Medicare Part D
Medicare: 800-MEDICARE; MEDICARE
Social Security
(low-income assistance): 800-772-1213; Social Security Administration
Access to Benefits Coalition/National Council on Aging
BenefitsCheckUp: Helps thousands of people every day to connect to government programs that can help them pay for prescription drugs, health care, utilities, and other needs.
State Health Insurance Programs
ShipTalk: Is a national program that offers one-on-one counseling and assistance to people with Medicare and their families. You need a user name and password to get in.
State Assistance Programs
Area Agencies on Aging: 800-677-1116; ElderCare: A public service of the U.S. Administration on Aging.
Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs
Partnership for Prescription Assistance: 888-4PPA-NOW; Partnership for Prescription Assistance: Brings together America’s pharmaceutical companies, doctors, other health care providers, patient advocacy organizations and community groups to help qualifying patients who lack prescription coverage get the medicines they need through the public or private program that’s right for them.
TogetherRxAccess
800-444-4106; Together Rx Access: Savings for qualified individuals and families without prescription drug coverage.
Needy Meds
NeedyMeds: A resource for people who can not afford medicine or other healthcare costs, NeedyMeds has information on nearly 800 programs.
AAPA's Reimbursement Policy
The AAPA’s Reimbursement Policy Staff developed a template of reimbursement policy information to add to your organization’s website. The link below will take you to information on Medicare, Private Payer, Medicaid, and Workers’ Compensation reimbursement policy that will help your members answer their reimbursement questions and will direct them to the AAPA’s reimbursement policy staff members to solve more difficult reimbursement problems. AAPA Reimbursement Policy
