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Welcome to Medicare and Wellness
Under Original Medicare, a beneficiary is covered for two types of preventive visits: Welcome to Medicare and Wellness. Below is the difference in the two types of preventive visits: Welcome to Medicare...
Changes coming to Medicare Supplement Plans in 2020
Medicare has made a significant change to Medicare Supplement plans starting in 2020. Medicare Supplement Plans F and C will no longer be options for those newly eligible for Medicare on or after January 1, 2020. Please note that Medicare Supplement Plans F and...
Get Medicare’s new “What’s covered” app!
Not sure if Medicare will cover your medical test or service? Medicare’s free “What’s covered” app delivers accurate cost and coverage information right on your smartphone. Now you can quickly see whether Medicare covers your service in the doctor’s office, the...
Watch Out for Scams
Medicare will never call you uninvited and ask you to give us personal or private information to get your new Medicare Number and card. Scam artists may try to get personal information (like your current Medicare Number) by contacting you about your new card. If...
IMPORTANT: Blue Shield Medicare Supplement Plan Policy Holders
March billing statement Approximately 21,000 Blue Shield Medicare Supplement plan members did not receive their March billing statement on time. This statement was generated on February 24, 2018. As a result of the billing statement delay, there is a potential for...
Blue Shield of California Easy$Pay Users Must Take Action!
Blue Shield of California is switching to a new online payment system. To continue using Easy$Pay, Blue Shield’s automatic payment service, you must re-enroll before March 9, 2018, for your April automatic payment to process. If you miss this date, your April bill...
President Trump ends Cost-Sharing Subsidies
President Trump announced on October 12, 2017, that his administration will not be making any more CSR payments. What are Cost Sharing Reductions (CSRs)? CSR’s are payments from the government to the insurance companies which are designed to help health insurance...
2017 Spring Grants Awarded to Seven Organizations
Our sister organization, the JA Community Foundation, is pleased to announce our Spring 2017 Grantees. Over $100,000 in grants were approved by the Board of the JA Community Foundation to nonprofit organizations serving Japanese American and Asian American communities...
Our Foundation is now accepting grant applications for Spring 2017
JA Community Foundation is now accepting grant proposals for its Spring 2017 grant cycle. You can access the grant guidelines and application from our sister website. You must submit your application online before midnight on Wednesday 22, 2017 to be considered for...
Sutter Health
Great news! Some of you might have heard that the contract between Sutter Health and Blue Shield expired at the end of 2016, despite ongoing negotiations. Well, we are pleased to report that Blue Shield of California and Sutter Health have agreed on a new three-year...