INDIANAPOLIS — Attorney General Curtis Hill is warning Hoosiers to take precautions in order to avoid becoming victims of Medicare-related scams. The open-enrollment period for Medicare coverage in 2020 is Oct. 15, 2019, to Dec. 7, 2019. Hill’s office gave recommendations to avoid scams this open-enrollment season: • Government agencies will rarely if ever, call …read more.

WARSAW — Kosciusko Area Bus Service, a Medicaid-approved program of Cardinal Services, has been providing reliable, affordable alternative transportation for county residents since 1981. But even after 38 years of service, 59,000 trips a year — “we’re on course to top 60,000 this year,” said Amanda Landis, KAB’s general manager — 230 trips a day …read more.

WARSAW — Lake City Place is hosting a medicare seminar for Medicare beneficiaries and caregivers who need help understanding benefits and navigating the Medicare program. The free seminar will take place on Oct. 13 in two sessions at Lake City Place located at 425 Chinworth Court, Warsaw. There will be a seminar at 10 a.m. for …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS — Officials from Tobacco Free Indiana, a coalition of national and state health organizations, praised a plan released today, Dec. 16, by Indiana Speaker of the House Brian Bosma that would generate revenue to increase Medicaid funding by increasing the tobacco tax.

WARSAW — Thursday, Nov. 5, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released an interactive online mapping tool which shows geographic comparisons at the state, county and ZIP code levels of de-identified Medicare Part D opioid prescription claims — prescriptions written and submitted to be filled — within the United States. This new mapping tool allows the user to …read more.