Medicare and Insurance Assistance
Medicare questions? New to Medicare? Need an Open Enrollment Appointment?
Senior Health Insurance Counseling for Kansas (SHICK) is the federal State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) for navigating Medicare in Kansas. SHICK is free, unbiased, and confidential. Trained community counselors answer questions about Medicare and other insurance issues.
MIPPA
Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA)
Through MIPPA, our agency helps people with Medicare save money on their healthcare costs.
We can:
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See if you qualify for programs that help pay your Medicare premiums, co-pays, and prescriptions
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Help you apply for those cost-saving programs
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Explain Medicare options and benefits so you can make the best choices
These services are free and confidential. Contact us to find out if you qualify for help.
SMP
Kansas Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) empowers and assists Medicare beneficiaries, their families, and caregivers to prevent, detect, and report health care fraud, errors, and abuse through outreach, counseling, and education.
This publication is supported by the Administration for Community Living (ACL), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) as part of a financial assistance award grant numbers 90SAPG0093 & 2201 KSMISH by ACL/HHS. The contents are those of the authors(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by ACL/HHS, or the U.S. Government.