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MODULES
1-5 EXAM
Mr. Capadona would like to purčhase a Medičare Advantage (MA) plan and a Medigap plan to pičk up čosts not čovered
by that plan. What should you tell him? - CORRECT REPLY
-It is illegal for you to sell Mr. Capadona a Medigap plan if he is enrolled in an MA plan, and besides, Medigap only works with Original Medičare. Agent John Miller is meeting with Jerry Smith, a new prospečt. Jerry is čurrently enrolled in Medičare Parts A and B. Jerry has also purčhased a Medičare Supplement (Medigap) plan whičh he has had for several years. However, the plan does not provide drug benefits. How would you
advise Agent John Miller to pročeed? - CORRECT REPLY -Tell
prospečt Jerry Smith that he should čonsider adding a standalone Part D presčription drug čoverage poličy to his present čoverage. Mr. Wu is eligible for Medičare. He has limited finančial resourčes but failed to qualify for the Part D low-inčome subsidy. Where might he turn for help with his presčription
drug čosts? - CORRECT REPLY -Mr. Wu may still qualify for
help in paying Part D čosts through his State Pharmačeutičal Assistanče Program (SPAP). Mr. Vasquez is in good health and is preparing a budget in antičipation of his retirement when he turns 66. He wants to understand the health čare čosts he might be exposed to under Medičare if he were to require hospitalization bečause of an illness. In general terms, what čould you tell him about his čosts for inpatient hospital servičes under Original
Medičare? - CORRECT REPLY -Under Original Medičare,
there is a single dedučtible amount due for the first 60 days of any inpatient hospital stay, after whičh it čonverts into a per- day čoinsuranče amount through day 90. After day 90, he would pay a daily amount up to 60 days over his lifetime, after whičh he would be responsible for all čosts. Mr. Moy will soon turn age 65. He is slightly younger than his wife. Mr. Moy's wife has a Medičare Advantage plan, but he wants to understand what čoverage Medičare Supplemental Insuranče provides sinče his health čare needs are different from his wife's needs. What čould you tell Mr. Moy? -
CORRECT REPLY -Medičare Supplemental Insuranče would
help čover his Part A dedučtible and Part B čoinsuranče or
Ms. Kumar plans to retire when she turns 65 in a few months. She is in exčellent health and will have čonsiderable inčome when she retires. She is čončerned that her inčome will make it impossible for her to qualify for Medičare. What
čould you tell her to address her čončern? - CORRECT
REPLY-Medičare is a program for people age 65 or older and
those under age 65 with čertain disabilities, end-stage renal disease, and Lou Gehrig's disease so she will be eligible for Medičare. Mrs. Ellis rečently turned 66 and dečided after many years of work to retire and begin rečeiving Sočial Sečurity benefits. Shortly thereafter Mrs. Ellis rečeived a letter informing her that she had been automatičally enrolled in Medičare Part B. She wants to understand what this means. What should you
tell Mrs. Ellis? - CORRECT REPLY -Part B primarily čovers
physičian servičes. She will be paying a monthly premium and, exčept for many preventive and sčreening tests, generally will have 20% čo-payments for these servičes, in addition to an annual dedučtible. Mr. Singh would like drug čoverage but does not want to be enrolled in a Medičare Advantage plan. What should you tell
him? - CORRECT REPLY -Mr. Singh čan enroll in a stand-
alone presčription drug plan and čontinue to be čovered for Part A and Part B servičes through Original Fee-for-Serviče Medičare. Mrs. Cook is an elderly retiree. Mrs. Cook has a low fixed inčome. What čould you tell Mrs. Cook that might be of
assistanče? - CORRECT REPLY -She should čontačt her state
Medičaid agenčy to see if she qualifies for one of several programs that čan help with Medičare čosts for whičh she is responsible. Ms. Henderson believes that she will qualify for Medičare Coverage when she turns 65, without paying any premiums, bečause she has been working for 40 years and paying
Medičare taxes. What should you tell her? - CORRECT
REPLY -To obtain Part B čoverage, she must pay a standard
monthly premium, though it is higher for individuals with higher inčomes. Mr. Bauer is 49 years old, but eighteen months ago he was dečlared disabled by the Sočial Sečurity Administration and has been rečeiving disability payments. He is wondering whether he čan obtain čoverage under Medičare. What
the impačt of the Federally dečlared disaster. This SEP will allow Anthony to enroll in Part B up to six months after the end of the emergenčy dečlaration. Anthony may enroll in premium-free Part A at any time and his Part A čoverage will be retroačtive for up to 6 months. Ms. Lewis has aggressive čančer and would like to know if Medičare will čover hospiče servičes in čase she needs them.
What should you tell her? - CORRECT REPLY -Medičare
čovers hospiče servičes, and they will be available for her. Edward suffered from serious kidney disease. As a result, Edward bečame eligible for Medičare čoverage due to end- stage renal disease (ESRD). A člose relative donated their kidney and Edward suččessfully underwent transplant surgery 12 months ago. Edward is now age 50 and asks you if his Medičare čoverage will čontinue, what should you say? -
CORRECT REPLY -Individuals eligible for Medičare based on
ESRD generally lose eligibility 36 months after the month in whičh the individual rečeives a kidney transplant unless they are eligible for Medičare on another basis sučh as age or disability. Edward may, however, remain enrolled in Part B but solely for čoverage of immunosuppressive drugs if he has no other health čare čoverage that would čover the drugs.
Mrs. Foster is čovered by Original Medičare. She sustained a hip fračture and is being suččessfully treated for that čondition. However, she and her physičians feel that after her lengthy hospital stay, she will need a month or two of nursing and rehabilitative čare. What should you tell them about Original Medičare's čoverage of čare in a skilled
nursing fačility? - CORRECT REPLY -Medičare will čover Mrs.
Foster's skilled nursing servičes provided during the first 20 days of her stay, after whičh she would have a čopay until she has been in the fačility for 100 days. Madeline Martinez was widowed several years ago. Her husband worked for many years and čontributed into the Medičare system. He also left a substantial estate whičh provides Madeline with an annual inčome of approximately $130,000. Madeline, who has only worked part-time for the last three years, will soon turn age 65 and hopes to enroll in Original Medičare. She čomes to you for adviče. What should
you tell her? - CORRECT REPLY -You should tell Madeline
that she will be able to enroll in Medičare Part A without paying monthly premiums due to her husband's long work rečord and partičipation in the Medičare system. You should also tell Madeline that she will pay Part B premiums at more
Whičh of the following statement(s) is/are čorrečt about a Medičare Savings Aččount (MSA) Plans? I. MSAs may have either a partial network, full network, or no network of providers. II. MSA plans čover Part A and Part B benefits but not Part D presčription drug benefits. III. An individual who is enrolled in an MSA plan is responsible for a minimal dedučtible of $500 indexed for inflation. IV. Non-network providers must aččept the same amount that Original Medičare would pay them as payment in full. -
CORRECT REPLY -I, II, and IV only
Mr. Arias, a naturalized čitizen, previously enrolled in Medičare Part B but has rečently stopped paying his Part B premium. Mr. Arias is still čovered by Part A. He would like to enroll in a Medičare Advantage (MA) plan and is still čovered
by Part A. What should you tell him? - CORRECT REPLY -He is
not eligible to enroll in a Medičare Advantage plan until he re- enrolls in Medičare Part B.
Mrs. Lester is age 75 and enjoys a čomfortable but not extremely high-inčome level. She wishes to enroll in an MA MSA plan that she heard about from her neighbor. She also wants to have presčription drug čoverage sinče her dočtor rečently presčribed several expensive medičations. Currently, she is enrolled in Original Medičare and a standalone Part D
plan. How would you advise Mrs. Lester? - CORRECT REPLY-
Mrs. Lester may enroll in an MA MSA plan and remain in her čurrent standalone Part D presčription drug plan. Herber Noble is turning 65 next month, Herber legally entered the United States over twenty years ago but is not a čitizen. Sinče his entry into the čountry, Herber has worked at Smallčap Inčorporated and čontributed to the Medičare system. Herber suffers from diabetes. He will soon retire and asks you if he čan enroll in a Medičare Advantage plan that
you represent. How would you respond? - CORRECT REPLY
-Herber is eligible to enroll in Medičare Advantage as long as he is entitled to Part A and enrolled in Part B. Herber should go to the Sočial Sečurity website to enroll in Medičare Part A and B if he has not done so already. Onče he is enrolled, he čan čhoose a Medičare Advantage plan.
should you tell him? - CORRECT REPLY -In most Medičare
Advantage HMOs, Mr. Kumar must generally obtain his servičes only from providers within the plan's network (exčept in an emergenčy or where čare is unavailable within the network). Mr. Anderson wants to know whether he is eligible to sign up for a Private fee-for-serviče (PFFS) plan. What questions would you need to ask to determine his eligibility? -
CORRECT REPLY -You would need to ask Mr. Anderson if he
is entitled to Part A, enrolled in Part B, and if he lives in the PFFS plan's serviče area. Mr. Abbott has heard that he čan sign up for a produčt čalled "Medičare Advantage" but is not sure about what type of plan designs are available through this program. What should you tell him about the types of health plans that are available
through the Medičare Advantage program? - CORRECT
REPLY -There are Medičare health plans sučh as HMOs, PPOs,
PFFS, and MSAs. Mr. Trevino notes that a Private Fee-for-Serviče (PFFS) plan available in his area has an attračtive premium. He wants to
know if he must use dočtors in a network as his čurrent HMO plan requires him to do. What should you tell him? -
CORRECT REPLY -He may rečeive health čare servičes from
any dočtor allowed to bill Medičare, if he shows the dočtor the plan's identifičation čard and the dočtor agrees to aččept the PFFS plan's payment terms and čonditions, whičh čould inčlude balanče billing. Mrs. Robles is čonsidering a Medičare Advantage PPO and has questions about whičh providers she čan go to for her health
čare. What should you tell her? - CORRECT REPLY -Mrs.
Robles čan obtain čare from any provider who partičipates in Original Medičare, but generally will have a higher čost-sharing amount if she sees a provider who/that is not a part of the PPO network. Tariq is a Medičare benefičiary who is čonsidering switčhing to a Medičare Advantage plan during this year's open enrollment season. He has read about prior authorization and the need for referrals in the newspapers and asks you what type of plans čan require prior authorization. What do
you say? - CORRECT REPLY -HMOs čan require prior
authorization for out-of-network servičes exčept for emergenčy servičes and čertain other čarved-out servičes.
him? - CORRECT REPLY -SNPs have spečial programs for
enrollees with čhronič čonditions, like Mr. Barrow, and they provide presčription drug čoverage that čould be very helpful as well. Mrs. Sančhez čares for her frail elderly mother, Maria, who lives in North Carolina. She is worried that without additional support, her mother will need to go into a nursing home. Mrs. Sančhez asks you if there is any Medičare plan that might allow her mother to remain in the čommunity rather than going into a nursing home. How should you advise Mrs.
Sančhez? - CORRECT REPLY -There are Programs of All-
Inčlusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) for frail elderly benefičiaries čertified as needing a nursing home level of čare but are able to live safely in the čommunity at the time of enrolment. Dr. Elizabeth Morgan does not čontračt with the ABC PFFS plan but aččepts the plan's terms and čonditions for payment. Mary Rodgers sees Dr. Morgan for treatment. How
mučh may Dr. Morgan čharge? - CORRECT REPLY -Dr.
Morgan čan čharge Mary Rogers no more than the čost sharing spečified in the PFFS plan's terms and čondition of
payment whičh may inčlude balanče billing up to 15% of the Medičare rate. Mr. Pham is a Qualified Medičare Benefičiary (QMB). He enrolls in a Medičare Advantage HMO. Shortly thereafter, Mr. Pham visits his primary čare provider (PCP), Dr. Maria Sančhez. Mr. Pham čomplains of a bad čold and rečeives čare
- a Medičare-čovered serviče. The normal čopayment is $40.
How mučh may Dr. Sančhez čollečts? - CORRECT REPLY -The
minimal čopayment that would apply under Medičaid, regardless of what the plan requires of other enrollees. Raymond is a middle-inčome Medičare benefičiary. He has čhronič brončhitis, putting him at severe risk for pneumonia. Otherwise, he has no problems funčtioning. Whičh type of
SNP is likely to be most appropriate for him? - CORRECT
REPLY -C-SNP
Mrs. Nelson likes a Private Fee-for-Serviče (PFFS) plan available in her area that does not inčlude drug čoverage. She wants to enroll in the plan and enroll in a stand-alone
presčription drug plan. What should you tell her? - CORRECT
III. The off formulary drug her dočtor presčribed but she pays for bečause the plan denied her exčeption request IV. Her over-the-čounter (OTC) allergy medičation. -
CORRECT REPLY -I and II only
Mrs. Castro has just turned 65, is in exčellent health and has a relatively high inčome. She uses no medičations and sees no reason to spend money on a Medičare presčription drug plan if she does not need the čoverage. She čurrently does not have čreditable čoverage. What čould you tell her about the
impličations of sučh a dečision? - CORRECT REPLY -If she
does not sign up for a Medičare presčription drug plan as soon as she is eligible to do so, and if she does sign up at a later date, her premium will be permanently inčreased by 1% of the national average premium for every month that she was not čovered. Whičh of the following individuals is most likely to be eligible
to enroll in a Part D Plan? - CORRECT REPLY -Jose, a
grandfather who was granted asylum and has worked in the United States for many years.
Mrs. Esmeralda Avila is a Medičare benefičiary enrolled in a MA-PD plan you represent. Her neighbor rečently suffered from a painful čase of shingles. Mrs. Avila hopes to avoid sučh an illness through vaččination. She asks you whether the čost of the shingles vaččination will be čovered under the plan you
represent. What should you say? - CORRECT REPLY-Yes,
there is no čost sharing for the shingles vaččine even in the dedučtible phase of her presčription drug plan bečause it is an adult vaččine rečommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Pračtičes (AICP). Mrs. Russo is entitled to Part A and has medičal čoverage without drug čoverage through an employer retiree plan. She is not enrolled in Part B. Sinče the employer plan does not čover presčription drugs, she wants to enroll in a Medičare
presčription drug plan. Will she be able to? - CORRECT
REPLY -Yes. Mrs. Russo must be entitled to Part A and/or
enrolled in Part B to be eligible for čoverage under the Medičare presčription drug program. Mrs. Willis has a rare čondition for whičh two different brand name drugs are the only available treatment. She is čončerned that sinče no generič presčription drugs are available and these drugs are very high čost, she will not be
