Anchorage Senior Activity Center

Medicare Information Office

Personalized Medicare Counseling at the Center

MEDICARE COUNSELORS:
Nila Morgan
Certified Master Medicare Counselor
Fraud Education Coordinator
Coordinator of the Medicare Minute Program
Phone: 770-2070
By Appointment Only

Denise Dent
Certified Medicare Counselor
Benefits Enrollment Center Facilitator
Office Hours: Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm
Phone: 770-2027
By Appointment Only

Our Medicare Counselors can help you with:

  • One-on-one counseling
  • Assistance with Medicare enrollment
  • Medicare billing questions, errors, and fraud
  • Choosing a prescription drug plan
  • Applying for extra help paying for Medicare premiums and prescription drugs
  • Selecting a Medigap (Medicare supplement) plan
  • Understanding coordination with retiree or other health insurance plans
  • Understanding bills and claims
  • Preventing error, fraud or abuse
  • Are you aging into Medicare this year?

    Sample Medicare Card

    This may be the year that you "age into Medicare" (turn 65). Decisions about your health care are complex and dependent on your individual situation. I am a Medicare counselor, trained by the Alaska Medicare Information Office and the Seattle Center for Medicare and Medicare Services, and am on staff at ASAC. You can chat with me any week day from 9 am to 5 pm to learn about websites and publications that you may want. I can help you enroll in Medicare A and B on line or pick a Part D Prescription Drug plan from the twenty some plans available in Alaska. We can also discuss the Medigap (Medicare Supplement) plans available in Alaska.

    Having these conversations with a knowledgeable, unbiased source can provide you with an enhanced Medicare vocabulary and many resources to assist you in making your choices.

    The Medicare Information Office at the Center is accessed from the Back Lobby. No Walk-ins please. Call 770-2027 or 770-2070 to make an appointment.

    Are you moving away from Anchorage or Alaska?

    To help you stay on Medicare please use our Medicare Moving Checklist

    MEDICARE Fraud Alert

    To avoid Medicare fraud, people should not give Medicare numbers to anyone but the people in their provider's office. Medicare does not call and offer things "for free." Report fraud by calling the Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) Program at the Alaska Medicare Information Office at 800-478-6065 or report to the national Medicare call center at 1-800-MEDICARE.

    Check out the Medicare Information Office website for quick on-line information on all things Medicare in Alaska

    www.medicare.alaska.gov
    SHIP (7K) SMP (8K)
    www.medicare.alaska.gov

    Medicare News

    Two family practice clinics have opened in Anchorage with missions to add health care options for Medicare beneficiaries.

    Alaska Medicare Clinic.org
    Alaska Medicare Clinic
    11260 Old Seward Hwy
    433-5100
    www.alaskamedicareclinic.org
    Providence Senior Care Center
    Providence Senior Care Center
    3300 Providence Drive
    Suite B314
    212-3429
    alaska.providence.org/services/s/senior