Amplicare Match (iMedicare): Grow Your Medicare Business

Offering plan comparisons as a service to your patients is one of the most successful ways to keep your Medicare patients filling at your pharmacy year-to-year as well as bring…

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Written by Nick Brooke, Ashley Hunt, Sarah Newgaard and 3 others

Getting Started

Medicare training guides

View or print our easy-to-read training tutorials for consolidated info on the most important topics!

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

Performing a plan comparison

A step-by-step guide to help you learn how to help your patients compare Medicare plans

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

How to perform a plan comparison using the Patient Portal!

A step-by-step guide on helping your patients choose the best plan via Amplicare.

Written by Alexandra Pastrana
Updated over a week ago

Plan enrollment process

The steps to help your patients enroll in a new Medicare plan

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

Medicare plan types

Understanding the difference between regular PDP, MA-PD (Medicare Advantage), SNP, and Medigap.

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

How to perform a Medicare Advantage plan comparison

Follow this guide to master the ins and outs of performing a Medicare Advantage plan comparison

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

How to compare Medigap Plans

A step-by-step guide on performing a Medigap plan comparison

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

Do's and Don't's of helping patients with a plan comparison

Ensure you're compliant with CMS rules

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

Current plan & subsidy detection

An explanation of Amplicare's plan and subsidy detection tool

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

How to check current plan or subsidy

Tips for how to confirm your patient's current plan or subsidy information

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

Consulting with patients about Medicare

Medicare is complex, especially for your patients! Here are some tips to make each consultation beneficial.

Written by Sarah Newgaard
Updated over a week ago

Dual eligible patients

What you need to know about dual eligible patients ("Medi-Medi" patients)

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

Plan tags: "Preferred", "Chain", Mail Order", "Gap Coverage", "Benchmark"

Understand the different types of plan network status's and what they mean for your patients & your pharmacy.

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

Preferred plans explained

What "preferred" really means and why preferred plans aren't always the cheapest option for your patient

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

Medicare phases of coverage

Help your patients understand the Medicare Part D coverage phases and how their drug costs throughout the year can change

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

Formulary restrictions

Prior authorizations, quantity limits, step therapy, and days supply restrictions explained.

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

Doctor Lookup

Help patients compare Medicare Advantage plans with ease!

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

How to use the nearby pharmacy tool

Learn how to use the Nearby Pharmacy tool to determine preferred statuses at other pharmacies.

Written by Sarah Sleiman
Updated over a week ago

Helping patients enroll in Medicare plans

Learn about different engagement strategies for helping your patients with Medicare plan comparisons

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

Top Open Enrollment opportunities ("win-wins")

How to address these high priority opportunities in Amplicare

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

Patient Portal

Everything you need to know about Amplicare's patient-facing plan enrollment portal -- enroll.amplicare.com!

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

Best Practices

How to discuss mail-order preferred plans with your patients

It doesn't have to be a tricky topic. Here are some best practices when having a conversation about Medicare plans with your patient.

Written by Alexandra Pastrana
Updated over a week ago

Scheduling Newly Eligible patient engagement campaigns

Learn how to set up campaigns to engage with your patients eligible to enroll in Medicare for the first time

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

Best practices for Open Enrollment

Everything you need to know to have a successful Open Enrollment and maximize your Medicare patient retention!

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

Recommended Medicare patients to target

Best practices on how to prioritize your high-value Medicare patients during Open Enrollment.

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

Gain new Medicare business

Best practices for leveraging your free plan comparison service to gain new Medicare business!

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

What to do after a patient enrolls in a plan

It's important to record your progress appropriately after you help a patient enroll in a plan!

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

Tracking and improving plan comparison performance

Best practices for tracking your progress and following up with patients appropriately during Open Enrollment

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

Find therapeutic alternative medications

Use Amplicare to find therapeutic alternatives that are covered by your patient's plan.

Written by Sarah Newgaard
Updated over a week ago

Formulary Lookup

An overview on using Amplicare's Formulary Lookup tool

Written by Sarah Newgaard
Updated over a week ago

Add your pharmacy's branding to the Patient Portal

Learn how to increase patient loyalty by adding your pharmacy's logo to the patient-facing plan enrollment website

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

Best practices for Dual Eligible plan comparisons

Understand how to successfully help your dual eligible patients while increasing your pharmacy's revenue.

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

Best practices for helping your Newly Eligible Medicare patients

Increase loyalty among your Medicare patients during their Initial Enrollment Period with these best practices.

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

Mitigation Through Migration

This report helps mitigate DIR fees by migrating patients to various plans which lowers their costs and increases decreases DIR fees.

Written by Nick Brooke
Updated over a week ago

Industry Knowledge

What is Medicare?

Everything you need to know about this health insurance program.

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

Formulary and tiering exceptions

Why is my patient's out-of-pocket cost for a drug so high?

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

Medigap Enrollment Basics

Written by Sarah Newgaard
Updated over a week ago

Medigap policies

Everything you need to know about Medicare Supplement Insurance aka "Medigap"

Written by Carrie He
Updated over a week ago

Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment Period

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

CMS marketing rules for Medicare plans

Medicare plans may be violating the rules. Protect yourself and your patients by reading these guidelines!

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

PACE/PACENET explained

Navigating Pennyslvania's PACE and PACENET programs with Medicare Part D

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

Prescription drug coverage: VA benefits & Medicare Part D

How do these two Government Health Programs interact and should I consider having both?

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

Can my patient change plans outside of Open Enrollment?

Everything you need to know about Special Enrollment Periods

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

What is partial extra help?

Examining this often overlooked part of Part D Extra Help

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

5-star special enrollment periods

More than 6 million patients on Part D are eligible for this special enrollment period

Written by Sarah Newgaard
Updated over a week ago

Medicare BINs, PCNs, and RxGroups

Find your plan's BINs, PCNs, and RxGroups!

Written by Sarah Newgaard
Updated over a week ago

IRMAA explained

Everything you need to know about how IRMAA affects monthly Medicare payments

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

2020 Benchmark Part D Plans by State

Stand-alone Part D plans (PDPs) where dual eligible patients have $0 monthly premiums in 2020

Written by Sarah Newgaard
Updated over a week ago

Comparing Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage

Pros and cons of the two different enrollment options: stand-alone Part D (with Medigap) or Medicare Advantage

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

FAQ's

Is the Coverage Gap ("Donut Hole") ending?

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

How up-to-date is a provider's network status?

Why it's important to confirm doctor network status with the provider directly.

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

Why do prescription drug costs change?

The most common explanations for your patients' biggest question.

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

Why are my patients no longer allowed to have their Medicare Part D premiums automatically deducted from their Social Security check?

An explanation as to why this may be happening

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

Why can't I find a plan in Amplicare?

We only show Medicare plans in-network for your pharmacy. Find out why a plan might not display when you perform a comparison.

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

Why does my patient go right into Initial Coverage even though there's a deductible?

Some drugs are exempt from the deductible. Read this article to learn more!

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

Why is my patient in the deductible for the whole year?

Patients often remain in the deductible even if their total out-of-pocket costs are higher than the deductible limit -- here's why!

Written by Carrie He
Updated over a week ago

What do I do when I'm under-reimbursed?

MAC appeal forms and contact info for state insurance commissioners

Written by Sarah Newgaard
Updated over a week ago

How do I provide an Enroll ID?

Explanations on what an "Enroll ID" is and how your patients can access one.

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

Does the Enroll ID for the patient enrollment portal change over time?

Short Answer: Yes!

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

What is an out-of-network plan?

In-Network vs. Out-of-Network Plans

Written by Sarah Newgaard
Updated over a week ago

How can I help my dual eligible patients switch plans?

There are a few ways to help dual eligible patients enroll in a new plan!

Written by Sarah Newgaard
Updated over a week ago

How does the late enrollment penalty affect my patients?

What it is & why patients need to know about it.

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago

Pharmacy View or Patient View?

Quickly switch back and forth to show or hide info when working with patients.

Written by Sarah Newgaard
Updated over a week ago

Where are Plans C and F?

Medigap Plans C and F are ending in 2020. Learn how this affects your patients' coverage.

Written by Ashley Hunt
Updated over a week ago