Medicare Rights Center is a national consumer service organization that works to ensure access to affordable health care for older adults and individuals with disabilities through counseling, advocacy, educational programs and public policy initiatives. They assist with Medicare questions through consumer and professional hotlines, educational material and training.

We provide education about Medicare, Medicaid, managed care, and other health insurance issues. We assist Medicare beneficiaries in accessing needed health care and help people apply for programs such as Medicare Part D (prescription drug plan), EPIC (Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage), Low Income Subsidy and Medicare Savings Program.

Medicare Open Enrollment is October 15 - December 7. Please refer to the Official Medicare Website.

When TRICARE Beneficiaries become entitled to Medicare Part A and B on the basis of age, disability or end-stage renal disease, they are eligible for TRICARE for Life (TFL). TRICARE for Life is TRICAREÆs Medicare wraparound coverage available worldwide to TRICARE Beneficiaries who are also entitled to Medicare.

Nascentia Health was originally envisioned as a healthcare system without walls and as a way to bring all of our programs and services that previously operated as separate entities into a unified healthcare system.

Our goal is to make it as simple as possible for people to receive all the care they need, where they want it most – at home.

It is our mission to be the premier home and community-based care system for the regions we serve. We hold ourselves to the highest standard of excellence as a healthcare leader and deliver exceptional care. At the heart of Nascentia are the people who define our healthcare system and who drive positive results.

Our health care insurance plans and services include:

Nascentia Health at Home (previously VNA Homecare and Visiting Nurse Association of Central New York)

Nascentia Home Aides (previously Home Aides of Central New York)

Eldercare Adult Social Day

Independent @ Home – a consumer directed personal assistance program (CDPAP)

Nascentia Health Plus – Medicare Dual Advantage Special Needs Plan (D-SNP) and Nascentia Skilled Nursing Facility Plan (I-SNP)

Nascentia Health Options – a Managed Long Term Care (MLTC) Medicaid Plan for those eligible for a nursing home level of care (previously VNA Homecare Options and now Nascentia Health Options)

Nascentia Health History

Learn about the 130 year history of Nascentia Health

Nascentia Health looks to the future of home healthcare while honoring our history and reflecting our continued commitment to providing exceptional care. Unifying all our existing resources into one cohesive healthcare system was an inevitable and strategic step to ensure that we’re best positioned to fulfill our mission today, and well into the foreseeable future.

ACR Health has Navigators in nine counties to assist consumers in enrolling in health insurance. Call 315-475-2430 or email navigator@acrhealth.org to make an appointment.

ACR Health Navigators are available to help individuals and families select a health plan, including Qualified Health Plans, the Essential Plan, Medicaid, and Child Health plus through the NY State of Health Official Health Plan Marketplace. This service is free, local, and confidential.

Open Enrollment for Qualified Health Plans begins on November 1 and ends January 31 every year. You can enroll in insurance any time of the year if:

You lose your health insurance

Lose or change your job

Change in income

Change in the number of dependents in your family through birth, death, or adoption

Divorce, legal separation, or annulment

Death of the primary insurance holder in the family

Pregnancy

Medicaid, Child Health Plus and the Essential Plan are available all year for enrollments.

Even if your annual income is higher, you still may be able to get some help. Contact Social Security for details on income and resource limits. Helps pay for the costs of monthly premiums, annual deductibles and prescription co-payments related to your Medicare prescription drug plan. If you already receive Extra Help, you will not need to reapply in 2010. SS will see if you are entitled to any additional Extra Help because they no longer count your life insurance or help with household expenses. SS will send information to your state notifying them you may eligible for a Medicare Savings Program which may help with Parts A and B.

The Vestal Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center offers long term care and skilled nursing care, twenty four hours a day by trained staff. Services such as: x-ray, dentistry, podiatry, audiology, psychiatry, psychology and opthalmology are readily available when needed.

The Open Door Transition Center helps people in nursing homes and Intermediate Care Facilities who want to return to the community. Transition Specialists provide residents with information about home and community based services needed to return to the community. Working with the discharge planner, they assist in finding services in the community, including locating housing and provide community preparedness education to make sure that individuals have the information/skills they will need when they return to the community. Open Doors also offers peer support through the Peer Outreach and Referral program.

The program works closely with the Nursing Home Transition and Diversion (NHTD) and the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Medicaid Waivers and Medicaid Managed Long Term Care Plans to provide services that will support people in the community.

Medicaid Service Coordination (MSC) is a program that provides ongoing support to individuals with developmental disabilities and their families.

Services : Patient Financial Aid, Insurance Co-Pay Assistance Program, Cancer Survivor Employment Rights, Family Support, Patient Education, Advocacy, Research Grants.
Geographic Area Served : WNY and Finger Lakes