Up to $3,780 a year on a benefits card
Hamaspik Medicare Choice brings your Medicare and your Medicaid into one plan. Eligible members pay $0 monthly premium, $0 copays, and $0 deductibles.
Have Medicare AND Medicaid?
You may qualify for Hamaspik Medicare Choice (HMO D-SNP) Medicare Advantage (MAP Plan). Eligible members can receive up to $315 a month, up to $3,780 a year, on an OTC benefits card.
Members with certain qualifying chronic conditions may also use some or all of that allowance for healthy food and produce, or for help with utility bills. These are special supplemental benefits for the chronically ill (SSBCI).
Eligibility for Hamaspik Medicare Choice is determined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the New York State Department of Health.
Submitting this form does not obligate you to enroll.
What comes with the plan
Everything below comes with Hamaspik Medicare Choice.
Caring for New York families since 1980
Hamaspik began in 1980, helping families look after someone who needed daily help at home. Home aides. Day programs. The everyday work of keeping people in their own homes and out of institutions.
Forty-six years later, the Hamaspik network serves families in more than 25 counties across New York State.
Hamaspik Medicare Choice is our health plan for New Yorkers who have both Medicare and Medicaid, built by people who had already spent decades doing the caring.
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Important plan information
† Paid from your benefits card. One allowance of up to $315 a month, up to $3,780 a year, covers all three.
** Healthy food, produce, and utility bills are special supplemental benefits for the chronically ill (SSBCI), available to members with certain qualifying chronic conditions.
Hamaspik Medicare Choice is a Dual Eligible Special Needs Plan (HMO D-SNP) with a Medicare contract and a contract with the New York State Medicaid program. Enrollment depends on contract renewal and on verification that you are entitled to both Medicare and medical assistance from a state plan under Medicaid.
The maximum OTC and SSBCI benefit is one shared allowance of up to $315 per month, or $3,780 annually, not a separate allowance for each category, and not all members qualify. You must continue to pay your Medicare Part B premium unless it is paid by Medicaid or another third party.
Benefits are available only to eligible members of Hamaspik Medicare Choice and may vary based on eligibility, medical necessity, and plan rules. Not all members qualify for all benefits. Other eligibility requirements, limitations, and restrictions may apply.
Submitting the eligibility form does not obligate you to enroll. A representative can explain available benefits, confirm eligibility requirements, and help you verify whether your doctors participate in the Hamaspik Medicare Choice network before you make an enrollment decision.
This information is not a complete description of benefits.
Questions? Call 718-841-0903. TTY users may call 711.
Our office hours are Member Services staff are available 7 days a week, from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm, October 1st through March 31st. From April 1st through September 30th our Member Service Department will be available Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 8:00 pm. This call is free.