As many of you may know, this year the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) created a new Special Enrollment Period for people with exceptional circumstances who otherwise missed their initial enrollment into Medicare. One of these circumstances is for people leaving incarceration.

CMS has just produced new publications to educate consumers and counselors about this [note: you may need to copy & paste these links instead of directly clicking through]:

A consumer fact sheet, Signing Up for Medicare after Jail or Incarceration, is available in English at: https://www.medicare.gov/media/publication/12182-signing-up-for-medicare-after-jail-or-incarceration.pdf and in Spanish at https://www.medicare.gov/es/media/publication/12182-s-signing-up-for-medicare-after-jail-or-incarceration.pdf
This outreach page answers a lot of questions about who’s covered under this SEP: https://www.cms.gov/outreach-education/incarcerated-medicare-beneficiaries

Learn more about helping clients with these and other exceptional circumstances SEPs in our FAQ at: https://ncoa.org/article/exceptional-circumstances-for-medicare-special-enrollment-periods-what-you-need-to-know

Brandy

Center for Benefits Access
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