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This page gives you a chart of frequently asked questions about Medicare and where to find the answers. Your primary resource, of course, is to call 1-800-MEDICARE or check their website at www.medicare.gov.

  • Medicare Patient Rights

  • Health Care Quality Improvement Program

  • Quality of Care Concerns
  • Your State QIO: South Dakota Foundation for Medical Care Beneficiary Line
    (800) 658-2285
    (605) 336-3505
    click here for the website
  • Social Security Benefits

  • Medicare Enrollment Eligibility

  • Report a Lost Medicare Card

  • Report an Address Change
  • Your Social Security Office
    (800) 772-1213
    click here for the website
  • Report Possible Medicare Fraud or Abuse
  • South Dakota Fraud Office
    (605) 336-2475
    (800) 822-8804
    click here for the website
  • Medicare Claims Payment, Deductibles, Participating Providers, Secondary Payer, etc.
  • Your Medicare Carrier: Noridian Government Services of North Dakota
    (800) MEDICARE
    click here for the website
  • Medicare Part B Claims
    -doctor services
    -outpatient care
    -other medical care
  • Your Medicare Carrier: Noridian Government Services of North Dakota
    (800) MEDICARE
    click here for the website
  • Medicare Coverage and Payment of Medical Equipment/Supplies

  • Participating Durable Medical Equipment Suppliers
  • Your Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carrier: CIGNA Medicare
    (800) MEDICARE
  • Check on a Bill or Medicare Coverage for Hospital, Nursing Home, Home Health Care or Hospice Care
  • Your Medicare Carrier: Noridian Government Services of North Dakota
    (800) MEDICARE
    click here for the website
  • Medicare Supplemental or Medigap Policies and General Insurance Questions

  • To Report Questionable Practices by Insurance Companies or Agents

  • Your State Insurance Commission
    (605) 773-3656
    click here for the website
  • Medicaid Enrollment/Eligibility and Other Financial Assistance Programs Such as Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB) and Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary (SLMB)

  • Your State Medical Assistance Offices: Dept. of Social Services (605) 773-3495
    (800) 452-7691
    click here for the website
  • Request a SHIINE Volunteer to Assist You With Medical Bills, Explanation of Medicare Benefits or Medicare Summary Notices, Supplemental Insurance, Long Term Care Insurance and Other Medicare Paperwork
  • Your State Senior Health Information and Insurance Education Program: SHIINE
    FREE SERVICE
    (800) 536-8197
    (605) 333-3314 (Sioux Falls)
  • Kidney Dialysis Facilities
  • Your End Stage Renal Disease Network Organization: ESRD
    (800) MEDICARE
    click here for the website
  • Senior Support Services
  • Your Regional AARP Office
    (773) 714-9800
    click here for the website

    Your State Adult Services and Aging Office
    (605) 773-3656
    click here for the website
  • Centers for Medicare and Medcaid Services (CMS)
  • Your CMS Regional Office
    (800) MEDICARE
    click here for the website
  • Railroad Retirement Beneficiary Medicare Enrollment and Benefits
  • Your Railroad Retirement Board Field Office
    (800) 808-0772
  • Order Medicare Publications Such as the Guide to Health Insurance for People With Medicare
  • Your National Medicare Hotline
    (800) MEDICARE
    click here for the website
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