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MEDICARE NOTICE

 

Once you turn 65, Medicare becomes your primary healthcare coverage and the Cincinnati Retirement System (CRS) healthcare coverage you are purchasing becomes your secondary healthcare coverage. Contact Social Security at 1-800-772-1213 to enroll in Medicare Part A and B. When you become enrolled in Medicare, you must send a photocopy of your Medicare Health Insurance Card to the Cincinnati Retirement System.

 

CRS will provide a Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan (CVS/SilverScript) for Medicare-eligible participants who are enrolled in CRS healthcare coverage. This prescription drug plan will provide additional coverage to improve the standard Medicare Part D benefit so that your coverage is similar to pre-65 prescription drug benefit through CRS. You must have Medicare Part A and Medicare Part B coverage to be enrolled in a Medicare Part D plan (CVS/SilverScript).

 

NOTE: Once CRS has received your Medicare card, enrollment into the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan can take up to 8-10 weeks. Continue to use your CVS/Caremark Prescription Drug card until you receive your new Medicare Part D (CVS/SilverScript) card.

 

For those Medicare-eligible Retirees who have questions about the Anthem Medicare Advantage PPO, please review the linked PowerPoint presentation. If you have further questions, please call the Anthem FIRST IMPRESSIONS welcome line at 833-848-8729.