Join Medicare Half B On-line, by Fax, or by Mail

Medicare’s Open Enrollment Interval is underway by way of December 7. That is an annual alternative for individuals with Medicare to overview their protection and, if wanted, make modifications to their plans.

If you have already got Medicare Half A and wish to enroll in Half B, you don’t have to attend for open enrollment. (Study extra concerning the varied components at Medicare fundamentals.)

If you’re age 65 or older and wish to enroll in Half B throughout a Particular Enrollment Interval (SEP) as a result of your employer group well being plan is ending or ended throughout the final 8 months, please go to our Join Half B solely webpage

You possibly can full your Medicare Half B Enrollment on-line. You’ll electronically signal the web utility, so you will have to supply an electronic mail tackle.

In case you want, you’ll be able to fax or mail the accomplished kinds – CMS-40B Utility for Enrollment in Medicare – Half B (Medical Insurance coverage) and CMS-L564 Request for Employment Info – to your native Social Safety workplace.

Make sure you rigorously learn the directions on the kinds. Your Half B utility could also be delayed or rejected in the event you submit incorrect or incomplete documentation.

Observe: When finishing the appliance:

• You must state, “I would like Half B protection to start (MM/YY)” within the remarks part of the web or paper CMS-40B type with the month and yr you need your Half B to start out.
• You will want to submit documentation verifying that you’ve or had protection by way of a gaggle well being plan (GHP) throughout the final 8 months by way of your or your partner’s present employment. Fax, mail, or add and fasten one of the next paperwork:
  • Revenue tax returns that present medical health insurance premiums paid.
  • W-2s reflecting pre-tax medical contributions.
  • Pay stubs that mirror medical health insurance premium deductions.
  • Medical health insurance playing cards with a coverage efficient date.
  • Explanations of advantages paid by a gaggle well being plan.
  • Statements or receipts that mirror cost of medical health insurance premiums.

As soon as we course of your Half B utility, you’ll get a brand new Medicare card within the mail.

Whereas Half A doesn’t typically have a month-to-month premium, most beneficiaries pay a commonplace Half B premium, in addition to different prices.

The Half B premium can be deducted robotically out of your Social Safety profit. In case you don’t obtain Social Safety, you’ll get a invoice from Medicare.

The place to search out extra info

For extra info, learn our The way to Apply for Medicare Half B (Medical Insurance coverage) Throughout Your Particular Enrollment Interval factsheet. Name us at 1-800-772-1213, Monday by way of Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., together with your Half B enrollment questions.

To be taught extra about Medicare’s Open Enrollment Interval (October 15-December 7) or when you’ve got different Medicare questions, go to Medicare.gov or name 1-800-MEDICARE. Additionally, our factsheet, Who do I contact – Social Safety or Medicare?, offers a chart to search out out the place to go for assist.

Please let your mates and family members know concerning the on-line, fax, and mail choices for signing up for Medicare Half B.

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