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What is a Medicare approved provider? A health care provider (like a home health agency, hospital, nursing home, or dialysis facility) that's been approved by Medicare. Providers are approved or "certified" by Medicare if they've passed an inspection conducted by a state government agency. Medicare only covers care given by providers who are certified.

Medigap comes through private insurance companies and aims to fill in the “gaps” left in the traditional Medicare coverage.

What is a Medicare Cost Plan? A type of Medicare health plan available in some areas. In a Medicare Cost Plan, if you get services outside of the plan's network without a referral, your Medicare-covered services will be paid for under Original Medicare (your Cost Plan pays for emergency services or urgently needed services).

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Quick Tip: Medicare eligibility begins at age 65, and signing up on time can help you avoid premium surcharges. But if you’re working at 65, you get a bit more leeway.

Medicare Changing plans - Regardless of the Medicare Plan you select, you can change your plan each year during the AEP. You are then locked into that plan for the next AEP. There are special circumstances that allow you to change plans outside the AEP timeframe, but you must be granted a Special Election Period.

Medicare AEP is an Annual Enrollment Period—Every fall, you have a window of opportunity to change your health coverage and your health coverage provider without penalty.

Fast Fact: More than 55 million Americans rely on Medicare for their health care coverage. Every day, another 10,000 people turn 65, making them eligible for the government-provided health insurance program.

Once you enroll in Medicare, you can no longer contribute to a health savings account (HSA), although you can continue to take tax-free distributions from your HSA to pay for medical expenses.

Fast Facts: You can enroll in Medicare Part A anytime after turning 64 years and nine months old.

February Fast Fact: Medicare doesn’t cover Long Term Care costs.

Part A benefits are fully covered in both the original Medicare program and in Medicare Advantage plans. But you pay for hospital care (deductibles and copays) in different ways, depending on which system you’re enrolled in, or, if you’re in the Medicare Advantage program, which plan you’re in.

Medicare covers some but not all of your health care costs. Depending on which plan you choose, you may have to share in the cost of your care by paying premiums, deductibles, copayments and coinsurance. The amount of some of these payments can change from year to year.

If you receive Social Security benefits at the time you turn 65, or apply for them at a later date, the Social Security Administration (which handles Medicare enrollment) will automatically enroll you in both Part A and Part B and send your Medicare ID card through the mail. But (if you have primary insurance from a current employer, as described above) you can decline Part B, following the instructions that Social Security includes in its letter that accompanies your card and meeting the deadline.

You do not need Part D prescription drug coverage if you have “creditable” coverage from elsewhere — such as from a current or former employer, COBRA, the federal employees health benefits (FEHB ) program, the military’s TRICARE programs, the Veterans Affairs health system, or individual health insurance you’ve purchased yourself. “Creditable” coverage means that Medicare considers it to be of equal or better value than Part D.

Medicare Part A helps pay for the costs of inpatient care in the hospital and short-term skilled nursing facilities — including a semiprivate room, bed, meals and nursing care. It also pays for some home health services and hospice care, at no charge to you if you meet the conditions for coverage.