Delaware County Senior Community Services Apr 16, 2021
The APPRISE Program is the state health insurance program that was
created by the Pennsylvania Department of Aging to assist Medicare
beneficiaries of any age understand their health insurance options.
The Pennsylvania Department of Aging created APPRISE to help
Pennsylvanians with Medicare, Medicaid and other health insurance questions
and/or concerns.
The Delaware County Senior Community Services APPRISE Program in
Lansdowne has been providing Medicare counseling and education services since
2006.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the APPRISE Program has been
operating remotely by phone and virtually providing available
Medicare-certified counselors to answer questions and to provide Medicare
counseling services to Delaware County Medicare beneficiaries.
The APPRISE Program volunteer counselors are key to the program's
success. APPRISE volunteer counselors are extensively trained to provide
unbiased Medicare health insurance information and Part D Prescription Plan
information options to help individuals make informed decisions related to their
Medicare healthcare needs concerning health plan comparisons and enrollments.
The SCS APPRISE Program has served thousands of Delaware County
Medicare beneficiaries through individual counseling with these types of
Medicare concerns.
The APPRISE Program counseling and education services are free.
During the pandemic, the APPRISE Program educational presentations have
increased and allow participants who were unable to participate in our Medicare
classroom-style presentations to participate from their own homes in our
Medicare education presentations.
The SCS APPRISE Program offers five virtual Medicare presentations
yearly through Zoom and other social media platforms. The presentations offered
are Medicare 101 Presentations, Medicare Cost Sharing Presentation,
Supplemental Plan Presentations, How to Complete a Health Plan Comparison
Presentation and our yearly Medicare Update Presentations.
The SCS APPRISE Program is eager to help Delaware County’s
prospective and newly-retired Medicare beneficiaries, employers and companies
who need assistance with Medicare and retirement counseling, Medicare
beneficiaries who need help with understanding Medicare and choosing Medicare
insurance plans, beneficiaries/caregivers who need help with supplemental plan
choice and information, beneficiaries/caregivers who need insurance plan detail
and pricing information and beneficiaries/caregivers who need assistance with
appeals/billing/claims, and problematic Medicare situations.
Contact the Delaware County APPRISE program manager, Glenda A.
Radical, at 484-494-3767 or email at gradical@scs-delco.org to
discuss scheduling a counseling appointment, or email Louisa Mygatt, the
APPRISE Program Medicare presentation coordinator, at louisaapprise@gmail.com to
register for a Medicare presentation.
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