Medicare D question --

[Guest guest]

Have a new patient – status post kidney transplant.

Has Medicare A & B due to ESRD & disability – Medicare is primary.

Also has Aetna commercial through her husband’s

work with creditable prescription coverage. And she also has pays for a

Medicare D plan – they are not sure why they have that also. Can she

drop the D plan?

Daryl Battin, MSW/LICSW

Financial Coordinator/Social Worker

Department of Transplantation

Lahey Clinic, 41 Mall Road, Burlington

MA 01805

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[Guest guest]

Yes. There is no real reason for her to

have the part D plan. It is just costing her extra money.

L.

Woodward, BS, TFC

Transplant Financial

Coordinator

University Hospital of

Arkansas

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Medicare D question --

Have a new patient – status post kidney transplant.

Has Medicare A & B due to ESRD & disability – Medicare is primary.

Also has Aetna commercial through her husband’s work with creditable

prescription coverage. And she also has pays for a Medicare D plan – they

are not sure why they have that also. Can she drop the D plan?

Daryl Battin, MSW/LICSW

Financial Coordinator/Social Worker

Department of Transplantation

Lahey Clinic, 41 Mall Road,

Burlington MA 01805

Ph: / FAX:

Page:

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web page at http://www.lahey.org for a full directory of Lahey sites,

staff, services and career opportunities.

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[Guest guest]

I think she will have to wait until the enrollment period (Nov 15), but I'm not sure. She can call the customer service number on the back of her card to verify though. You're right though, she really doesn't need the part D.

i hope this helps!

Leah Knowles

Carolinas Medical Center

Charlotte, NC

Subject: Medicare D question --To: TxFinancialCoordinators Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010, 1:54 PM

Have a new patient – status post kidney transplant. Has Medicare A & B due to ESRD & disability – Medicare is primary. Also has Aetna commercial through her husband’s work with creditable prescription coverage. And she also has pays for a Medicare D plan – they are not sure why they have that also. Can she drop the D plan?

Daryl Battin, MSW/LICSW

Financial Coordinator/ Social Worker

Department of Transplantation

Lahey Clinic, 41 Mall Road , Burlington MA 01805

Ph: / FAX:

Page:

See our web page at http://www.lahey. org for a full directory of Lahey sites, staff, services and career opportunities.

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