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ORGANIZATION: Aging Services, Inc.

  • 1 person is interested
Counseling Session

APPRISE is the State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) for Pennsylvania's Medicare Beneficiaries.

The Pennsylvania Department of Aging created APPRISE to help Pennsylvanians with Medicare understand their health insurance optioins and help them make sound decisions about what is best for them.

As a Volunteer Counselor you will help others understand their Medicare and commercial insurance benefits and coverages, compare Medicare prescription drug plans and complete applications for the government programs that help pay Medicare expenses.

So if you are.....

  • Looking for a challenge?
  • Sincerely interested in helping others?
  • Patient, kind and have good listening skills

If so, please consider joining our APPRISE team of Volunteers!

Please call 724-349-4500 Today!

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About Aging Services, Inc.

Location:

1055 Oak St P.O. Box 519, Indiana, PA 15701, US

Mission Statement

Our organization is pleased to be a part of the CMS MedicareRx Volunteer Initiative to help people with Medicare get the assistance they may need to benefit from Medicare's new prescription drug coverage. Organizations and volunteers nationwide have come together in the CMS MedicareRx Volunteer Initiative to help people with Medicare understand their options and make an informed, meaningful decision about their prescription drug plan options. The CMS MedicareRx Volunteer Initiative is sponsored by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Administration on Aging (AoA), and is committed to building an official corps of volunteers who are available to help people with Medicare in communities nationwide understand, choose and join a Medicare prescription drug plan if they choose.

Description

Our organization is providing free, one-on-one assistance to people with Medicare and their families via telephone and face-to-face sessions, public education presentations and other programs. Through the CMS MedicareRx Volunteer Initiative, volunteers at our organization will be given the opportunity to work directly with people with Medicare to help them understand their prescription drug plan options and join a plan that will best suit their prescription drug needs if they choose.

CAUSE AREAS

Health & Medicine
People with Disabilities
Seniors
Health & Medicine, People with Disabilities, Seniors

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

1055 Oak St P.O. Box 519Indiana, PA 15701

(40.667164,-79.13227)
 

SKILLS

GOOD FOR

  • People 55+

REQUIREMENTS

  • Background Check
  • Orientation or Training
  • At least 8 hours per month
  • 3 day new counselor training as well as online course modules and program updates.

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