• Making Sense of Medicare for HR Professionals
    August 13 @ 9:00 am
    Agawam MA Training Location

This popular 2-Part presentation covers practical, need-to-know elements of America’s foundational retirement healthcare benefits programs… Medicare. It also explores the high priority filing decisions facing employees who are approaching retirement.
Presented in an engaging and easy-to-understand way from an HR and Benefits perspective, this 2-part series can be done as either a single 2-hour event or split into two separate 1-hour sessions.

Basics of Medicare Coverage, Cost, and Enrollment

Eligibility + Notable Exclusions, Medicare’s Dual Option Structure, Premiums- Including Surcharges, Evaluating Original vs Advantage, Need-to-Know Enrollment Basics

When Medicare-Eligibility Meets the Group Health Plan

Medicare Basics… a Brief Review, Enrollment Process and Pathways, Special Enrollment Period In-Depth, Secondary Payer: Options Diverge, Use Caution! COBRA & HSAs

Filled with relevant, real-life insights, this benefits-related presentation will be of interest to HR and Benefits professionals of all experience levels, as well as those who simply want to learn more for themselves about this foundational American healthcare benefit.

Participants receive a valuable Handout of supplemental content resources in a PDF format for each session. Both Segments are each pre-approved for 1.0 SHRM and World at Work recertification credit.

Who Should Attend

HR and Benefits professionals of all experience levels

Learning Objectives

  • Acquire a solid knowledge base regarding the basic benefit structure of Medicare.
  • Understand how Medicare coverage is uniquely complicated- and different from coverage under a Group Health Plan.
  • Develop a confident awareness of common Medicare areas of interest and/or concern for employees age 65+ who are approaching retirement.
  • Gain information about the unique health coverage issues arising for employees who become Medicare-eligible at age 65.
  • Understand specific key issues age 65+ employees must consider as they transition from a Group Health Plan to Medicare.
  • Develop insights needed to help age 65+ employees navigate the complex eligibility and enrollment scenarios involved with transitioning from a Group Health Plan to Medicare, thus becoming a more effective ‘frontline’ resource.

HRCI (General HR) & SHRM® Credits: 2.0

Registration Fee

EANE MEMBERS | $144 Per person

FUTURE MEMBERS | $180 Per person