Banner Medicare Advantage Plus PPO

Banner Medicare Advantage PPO plan coverage will be ending on December 31, 2024.

You need to make some decisions about your health and prescription drug coverage. Review your options for health and prescription coverage and decide which is best for you:

• Option 1: You can join another Medicare health plan. Call 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227) 24 hours a day, 7 days a week or visit Medicare.gov to choose a new plan. A Medicare health plan is offered by a private company that contracts with Medicare to provide benefits. Medicare health plans cover all services that Original Medicare covers and may offer extra coverage such as vision, hearing, or dental. Most Medicare health plans include prescription drug coverage. If you join a Medicare plan without drug coverage you may want to join a separate Medicare prescription drug plan to get prescription drug coverage. If you don’t join a separate Medicare prescription drug plan you may have to pay a lifetime Part D late enrollment penalty if you choose to join one later. 
• Option 2: You can change to Original Medicare. Original Medicare is fee-for-service coverage managed by the Federal Government. If you choose Original Medicare, you need to join a separate Medicare prescription drug plan to get prescription drug coverage.  You may also want to buy a Medicare Supplement Insurance (Medigap) policy to fill in the gaps in Original Medicare coverage. See below for more information on Medigap policies.

If you do not choose another MAPD, you will be enrolled by default to original Medicare. If you would prefer to stay enrolled in a MAPD, you may enroll in a new plan during the Medicare Open Enrollment period, which runs from October 15 through December 7.  In addition, members will qualify for a Special Enrollment Period (SEP), which allows more time to enroll in a new plan outside of the annual Medicare Open Enrollment period. If you have questions please contact the Customer Care Center at 844-549-1859, TTY 711. Our hours of operation are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., seven days a week.