Elder Benefits Programs -- BBT Training

Materials from the April 30, 2024 Elder Benefits training, presented as part of the MLRI/MCLE Basic Benefits Training Series:

Agenda

Presentations

• Elder Basic Benefits Training: Additional resources for older adults (pdf of slides)
• Elder Basic Benefits Training: Medicare part D and Prescription advantage (pdf of slides)
• MassHealth Long Term Care (pdf of slides)
• Medicare Parts A, B, and C (pdf of slides)
• MassHealth for Older Adults in the Community (pdf of slides)
• Home Care for MCLE Training (pdf of slides)
• SSA Benefits for Elders (pdf of slides)

Additional Resources Document

Additional resources links:

SSI/ SSDI/ Retirement
● Application for Retirement Insurance Benefits (and Spanish version)
● Application for Disability Insurance Benefits (and Spanish version)
● MA State Resolutions (State supplement Program)
● 2023 COLA fact sheet
● SSI payment chart & thresholds
● State Supplement Payment Levels
● The Fastest Way To Verify Social Security And Supplemental Security Income Benefit
● Social Security: Understanding the Benefits (and Spanish version)
● Your Retirement Benefit: How it's Figured (and Spanish version)
● Social Security Retirement Benefits (and Spanish version)
● What You Need To Know When You Get Retirement Or Survivors Benefits (and Spanish version)
● What You Need to Know When You Get Supplemental Security Income (and
Spanish version)
● How Work Affects Your Benefits (and Spanish version)
● How You Earn Credits (and Spanish version)
● Working While Disabled: How We Can Help (and Spanish version)
● When To Start Receiving Retirement Benefits (and Spanish version)
● Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplementary Security Income (SSI) Benefits – Advocate’s Guide
● The Red Book: A Guide to Work Incentives and Employment Supports
● Maintenance Needs Allowance Worksheet & PPA Notice

MassHealth
● Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
● MassHealth Medicare Savings Program Application
● Health Connector's ConnectorCare overview
● ConnectorCare FAQs
● Minimum Income Rule for ConnectorCare
● HCBS - Increases in Income under PETI rule
● Memo on the Pickle Amendment - for Deemed SSI Recipients
● Material for Immigrants and Public Benefits BBT (2024)
● MassHealth website for Member Forms
● MassHealth Contact Information
● MassHealth List of SCO Plans
● Find an Enrollment Assister (CACs and Navigators)
● The SHINE Program
● MassHealth Income Standards and FPL Guidelines 2024
● MassHealth Application- SACA-2 (Paper Application)
● MassHealth Application- SACA-2 (Online Application)
● Shortened SACA-2 renewal available to certain members
● MassHealth Senior Guide for Healthcare Coverage
● MassHealth PACE Service Areas
● Chart of MassHealth Benefits by Coverage Type
● Understanding Immigrants' Eligibility for MassHealth and Other Subsidized Coverage
● Mass Home Care Eligibility Guidelines
● Eligibility Figures for Residents of Long Term Care Facility
● MassHealth Renewal Help Guide

Medicare:
● National Council on Aging, Medicare Part D Special Enrollment Periods
● Social Security Administration: Application for Extra Help with Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Costs
● Social Security Administration: General Instructions for Completing the Application for Extra Help with Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Costs
● Social Security Administration: Who to Contact: Social Security or Medicare?
● Original Medicare Costs
● Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Medicare Part D Coverage Determination/Appeals Process
● Medicare Part D Cost Sharing
● Medicare Savings Programs
● Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Medigap in Massachusetts
● Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Medicare and You (2024)
● My Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Isn’t Covering My Medications! What Can I Do?
● Social Security Administration, Appointment of Representative
● Medicare Appointment of Representative
● Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Medicare Advantage Organization Determination/Appeals Process
● Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Original Medicare Initial Determination/Appeals Process

Prescription Advantage:
● Prescription Advantage Printable Application
● Prescription Advantage Online Application
● Prescription Advantage Rate Schedule for Members Eligible for Medicare
● Prescription Advantage Rate Schedule for Members Not Eligible for Medicare
● How Prescription Advantage works for Medicare members
● How Prescription Advantage works for members not on Medicare

Other Benefits:
● EAEDC How to Apply
● Food Stamps/SNAP 101: Basic Benefits Training (BBT) Materials
● SNAP Advocacy Guide
● SNAP and the Medical Expense Deduction
● Older Adults and Disabled Households SNAP At-A-Glance Chart
● Cold Relief: Department of Housing and Community Development, 2024
● State and Federal Veterans Basic Benefits Training (BBT) Materials 2023
● Affordable Connectivity Program
● Chapter 115 Benefits from the Massachusetts Department of Veterans’ Services: A Self-Help Guide for Veterans and their Dependents (Written by the Veterans Legal Clinic, Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School, Autumn 2021
● Massachusetts Department of Revenue Senior Circuit Breaker Tax Credit Information page
● Findyourfunds.org: information about COVID-related stimulus payments and tax credits
● Massachusetts Legal Resource Finder