Episode 25: Medicare 101 – Learn About The Basics Of Medicare
Our guest will share information about Medicare Parts A, B, C (Medicare Advantage), and Part D (prescription drug plan).
Guest: Juan Garcia, Health Insurance Specialist, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Region 10 Seattle
Episode 26: Intro To Acentra Health – Learn About Our Free Services For Medicare Beneficiaries
Our guests will share information about beneficiary complaints, hospital discharge and skilled service termination appeals, Immediate Advocacy, and Immediate Advocacy Discharge Assistance.
Guests: Cheryl Cook, RN, Program Director
Rose Hartnett, RN, MS, Operations Director for Appeals
David Miller, MHA, RN, Operations Director for Beneficiary Complaints and Immediate Advocacy
Episode 27: Medicare Assistance Programs
Our guest will share information about the assistance programs that are available for Medicare beneficiaries.
Guest: Jeff Young, Outreach and Education Specialist, CMS Region 10
Episode 28: Medicare Open Enrollment, Helping You Make Good Decisions For Your Health
Our guest will share information about the Medicare Open Enrollment process and how to get assistance with making those decisions.
Guest: Kathy Madden, Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, Division of Insurance
Episode 29: Learn About Medicare And Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Care
Our guest will share information about the criteria for Medicare to cover care in the skilled nursing facility, skilled service termination appeals, and appeal reconsiderations.
Guest: Ed Guzmán, Regional Director, Washington State Long-Term Care Ombudsman
Episode 30: Immediate Advocacy, Immediate Advocacy Discharge Assistance Services
Our guests will share information about Acentra Health's Immediate Advocacy and Immediate Advocacy Discharge Assistance services, free for people with Medicare. Learn more about how these services can benefit you.
Guests: David Miller, MHA, RN, Operations Director and Natalie Palmer, BSN, RN, Clinical Review Manager
Episode 31: Senior Medicare Patrol – Helping People to Fight Medicare Fraud
Our guest will share information about the SMP and how this organization helps fight Medicare fraud.
Guests: Crystal Strong, Program Director, South Carolina Department of Aging
Episode 33: Hospital Associations and How They Can Benefit People with Medicare
This episode is a conversation with the President and CEO of the Oklahoma Hospital Association who shares how hospital associations benefit people with Medicare as well as explaining some of the functions of a hospital association.
Guest: Rich Rasmussen, President and CEO of the Oklahoma Hospital Association
Episode 34: Learn about the State Health Insurance Assistance Program and Services They Offer People with Medicare
This episode is a conversation with Ray Walker who provides information on how SHIP can help people with Medicare including during Open Enrollment and issues related to Medicare in general.
Guest: Ray Walker, Divisional Director for the Medicare Assistance Program at the Oklahoma Insurance Department
Episode 35: Learn About Appeals at Acentra Health
This episode is a conversation with Rose Hartnett and Trena Dodson, who work with appeals at Acentra Health. In this podcast, our guests will share information about our hospital discharge and skilled service termination appeals as well as our new observation appeals.
Guests: Rose Hartnett, RN, MS, Operations Director, and Trena Dodson, LPN, Appeals Manager, for Acentra Health
Episode 36: Learn About Healthy Aging
This episode is a conversation with Dr. Angeline Brunetto, Associate Medical Director at Acentra Health. She will share information about healthy aging to commemorate Healthy Aging Month, which is the September health observance.
Guests: Angeline Brunetto, MD, Associate Medical Director for Acentra Health
Episode 37: Learn About Medicare Open Enrollment
This episode is a conversation with Crystal Strong who works with both the State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) and the Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) program. She will share information about the upcoming Medicare Open Enrollment period and some tips for people with Medicare who are thinking about changing their plan.
Guests: Crystal Strong, Program Director, South Carolina Department on Aging
Episode 38: What Can People with Medicare Expect from an Emergency Room Visit?
In this podcast, our guest will share information about what Medicare beneficiaries can expect from a visit to the emergency room.
Guest: Dr. Angeline Brunetto, Associate Medical Director for Appeals
Episode 39: Learn About Acentra Health’s Beneficiary Complaint Process
This episode has our Operations Manager, Carla Boguslawski, MBA, MEd, BS, and Melinda Burk, LPN, Clinical Review Nurse, discussing the options related to filing a beneficiary complaint with Acentra Health.