Medicare Conference Call: Getting Ready for 2006
November 17, 2004
Summary

Medicare Partners: State and Local Governments
We would like to thank everyone who particpated in the Medicare conference call on November 17.  Participants offered many creative suggestions of state and local government agencies with which consumer health assistance programs can partner in order to get ready for January 1, 2006 when Part D can first begin.  We have prepared a draft planning tool and hope it will be helpful to you as you think strategically about your partners.  Please look at our draft, try it, and let us know how it works for you.  We will discuss it, and many other topics related to partnerships, on HAP's December 15th Medicare conference call.  If you have any other suggestions for planning tools, please contact Lee Thompson at lthompson@healthassistancepartnership.org.