Wisconsin Legislature: Ins 3.39 Text

** NOTICE: When your Medicare Part A hospital benefits are exhausted, the issuer stands in the place of Medicare and will pay whatever amount Medicare would have paid as provided in the policy’s “Core Benefits.”

MEDICARE COST-SHARING POLICIES – PART B BENEFITS

Note: Issuers should include only the wording that applies to their policy’s “This Policy Pays” column and complete the “You Pay” column.

* Once you have been billed [$ ] of Medicare approved amounts for covered services (that are noted with an asterisk), your Medicare Part B deductible will have been met for the calendar year.

** These are optional riders. You purchased this benefit if the box is checked and you paid the premium.

Ins 3.39 APPENDIX 5m

OUTLINE OF COVERAGE

(COMPANY NAME)

OUTLINE OF MEDICARE SELECT INSURANCE AND
MEDICARE SELECT 50% and 25% COST-SHARING PLANS

(The designation and caption required by sub. (30m) (i) 8. and 9., or the designation required by sub. (30m) (r) 1. and (s) 1.)

Note: Add the following text if the policy is a Medicare Select 50% or 25% Cost-Sharing Plan: You will pay [half or one quarter] the cost-sharing of some covered services until you reach the annual out-of-pocket limit of $[ ] each calendar year. The amounts that count toward your annual out-of-pocket limit are noted with diamonds (à) in the chart below. Once you reach the annual limit, the policy plays 100% of your Medicare copayment and coinsurance for the rest of the calendar year. However, this limit does NOT include charges from your provider that exceed Medicare approved amounts (these are called “Excess Charges”), and you will be responsible for paying this difference in the amount charged by your provider and the amount paid by Medicare for the item or service.

MEDICARE SELECT PART A – HOSPITAL SERVICES – PER BENEFIT PERIOD

Note: Issuers should include only the wording that applies to their policy’s “This Policy Pays” column and complete the “You Pay” column.

A benefit period begins on the first day you receive service as an inpatient in a hospital and ends after you have been out of the hospital and have not received skilled care in any other facility for 60 days in a row.

MEDICARE SELECT POLICIES – PART B BENEFITS

Note: Issuers should include only the wording that applies to their policy’s “This Policy Pays” column and complete the “You Pay” column.

* Once you have been billed [$ ] of Medicare approved amounts for covered services (that are noted with an asterisk), your Medicare Part B deductible will have been met for the calendar year.

** NOTE: Issuers should include in the outline of coverage the appropriate preventive benefit based upon whether or not the policy is a cost-sharing policy.

INS 3.39 APPENDIX 5t

OUTLINE OF COVERAGE

(COMPANY NAME)

OUTLINE OF MEDICARE SELECT INSURANCE AND
MEDICARE SELECT 50% and 25% COST-SHARING PLANS

(The designation and caption required by sub. (30t) (i) 8. and 9., or the designation required by sub. (30t) (r) 1. and (s) 1.)

Note: Add the following text if the policy is a Medicare Select 50% or 25% Cost-Sharing Plan: You will pay [half or one quarter] the cost-sharing of some covered services until you reach the annual out-of-pocket limit of $[ ] each calendar year. The amounts that count toward your annual out-of-pocket limit are noted with diamonds (à) in the chart below. Once you reach the annual limit, the policy plays 100% of your Medicare copayment and coinsurance for the rest of the calendar year. However, this limit does NOT include charges from your provider that exceed Medicare approved amounts (these are called “Excess Charges”). You will be responsible for paying this difference in the amount charged by your provider and the amount paid by Medicare for the item or service.

MEDICARE SELECT PART A – HOSPITAL SERVICES – PER BENEFIT PERIOD

Note: Issuers should include only the wording that applies to their policy’s “This Policy Pays” column and complete the “You Pay” column.

MEDICARE SELECT POLICIES – PART B BENEFITS

Note: Issuers should include only the wording that applies to their policy’s “This Policy Pays” column and complete the “You Pay” column.

* Once you have been billed [$ ] of Medicare approved amounts for covered services (that are noted with an asterisk), your Medicare Part B deductible will have been met for the calendar year.

** NOTE: Issuers should include in the outline of coverage the appropriate preventive benefit based upon whether or not the policy is a cost-sharing policy.

Ins 3.39 APPENDIX 6

[NOTICE OF CHANGE FOR OUTLINE OF COVERAGE]

[FOR APPLICANTS FIRST ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICARE PRIOR TO JUNE 1, 2010.]

(COMPANY NAME)

NOTICE OF CHANGES IN MEDICARE AND YOUR [MEDICARE

SUPPLEMENT OR MEDICARE COST] COVERAGE – 2_____

THE FOLLOWING CHART BRIEFLY DESCRIBES THE MODIFICATIONS IN MEDICARE AND IN YOUR [MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT OR MEDICARE COST] COVERAGE.

PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY!

[Note: A brief description of the revisions to Medicare Parts A and B with a parallel description of supplemental benefits with subsequent changes, including dollar amounts, provided by the Medicare supplement or Medicare cost coverage in substantially the following format.]

[Note: Describe any coverage provisions changing due to Medicare modifications. Include information about when premium adjustments that may be necessary due to changes in Medicare benefits will be effective.]

THIS CHART SUMMARIZES THE CHANGES IN YOUR MEDICARE BENEFITS AND IN YOUR MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT OR MEDICARE REPLACEMENT] COVERAGE PROVIDED BY (COMPANY) ONLY BRIEFLY DESCRIBES SUCH BENEFITS. FOR INFORMATION ON YOUR MEDICARE BENEFITS CONTACT YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE OR THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES. FOR INFORMATION ON YOUR [MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT OR MEDICARE REPLACEMENT] POLICY CONTACT:

[COMPANY OR FOR AN INDIVIDUAL POLICY - NAME OF AGENT]

[ADDRESS/PHONE NUMBER]

INS 3.39 APPENDIX 6m

[NOTICE OF CHANGE FOR OUTLINE OF COVERAGE]

[FOR APPLICANTS FIRST ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICARE AFTER JUNE 1, 2010 AND PRIOR TO JANUARY 1, 2020.]

(COMPANY NAME)

NOTICE OF CHANGES IN MEDICARE AND YOUR [MEDICARE

SUPPLEMENT OR MEDICARE COST] COVERAGE – 2_____

THE FOLLOWING CHART BRIEFLY DESCRIBES THE MODIFICATIONS IN MEDICARE AND IN YOUR [MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT OR MEDICARE COST] COVERAGE.

PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY!

THIS CHART SUMMARIZES THE CHANGES IN YOUR MEDICARE BENEFITS AND IN YOUR MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT OR MEDICARE COST] COVERAGE PROVIDED BY (COMPANY) ONLY BRIEFLY DESCRIBES SUCH BENEFITS. FOR INFORMATION ON YOUR MEDICARE BENEFITS CONTACT YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE OR THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES. FOR INFORMATION ON YOUR [MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT OR MEDICARE COST] POLICY CONTACT:

[COMPANY OR FOR AN INDIVIDUAL POLICY - NAME OF AGENT]

[ADDRESS/PHONE NUMBER]

INS 3.39 APPENDIX 6t

[NOTICE OF CHANGE FOR OUTLINE OF COVERAGE]

[FOR APPLICANTS NEWLY ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICARE ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2020.]

(COMPANY NAME)

NOTICE OF CHANGES IN MEDICARE AND YOUR [MEDICARE

SUPPLEMENT OR MEDICARE COST] COVERAGE – 2_____

THE FOLLOWING CHART BRIEFLY DESCRIBES THE MODIFICATIONS IN MEDICARE AND IN YOUR [MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT OR MEDICARE COST] COVERAGE.

PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY!

[COMPANY OR FOR AN INDIVIDUAL POLICY - NAME OF AGENT]

[ADDRESS/PHONE NUMBER]

Ins 3.39 APPENDIX 7

NOTICE TO APPLICANT REGARDING REPLACEMENT OF MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT, MEDICARE COST,
MEDICARE SELECT, MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OR EXISTING ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE

(Insurance company’s name and address)

SAVE THIS NOTICE! IT MAY BE IMPORTANT TO YOU IN THE FUTURE

According to [your application] [information you have furnished], you intend to terminate existing Medicare supplement, Medicare cost, Medicare select or Medicare Advantage insurance and replace it with a policy to be issued by [Company Name] Insurance Company. Your new policy will provide thirty (30) days within which you may decide without cost whether you desire to keep the policy.

You should review this new coverage carefully. Compare it with all accident and sickness coverage you now have. If, after due consideration, you find that the purchase of this Medicare supplement, Medicare cost, Medicare select or Medicare Advantage coverage is a wise decision, you should terminate your present Medicare supplement, Medicare cost, Medicare select, or Medicare Advantage coverage. You should evaluate the need for other accident and sickness coverage you have that may duplicate this policy.

STATEMENT TO APPLICANT BY ISSUER, AGENT [BROKER OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVE]:

I have reviewed your current medical or health insurance coverage. To the best of my knowledge, this Medicare supplement, Medicare cost, Medicare select or Medicare Advantage policy will not duplicate your existing Medicare supplement, Medicare cost, Medicare select or, if applicable, Medicare Advantage coverage because you intend to terminate your existing Medicare supplement, Medicare cost, Medicare select coverage or leave your Medicare Advantage plan. The replacement policy is being purchased for the following reason(s):

______Additional benefits.

______No change in benefits, but lower premiums.

______Fewer benefits and lower premiums.

______My plan has prescription drug coverage and I am enrolling in Medicare Part D. ______Disenrollment from a Medicare Advantage plan. Please explain reason for disenrollment. [optional only for Direct Mailers.]

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Other. (please specify)

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