2022 Social Security & Medicare Facts

Description

Help your clients maximize their Social Security & Medicare benefits! Social Security & Medicare Facts is a one-stop guide for attorneys, CPAs, and retirement and financial planning professionals for advising on tax and policy changes affecting Social Security and Medicare. Organized in a unique and convenient question and answer format, this book helps professionals find exactly what they're looking for quickly and easily to solve clients' important planning issues in a timely manner.

This resource features:

Almost 1,300 easy-to-read questions and answers that comprehensively cover all aspects of Social Security & Medicare

Effects of other types of income on Social Security benefits

How to incorporate Social Security and Medicare benefits into planning techniques

Social Security filing and tax requirements

Explanations of Medicare coverage details

Filing and timing requirements for Medicare coverage

Integration of Medicare Advantage plans

Information regarding Medicare claims and appeals process

Information regarding Medigap insurance coverage

And more!

New in the 2022 Edition:Updated questions & answers on changes related to the CARES Act

Effect of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act on Social Security Economic Impact Payments

New and updated questions & answers with COVID-19 related changes

Effect of the new changes in the Stark Law on Medicare Billing

Coverage of the Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)

New coverage of effect of loss of citizenship/permanent resident alien status on Social Security and ability of non-resident aliens to collect

Enhanced coverage of the impact of divorce and remarriage on Social Security eligibility and benefits

Effect of COVID financial assistance on Social Security income

Expanded coverage of the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP)

Expanded coverage of methods for curing overpayments from Social Security and SSDI

Expanded coverage of non-covered items and services by Medicare

Changes in coverages under Medicare Advantage, Medicare gap policies and Medicare appeals

Expanded coverage of disability benefits for Social Security, military, government, and railroad workers

Changes in Railroad worker coverage and the differences from Social Security

Additional coverage of military retirement including expansion of coverage of the new Blended Retirement program, military disability pay, and coverage for National Guard and Reservists, including the effect of the CARES Act on the TSP program

Additional coverage of changes in Survivor Benefit Plan – Dependency Indemnity Compensation

2022 inflation-adjusted numbers for Social Security and COLA increases

Topics Covered:Determining retirement & disability benefits

Filing for benefits

Totalization agreements for workers with international ties

Benefits under civil commitment orders

Loss of Social Security benefits due to "excess" retirement earnings

Social Security tax requirements

Railroad Retirement benefits

Benefits for federal government employees

Medicare Part A, Hospital Insurance

Medicare Part B, Medical Insurance

Medicare Part C, Medicare Advantage

Medicare Part D, Prescription Drug Insurance

Medigap insurance

Medicaid coverage and eligibility

How to submit Medicare claims and file appeals

Taxation of Social Security benefits

Wages & self-employment income

Benefits for service members & veterans

And More! See the "Table of Contents" section for a full list of topics