As of Jan. 1, your options have changed l Priority Health Michigan Medicare insurance plans

As of Jan. 1, your options have changed

(December 29, 2010)

This year thereâ€™s no "open enrollment period" from Jan. 1 to March 31 where you could switch from many plans to many others. Instead, from Jan. 1 to Feb. 14, 2011, you have a few limited options.

Between Jan. 1 and Feb. 14, 2011 you can leave your Medicare Advantage or private fee-for-service (PFFS) plan and switch to Original Medicare. It's also your chance to add a Priority Health Medigap (Medicare Supplement) and a PriorityMedicare Rx^SM (PDP) prescription drug plan to help pay some of the costs that Original Medicare doesn't cover.

Changes you can make Jan. 1 – Feb. 14

During the Medicare Advantage Disenrollment Period (MADP), you may want to switch plans if your doctor or hospital isn't in your plan's network or if you're not getting the coverage that's right for you.

If you have…	From Jan. 1 - Feb. 14, you can...
Medicare Advantage plan without a prescription drug plan Medicare Advantage plan with prescription drug plan	Switch to Original Medicare Buy a Medigap plan Buy a stand-alone prescription drug plan
Medicare Advantage and a stand-alone prescription drug plan Medicare Advantage private fee-for-service plan and a stand-alone prescription drug plan	Switch to Original Medicare Buy a Medigap plan Keep the stand-alone drug plan. You can't disenroll.
Original Medicare	Buy a Medigap plan (at any time during the year)
Stand-alone prescription drug plan	Buy a Medigap plan (at any time during the year) Keep the stand-alone drug plan. You can't disenroll.

How to switch

Contact your current Medicare Advantage or PFFS plan and request to disenroll.
The plan you're leaving will send you a disenrollment form.
Complete, sign and submit the form.
If interested, select the Priority Health Medigap and/or PriorityMedicare Rx plan you want to add and complete the application or enrollment form. Choose a plan now.
If we receive your information in January, your changes will take effect on Feb. 1. If we receive your information Feb. 1- 14, your changes will take effect on March 1.

Questions?

Attend an information meeting or visit our Medicare information centers. A licensed, authorized representative will be present with information and applications. For accommodation of person with special needs at sales meetings call toll-free 888 389-6676, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (TTY users should call 711).
See the meetings schedule.

For prescription drug plan information, call toll-free 888 389-6676, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (TTY users should call 711).

For Medigap plan information, call toll-free 888 852-9780 (press#1), 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (TTY users should call 711).

Neither Priority Health Medigap plans nor agents authorized to sell Priority Health Medigap plans are connected with or endorsed by the United States government or the federal Medicare program.

A Medicare-approved Part D sponsor.

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