Here are your AEP options:
- Change from Original Medicare to a Medicare Advantage Plan
- Change from a Medicare Advantage Plan back to Original Medicare. Once in Original Medicare you may consider enrolling in a Medicare Supplement (Medigap) plan.
- Switch from one Medicare Advantage Plan to another Medicare Advantage Plan.
- Switch from a Medicare Advantage Plan that doesn’t offer drug coverage to a Medicare Advantage Plan that offers drug coverage.
- Switch from a Medicare Advantage Plan that offers drug coverage to a Medicare Advantage Plan that doesn’t offer drug coverage.Join a Medicare Prescription Drug Plan.
- Switch from one Medicare Prescription Drug Plan to another Medicare Prescription Drug Plan.
- Drop your Medicare prescription drug coverage completely.
Useful AEP Facts:
- All Medicare Advantage Plans are annual plans ending Dec. 31, 2011. Insurance companies may either renew a plan for 2012 (with or without changes in benefits/premium), or discontinue a plan.
- If the Medicare Advantage Plan has been renewed and you do nothing during AEP, you will be automatically enrolled into the plan for 2012
- Your new coverage will begin on Jan. 1, 2012
- You may make more than one election during AEP. Your final election will overwrite all previously made elections
Dates to Remember:
- By September 30, 2011: All plans must mail their current members the ANOC (Annual Notice of Change) and EOC (Evidence of Coverage). These notices tell members about any changes for the 2012 plan year.
- By October 2, 2011: Plans that are not renewing their contract for 2012 or whose contract is being terminated by CMS for 2012 must send their current members a letter notifying them that their current coverage will end on December 31, 2011.
- By October 6, 2011: Tentative date for 2012 Plan data to go live on Medicare Plan Finder.
- October 15, 2011: Annual Enrollment Period (AEP) begins.
- December 7, 2011: AEP ends.
- Change from Original Medicare to a Medicare Advantage Plan
- Change from a Medicare Advantage Plan back to Original Medicare. Once in Original Medicare you may consider enrolling in a Medicare Supplement (Medigap) plan.
- Switch from one Medicare Advantage Plan to another Medicare Advantage Plan.
- Switch from a Medicare Advantage Plan that doesn’t offer drug coverage to a Medicare Advantage Plan that offers drug coverage.
- Switch from a Medicare Advantage Plan that offers drug coverage to a Medicare Advantage Plan that doesn’t offer drug coverage.Join a Medicare Prescription Drug Plan.
- Switch from one Medicare Prescription Drug Plan to another Medicare Prescription Drug Plan.
- Drop your Medicare prescription drug coverage completely.
Useful AEP Facts:
- All Medicare Advantage Plans are annual plans ending Dec. 31, 2011. Insurance companies may either renew a plan for 2012 (with or without changes in benefits/premium), or discontinue a plan.
- If the Medicare Advantage Plan has been renewed and you do nothing during AEP, you will be automatically enrolled into the plan for 2012
- Your new coverage will begin on Jan. 1, 2012
- You may make more than one election during AEP. Your final election will overwrite all previously made elections
Dates to Remember:
- By September 30, 2011: All plans must mail their current members the ANOC (Annual Notice of Change) and EOC (Evidence of Coverage). These notices tell members about any changes for the 2012 plan year.
- By October 2, 2011: Plans that are not renewing their contract for 2012 or whose contract is being terminated by CMS for 2012 must send their current members a letter notifying them that their current coverage will end on December 31, 2011.
- By October 6, 2011: Tentative date for 2012 Plan data to go live on Medicare Plan Finder.
- October 15, 2011: Annual Enrollment Period (AEP) begins.
- December 7, 2011: AEP ends.