Medicare provides coverage to people age 65 or older, or people under 65 with certain disabilities or permanent kidney failure. You should sign up for Medicare three months before reaching age 65, even if you’re not ready to start receiving Medicare benefits. Contact us today to help you get started with the Medicare enrollment process and discuss your coverage needs.
You’ll have a seven-month period to enroll in Medicare. This period starts three months before your birth month and continues for three months after. If you miss your Initial Enrollment Period, you must wait until the General Enrollment Period (January 1–March 31) to enroll.
If you’re under 65 and have a disability, you’re automatically enrolled in Part A and Part B after you get Social Security or Railroad Retirement benefits for 24 months.
Example: If you’re turning 65 on April 15, you’ll be eligible to enroll for Medicare from January 1 through July 31 of that year.
Example: If you’re turning 65 on April 15, you’ll be eligible to enroll for Medicare from January 1 through July 31 of that year.
If you’re unhappy with your current plan, have moved, or had a change in income, give us a call today and we’ll make it easy for you to switch your Medicare coverage.
During this period, you can
Note: if you didn’t enroll in a Medicare Part D plan when you were first eligible, you can do so during this period.
During this period, you have the one-time opportunity to
Have you recently moved or lost your coverage? There are certain life events that will allow you to switch coverage during other time periods.
Not sure if you should stay with your current coverage? Give us a call and we’ll help you figure out the best Medicare option to fit your needs.
If you enroll in a new Medicare Advantage plan, you’ll be automatically disenrolled from your current one.
You don’t need to wait for enrollment periods to disenroll from your plan.* You may disenroll by sending a signed and dated disenrollment request to Healthfirst Medicare plan in writing or by enrolling in another Medicare Advantage plan or Prescription Drug plan.
In the event that you did not mean to disenroll from Healthfirst Medicare Plan, you have the right and responsibility to ask us to cancel your disenrollment. However, you must notify us before the last day of the month you are enrolled in our plan. The effective date is the end of the month in which you made the completed request.
*You have the chance to disenroll once every three months during the first nine months of the year.
You may disenroll from our plan and return to Original Medicare by asking us to disenroll you. We will send you written confirmation of your disenrollment that will be effective January 1 of the following year or at the end of the month in which you completed a request.
Mail or fax a coverage change notice to:
Healthfirst Member Services
P.O. Box 5165
New York, NY 10274-5165
Fax: 1-646-313-4618
Or visit www.medicare.gov
1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227),
24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
TTY: 1-877-486-2048
In any of these circumstances, Healthfirst Medicare Plan will send you a letter to notify you of the reason for your disenrollment.
Good news: More New Yorkers are now eligible for the Medicare Savings Program (MSP), which is a program administered by the New York State Department of Health. With new, increased income limits, Healthfirst Medicare Advantage members may now qualify for extra assistance through the Medicare Savings Program and/or Medicaid. We can help you apply to make sure you get all the savings you’re entitled to.
We’re happy to answer your questions
Request a call and our sales team will call you within one business day.
You can also visit our Virtual Community Office to connect with a local Healthfirst representative or to find a community office near you.
Coverage is provided by Healthfirst Health Plan, Inc., Healthfirst PHSP, Inc., and/or Healthfirst Insurance Company, Inc. (together, “Healthfirst”). Plans contain exclusions and limitations.
Healthfirst Health Plan, Inc. offers HMO plans that contract with the Federal Government. Enrollment in Healthfirst Medicare Plan depends on contract renewal.
Healthfirst complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.
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Last update October 2, 2024 @ 9:13 am
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