ALLIANCE SUPPORTERS

SUPPORTERS

Thank you to each one of you who made a contribution during the months of July & August!

You truly are making a positive difference in the lives of seniors in our community.

Bonnie Ambuehl Anonymous Area II Agency on Aging Ask Insurance Sue & Tim Bailey Timothy & Betty Ballou Mike & Lauretta Bentz Pamela Blackman Diane & Mike Boyett Michael Brake Roland Brown John & Karren Cannon Jaime Carpenter Mary & Frank Cipech Charitable Trust Dick & Joyce Clayton Dick & Sue DeVries Edie & Greg Dibble Gary & Judy Doll Marlin & Sharon Dunlap Mary Dyer Eunice Ellison Rita Emond Angeline Ettleman Sara Fenimore Darlene & John Fernelius First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Teresa Fischer Kurt Frette Cheri Galt Gregg & Marcia Hafner Donna Hightower Gloria Horab Roy & Dolores Howerter Leona Irvine Jan Kirk Gary & Janice Koch Thomas & Priscilla Korb Krueger & Company Real Estate Brokerage Trudy Krum Myrtle Lane Elaine Larimer Edeen Linsky Larry & Dawn Lofthouse Judy McCann Laura McCann Barbara McGregor Ben McKee Pat Mitchelll Delbert & Dina Moser Moulton Bellingham PC Leonard & Melody Munter Jeff & Vikki Muus Erik Neva Roger & Gerry Olmstead Maureen O'Reilly JoAnn Ostermiller Ken & Margaret Peterson Michael & Lorri Pool Katricia Pugh Joan, Eric and Lynne Rentz Ella Rider Rocky Mountain College Delores Roebling Roger Daniel Insurance Agency Dallas Roots Pam Sanchez Curt Sauber SCL Health / St. Vincent Community Partnership Robert Scott Nancy Sinclair Donna Sitton Gail Snyder Stockman Bank Dr. J.J. & Donna Sullivan Jean Thompson US Foods, Inc. Velum Skin and Laser Center Virginia Waples William & Elizabeth Warner Teresa & David Wehr Terry & Linda Wilson Russell & Kathleen Wiseman Elsa Zorn Helen Zottnick

MEMORIALS

Marjorie Booke

Hospital Laundry Services

Ron Reather

Betty Ann Gabel

Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and AUTUMN A MOSAIC OF THEM ALL.

— Stanley Horowitz

Medicare Marketing Violations

Unlike Original Medicare, Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Plans are administered, marketed, and sold by private insurance companies. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has guidelines for marketing these Part C and Part D plans to protect Medicare beneficiaries from manipulative and deceptive sales and enrollment tactics.

What are Examples of Medicare Marketing Violations?

• Receiving an unsolicited phone call from a plan you have no prior relationship with or have disenrolled from • An agent or broker representing themselves as being from Medicare • An unsolicited home visit • Receiving information such as flyers on your car or at your home from a company with whom you did not have an appointment • An agent initiating a discussion about other insurance products, such as life insurance, during a meeting about

Part C or Part D. • An agent returning uninvited to your home after missing an earlier appointment • Requiring you to provide contact information to attend a marketing event • Calling you after an event without your prior permission • Calling you to confirm you received information sent to you in the mail • An agent signing you up for a plan that you find out later does not cover the prescriptions or services they said it would

What Can Plans Agents Do?

Agents who sell Part C and D plans can call you, if you have told them they could, and they can make unsolicited contact with you through the mail and advertisements, including by email if it contains an opt-out function.

Report potential Medicare marketing violations and/or enrollment fraud, errors, or abuse if you encounter any of these examples. Montana SMP is ready to provide you with the information you need to PROTECT, DETECT, and REPORT Medicare fraud, waste, and abuse. Call 406-259-5212 in Yellowstone County and 1-800-551-3191 for other Montana SMP with questions or complaints.

With Respect, Honor & Gratitude THANK YOU VETERANS