- lose your current coverage with Apollo Healthcare Consulting
formation can help you decide whether or not you want to join a and Management medical plan and don't join a Medicare drug
Medicare drug plan. If you are considering joining, you should com- plan within 63 continuous days after your current coverage
pare your current coverage, including which drugs are covered at ends, you may pay a higher premium (a penalty) to join a Medi-
what cost, with the coverage and costs of the plans offering Medi- care drug plan later. If you go 63 continuous days or longer
care prescription drug coverage in your area. Information about without creditable prescription drug coverage, your monthly
where you can get help to make decisions about your prescription premium may go up by at least 1% of the Medicare base benefi-
drug coverage is at the end of this notice. ciary premium per month for every month that you did not
have that coverage. For example, if you go nineteen months

Please note: If you are not Medicare eligible, and none of your
without creditable coverage, your premium may consistently be
covered family members are Medicare eligible, no action is required
at least 19% higher than the Medicare base beneficiary premi-
on your part.
um. You may have to pay this higher premium (a penalty) as
There are two important things you need to know about your long as you have Medicare prescription drug coverage. In
current coverage and Medicare's prescription drug coverage: addition, you may have to wait until the following October to
join.
• Medicare prescription drug coverage became available in 2006
to everyone with Medicare. You can get this coverage if you join a For more information about this notice or your current
Medicare Prescription Drug Plan or join a Medicare Advantage Plan Prescription Drug Coverage: Contact your HR department for
(like an HMO or PPO) that offers prescription drug coverage. All further information. NOTE: You may receive this notice at

Medicare drug plans provide at least a standard level of coverage other times in the future such as before the next period you
set by Medicare. Some plans may also offer more coverage for a can enroll in Medicare prescription drug coverage, and if this
higher monthly premium. coverage changes. You also may request a copy.

• Apollo Healthcare Consulting and Management has determined For more information about your options under Medicare
that the prescription drug coverage offered by Apollo Healthcare Prescription Drug Coverage: More detailed information about
Consulting and Management medical plan is, on average for all plan Medicare plans that offer prescription drug coverage is in the
participants, expected to pay out as much as standard Medicare "Medicare & You" handbook. You'll get a copy of the handbook
prescription drug coverage pays and is therefore considered Cred- in the mail every year from Medicare. You may also be
itable Coverage. Because your existing coverage is Creditable Cover- contacted directly by Medicare drug plans.
age, you can keep this coverage and not pay a higher premium (a
For more information about Medicare prescription drug
penalty) if you later decide to join a Medicare drug plan.
coverage:
When can you join a Medicare Drug Plan? You can join a Medicare
• Visit www.medicare.gov.
drug plan when you first become eligible for Medicare and each
year from October 15 through December 7. However, if you lose • Call your State Health Insurance Assistance Program (see the
your current creditable prescription drug coverage, through no fault inside back cover of your copy of the "Medicare & You"
of your own, you will also be eligible for a two (2) month Special handbook for their telephone number) for personalized help.
Enrollment Period (SEP) to join a Medicare drug plan.
• Call 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227). TTY users should call
What happens to your current coverage if you decide to join a 1-877-486-2048.

Medicare Drug Plan? If you decide to join a Medicare drug plan,
If you have limited income and resources, extra help paying for
your current Apollo Healthcare Consulting and Management medi-
Medicare prescription drug coverage is available. For
cal coverage will not be affected. Participants may keep this cover- information about this extra help, visit Social Security on the
age if they elect Part D and this plan will coordinate with Part D cov- web at www.socialsecurity.gov, or call them at 1-800-772-1213
erage. If you decide to join a Medicare drug plan and drop your (TTY 1-800-325-0778).
current oral LTC medical plan coverage, be aware that you and your
dependents will NOT be able to get this coverage back.
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