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If you’re receiving Social Security benefits, you’re likely already enrolled in Original Medicare, but may still have gaps in your coverage. If you’re a new ActivAger (turning 65 soon and planning an active retirement) you may need specific coverage options that cover your active retirement lifestyle.

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Medical Terms and Definitions

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  • Creditable prescription drug coverage
    Prescription drug coverage (for example, from an employer or union) that's expected to pay, on average, at least as much as Medicare's standard prescription drug coverage. People who have this kind of coverage when they become eligible for Medicare can generally keep that coverage without paying a penalty, if they decide to enroll in Medicare prescription drug coverage later.
  • Critical access hospital (CAH)
    A small facility that provides outpatient services, as well as inpatient services on a limited basis, to people in rural areas.
  • Custodial care
    Non-skilled personal care, like help with activities of daily living like bathing, dressing, eating, getting in or out of a bed or chair, moving around, and using the bathroom. It may also include the kind of health-related care that most people do themselves, like using eye drops. In most cases, Medicare doesn't pay for custodial care.
  • Deductible
    The amount you must pay for health care or prescriptions before Original Medicare, your prescription drug plan, or your other insurance begins to pay.
  • Demonstrations
    Special projects, sometimes called "pilot programs" or "research studies," that test improvements in Medicare coverage, payment, and quality of care. They usually operate only for a limited time, for a specific group of people, and in specific areas.
  • Diethylstilbestrol (DES)
    A drug given to pregnant women from the early 1940s until 1971 to help with common problems during pregnancy. The drug has been linked to cancer of the cervix or vagina in women whose mother took the drug while pregnant.
  • Durable medical equipment (DME)
    Certain medical equipment, like a walker, wheelchair, or hospital bed, that's ordered by your doctor for use in the home.
  • Durable power of attorney
    A legal document that names someone else to make health care decisions for you. This is helpful if you become unable to make your own decisions.
  • End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)
    Permanent kidney failure that requires a regular course of dialysis or a kidney transplant.
  • Exception
    A type of Medicare prescription drug coverage determination. A formulary exception is a drug plan's decision to cover a drug that's not on its drug list or to waive a coverage rule. A tiering exception is a drug plan's decision to charge a lower amount for a drug that's on its non-preferred drug tier. You or your prescriber must request an exception, and your doctor or other prescriber must provide a supporting statement explaining the medical reason for the exception.