Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability
Jim Shulman, Executive Director

 

The Tennessee State Health Insurance Assistance Program is a statewide program that provides free and objective counseling and assistance to persons with questions or problems regarding Medicare and other related health insurances.

 

In Tennessee, SHIP operates through the state's nine Area Agencies on Aging & Disability (AAADs). These agencies offer a variety of services besides SHIP, all aimed at helping persons who are elderly and/or have disabilities to live better lives.

 

SHIP is funded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the federal government under the Department of Health & Human Services. Every state, as well as Washington, D.C.

and two U.S. territories, has a SHIP. We work to give accurate and helpful information. When we are not

able to answer a question or solve a problem, we refer to other agencies and resources. We do our best

to give consumers the help that they need.

 

For more information on SHIP, visit:

 

Get Your Medicare Questions Answered!

Tennessee’s State Health Insurance Assistance Program

1-877-801-0044 (Toll-Free)

 

Protect your health with Medicare’s preventive benefits. Sign up at www.MyMedicare.gov to track the preventive benefits you have used each year and remind you of benefits for which you are eligible.

Visit www.medicare.gov for valuable benefit information. Here are a few highlights of the website:

 

Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Finder
An interactive tool that allows you to narrow your search for a Medicare prescription drug plan based on

your personal preferences such as cost, drugs covered, and participating pharmacies.

 

Formulary (Drug) Finder
You submit the drugs you use and this interactive tool finds plans in your area whose formularies cover

those drugs.

 

Need help paying for your prescription drugs? Visit the Social Security website at www.ssa.gov. You may be able to get extra help to pay for the premiums, annual deductible, and co-payments related to the Medicare Prescription Drug program. However, you must be enrolled in a Medicare Prescription Drug plan to receive

this additional help.