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2024 CMS Call Center Surveillance Q and A 02.07.2024
2024 CMS Call Center Surveillance Q and A 02.07.2024
2024 CMS Call Center Surveillance Q and A 02.07.2024
EGWP responses are not included as CMS does not include them in accuracy because they vary by group.
Document last updated on: 02/07/2024.
NaviCare:
$0
C3 Will joining <PART C Plan No All EOCs, Chapter 1, Section 4.1
Name> affect how much I
pay for my Part B
premium?
C4 If my mom goes to the Yes, if you are admitted to the hospital within 72 hours for the same All EOCs, Chapter 4, Section 2.1
emergency room, will the condition, you do not pay the emergency room copayment.
copayment be waived if
she is admitted to the
Note: The maximum emergency room cost-sharing if not admitted
hospital within a certain
within 72 hours is:
amount of time?
# QUESTION ANSWER REFERENCE MATERIALS
Fallon Medicare Plus Blue HMO and Fallon Medicare Plus Central Blue
HMO: $120
All other Fallon Medicare Plus plans: $90
NaviCare: $0
C5 My Mother wants to enroll No. Medicare Managed Care
in <PART C PLAN Manual, Chapter 4, Section 110
NAME> and wants to
All EOCs, Chapter 3, Section
know if she would be
1.2
covered if she goes to an
out-of-network doctor.
C6 What is the star rating for Fallon Medicare Plus & NaviCare: Star Ratings Marketing Flyers
<PART C PLAN NAME>? 4 stars (out of 5 stars) *
C10 How many days does Fallon Medicare Plus: 100 days each benefit period. Medicare Managed Care Manual,
your plan cover for care at Chapter 4, Section 10.2
a Skilled Nursing Facility? NaviCare: All EOCs, Chapter 4, Section 2.1
The coverage includes the Medicare-covered 100 days each benefit
period as well as additional day coverage under the MassHealth
(Medicaid) benefit as medically necessary.
C11 Do I have to pay for a <flu No Source: Medicare & You 2024,
shot or COVID-19 page 37
vaccinations>?
C12 Can my mom use her No Source: Medicare & You 2024,
Medigap to pay for page 78.
Medicare Advantage
plan's out-of-pocket costs,
like copays?
-or-
Can my mom use her
actual Medicare to pay for
her Medicare Advantage
deductible?
C13 Will you let me know if my Yes 42 CFR 422.111(e)
primary doctor leaves the
Medicare Managed Care Manual,
plan?
Chapter 4, Section 110.1.2.3
All EOCs, Chapter 3, Section 2.3
C17 Are routine eye exams Yes All EOCs, Chapter 4, Section 2.1
covered in <PART C
PLAN NAME>?
-or-
Does <PART C PLAN
NAME> include a regular
vision test?
C18 My mother wants to live at All Fallon Medicare Plus plans: All EOCs, Chapter 4, Sections
home, even though she’s No 2.1 and 3.1
not well. Are cooking and
cleaning services covered
under your home health NaviCare:
coverage? Yes. Homemaker and personal care homemaker services may be
authorized by the Primary Care Team. This may include meal
preparation, laundry, light housekeeping/cleaning, grocery shopping
and medication pick up.
C19 I live in <COUNTY Fallon Medicare Plus plans and NaviCare: All EOCs, Chapter 1, Section
NAME> COUNTY. Can I Barnstable, Berkshire, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, 2.2
# QUESTION ANSWER REFERENCE MATERIALS
enroll in your plan? Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, and Worcester counties:
Yes
C28 Does “prior authorization” For certain items or services, you or your provider need to get approval All EOCs, Chapter 3, Section
mean that my mother from the plan before we will agree to cover the item or service for you. 2.3
must first obtain This is called prior authorization.
authorization from the
plan before the plan will
pay for a service?
C29 Can I find the Annual Yes. Fallon Medicare Plus:
Notice of Changes http://www.fchp.org/en/find-
(ANOC) for <PART C insurance/medicare/documents-
PLAN NAME> online? forms.aspx
NaviCare:
http://fchp.org/en/find-
insurance/navicare/information-
and-forms.aspx
C30 Does this plan cover the Yes. Source: Medicare & You 2024,
flu vaccine? page 41
# QUESTION ANSWER REFERENCE MATERIALS
C31 If my <mother’s> primary Yes. When you become a member of our plan, you must choose a plan All EOCs, Chapter 3, Section
care provider (PCP) does provider to be your PCP. 2.1
not accept the plan, does
my <mother> need to find
a different PCP?
C32 Do you have a list of Yes. Fallon Medicare Plus:
doctors on your website? fallonhealth.org/findphysician
NaviCare:
fallonhealth.org/findphysician
NaviCare:
https://www.fchp.org/en/find-
insurance/navicare/information-
and-forms.aspx
C35 If my <mother> enrolls Yes. [Representative will inform the caller that the Appointment of Fallon Medicare Plus:
in your plan, do you Representative form is available on our website and may also be https://fallonhealth.org/en/find-
have a form she can fill mailed or e-mailed to the caller upon request.] insurance/medicare/documents-
out to make me her forms
# QUESTION ANSWER REFERENCE MATERIALS
representative?
NaviCare:
https://fallonhealth.org/en/find-
insurance/navicare/information-
and-forms
Part D
D1 Can you answer Yes
questions about Medicare
Part D?
D2 Does <PART D PLAN [Representative will provide answer <Yes> or <No> based upon the CMS approved 2024 formulary
NAME> cover <DRUG current year CMS approved plan formulary.]
NAME>?
D3 Is the Shingles Yes CMS approved 2024 formulary
(Shingrix/Zoster) vaccine
Medicare & You 2024, page 50
covered under <PART D
PLAN NAME>?
Note: MA-only plans do not cover the Shingles vaccine. See above
under Part C ‘C24’ for response to MA-only plans.
D4 My mom wants to get a Yes Medicare Prescription Drug
preventive tetanus shot. Benefit Manual, Chapter 6,
She has not been injured. Appendix C, Attachment II,
Is a preventive tetanus Vaccines, Question 1
shot covered by Part D?
D5 What does “quantity limit” It is the limit on how much medication you can get at a time. Medicare & You 2024, page 86.
for a drug mean?
# QUESTION ANSWER REFERENCE MATERIALS
D6 My mom thinks it is She can pay for her drugs on her own. Medicare Prescription Drug
cheaper to buy some of Benefit Manual, Chapter 14,
her prescriptions at Target §50.4.2, Beneficiary Cash
and pay $4.00 for a Purchases
generic drug instead of
using her insurance. If she
enrolls in your plan, does
she have to show her plan
card and buy her drugs
through your plan or can
she continue to pay for
drugs on her own?
D7 If my mom joins your plan, Yes. She may request a transition supply. Medicare Prescription Drug
and one of her medications Benefit Manual, Chapter 6,
is not covered by your §30.4.1, Transition
plan, can she at least get a Requirements
one-time, temporary
supply of her medicine
within the first 108 days of
her enrollment in the plan?
D8 Would a copy of a Yes June 27, 2007 HPMS Memo
Medicaid card that “Part D Guidance – Low-Income
includes my mom’s name Subsidy (LIS) Status
and eligibility date be Corrections Based on Best
acceptable evidence for Available Evidence”
low income subsidy?
D9 What is the annual drug Plan amount FMP Part D plans: EOC,
deductible for <Part D Fallon Medicare Plus Orange HMO $200 for Tiers 3-5 Chapter 6, Section 4
Plan Name>? My mom
does not get Extra Help Fallon Medicare Plus Green HMO $175 for Tiers 3-5
and she is not on Fallon Medicare Plus Central Green
Medicaid. HMO
Fallon Medicare Plus Blue HMO $0
Fallon Medicare Plus Central Blue
# QUESTION ANSWER REFERENCE MATERIALS
HMO
Fallon Medicare Plus Super Saver $545 for Tiers 1-5
HMO
NaviCare $0*
*Due to all members being full duals with LIS levels 1-3.
D10 For <Part D Plan Name> All Fallon Medicare Plus Part D plans: FMP Part D plans: EOC,
what is the maximum cost Retail copay: $0 Chapter 6, Section 5.2
share for a one-month
supply of a Tier 1 NaviCare:
(preferred generic/generic)
$0
drug at an in-network
pharmacy?
D11 My mom is moving, so Yes Medicare Prescription Drug
she will need to change Benefit Manual, Chapter 14,
plans mid-year. Will her Section 50.8
new plan be made aware
of the payments that she
made for her drugs while
she was enrolled in her
old plan?
D12 My mother, who lives in Fallon Medicare Plus: All EOCs, Chapter 1, Section 4.1
<County> COUNTY, does Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire Counties premium
not get extra help and she Fallon Medicare Plus Green HMO $66
is not on Medicaid. What Fallon Medicare Plus Blue HMO $110
Barnstable, Berkshire, Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk,
is the monthly premium Suffolk, Plymouth Counties
for <PART D PLAN Fallon Medicare Plus Green HMO $78
NAME>? Fallon Medicare Plus Blue HMO $174
Worcester County
Fallon Medicare Plus Green HMO $99
Fallon Medicare Plus Blue HMO $207
Fallon Medicare Plus Central Blue HMO $123
Fallon Medicare Plus Central Green HMO $33
Statewide (except Duke and Nantucket Counties)
Fallon Medicare Plus Orange HMO $0
Fallon Medicare Plus Super Saver HMO $60
Fallon Medicare Plus Saver No Rx HMO $35
NaviCare:
# QUESTION ANSWER REFERENCE MATERIALS
$0
D13 If a doctor prescribes a A 75% savings on the plan’s cost. FMP Part D plans: EOC,
brand name drug that is Chapter 6, Sections 2.1 and 6.1
covered by your plan,
how much of a discount
will there be while in the
coverage gap?
D14 How are RX copays Fallon Medicare Plus: FMP Part D plans: EOC,
affected by the coverage During the coverage gap, you pay 25% of the price for brand name Chapter 2, Section 7 and
gap? drugs (plus a portion of the dispensing fee) and 25% of the price for Chapter 6, Sections 2.1 and 6
generic drugs.
You stay in this stage until your year-to-date “out-of-pocket costs”
NaviCare: EOC, Chapter 2,
(your payments) reach a total of $8,000. This amount and rules for
Section 7
counting costs toward this amount have been set by Medicare.
NaviCare:
You will pay $0 all year because of your MassHealth (Medicaid)
benefits under our plan.
D15 Do my premium No
payments count toward
the coverage gap?
D16 My mom is worried about Fallon Medicare Plus: FMP Part D plans: EOC,
paying for her drugs if she No Chapter 6, Section 6
falls into the coverage
gap. Does this plan offer
any extra coverage during NaviCare: NaviCare: EOC, Chapter 2,
the gap? You will pay $0 all year because of your MassHealth (Medicaid) Section 7
benefits under our plan.
D17 My mom thinks that she The Medication Therapy Management Program is offered to qualifying Medicare Prescription Drug
may qualify for your Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug plan members. Members who Benefit Manual, Chapter 7,
Medication Therapy met certain criteria are automatically included in our Medication Section 30
Management program. Therapy Management program but may choose to opt-out at any time.
HPMS Memo 04/21/2023
Can you tell me generally Criteria: “Contract Year 2024 Medication
how she qualifies?
Take eight or more medications per month; Therapy Management Program
Are diagnosed with three of our qualifying disease states; and Information and Submission
Instructions”
Have expected medication costs of $5,330 or more per year.
# QUESTION ANSWER REFERENCE MATERIALS
D20 Who will tell me if I have Social Security will send you a letter. 42 CFR 423.286(d)(4)
to pay Part D-IRMAA,
10/10/2010 HPMS memo titled,
which is the Income-
“Part D-Income Related Monthly
Related Monthly
Adjustment Amount—Frequently
Adjustment Amount?
Asked Questions & Answers”
and updated memos from
5/27/2011 and 7/29/2015
EOC, Chapter 1, Section 4.4
D21 My mom has been paying Medicare uses the modified adjusted gross income reported on your IRS https://www.medicare.gov/part-
an extra premium amount tax return from 2 years ago (the most recent tax return information d/costs/premiums/drug-plan-
for her prescription drug provided to Social Security by the IRS). If your modified adjusted gross premiums.html
coverage based on last income is above a certain amount, you may pay a Part D income-related
year’s income, but she monthly adjustment amount (Part D-IRMAA). You'll pay the Part D-IRMAA
just retired and her amount in addition to your monthly plan premium, and this extra amount is
# QUESTION ANSWER REFERENCE MATERIALS
income has dropped. If paid directly to Medicare, not to our plan. Medicare & You 2024, page 82.
she enrolls in <plan
name>, can she get the
If you have to pay an extra amount and you disagree (for example, you
amount reduced? EOC, Chapter 1, Section 4.4
have a life event that lowers your income), visit socialsecurity.gov or
call Social Security at 1-800-772-1213. TTY users should call
1-800-325-0778.
D22 What does “prior For certain drugs, you or your provider need to get approval in advance FMP Part D plans: EOC,
authorization” for a drug from the plan before we will agree to cover the drug for you. This is Chapter 5, Section 4.2
mean? called prior authorization.
Fallon Medicare Plus Green HMO and Fallon Medicare Plus Central
Green HMO:
Yes. Each calendar year, plan members receive a Benefit Bank card
loaded with $255 in credits designated for purchase of covered OTC
products. These credits will expire at the end of the calendar year.
NaviCare:
fallonhealth.org/findphysician
D29 Does my mom need a [Representative will provide answer <Yes> or <No> based upon the CMS approved 2024 formulary
prior authorization to get current year CMS approved plan formulary.]
<DRUG NAME>?
D30 The doctor wants to Fallon Medicare Plus: FMP Part D plans: EOC,
prescribe a medication for No, if your doctor prescribes less than a full month’s supply, you will not Chapter 6, Section 5.3
less than 30 days, to see have to pay for the full month’s supply for certain drugs. The amount
how <my mother> will you pay when you get less than a full month’s supply will depend on
respond. Does<she> whether you are responsible for paying coinsurance or a copayment.
have to pay the full 30-
day copay amount?
For coinsurance: <If you are responsible for coinsurance, you pay a
percentage of the total cost of the drug. Because the entire drug cost
will be lower if you get less than a full month’s supply, the amount you
pay will be less.>
For copayment: <If you are responsible for a copayment for the drug,
your copay will be based on the number of days of the drug that you
receive.>
NaviCare:
No.
http://fallonhealth.org/
# QUESTION ANSWER REFERENCE MATERIALS
pharmacyfinder