Part D Late Enrollment Penalty (LEP) Reconsideration Request Form
Please use one (1) Reconsideration Request Form for each Enrollee.
Date: Medicare Appeal #:
(For MAXIMUS Federal Services use only)
Enrollee Name:
Address:
City, State, Zip code:
Phone: ( )
Medicare Number:
(From red, white and blue Medicare card):
Date of Birth (MM/DD/YYYY):
Name of current Part D Drug Plan:
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MPORTANT: A signature by the enrollee is required on this form in order to process an appeal. Complete,
sign and mail this request to the address at the end of this form, or fax it to the number listed on this form
within 60 days from the date on the letter you received stating you have to pay a late enrollment penalty. If it
has been more than 60 days, explain your reason for delay on a separate sheet and send it with this form.
Check all boxes that apply to you:
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I had other prescription drug coverage as good as Medicare’s (creditable coverage).
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lease provide evidence of prior creditable prescription drug coverage. For example:
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f you had drug coverage from an employer or union plan, provide a copy of the Notice of
Creditable Prescription Drug Coverage or Certificate of Prior Creditable Prescription Drug
Coverage from the employer or union plan.
If you had/have drug coverage with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), please provide
any of the following: Notice of Creditable Prescription Drug Coverage; a copy of your VA Health
Benefit Card; a letter from the VA certifying eligibility; or an Explanation of Benefits (EOB).
If you have drug coverage through the Indian Health Service, a Tribe or Tribal organization, or
an Urban Indian Organization (I/T/U), please provide a copy of any of the following: IHS
registration card; letter verifying eligibility and/or enrollment.
N
ame of former employer/union/other insurer:
Dates of coverage (MM/DD/YYYY) from to
Plan Address & Phone:
Contact Name: Phone:
☐ I had prescription drug coverage but I didn’t get a notice that clearly explained if my drug coverage was
creditable coverage.
Reminder: Most non-Medicare pl ans that offer prescription drug coverage, like employer or union
coverage, must send enrollees a notice explaining how their prescription dr ug coverage compares to
Medicare prescription drug coverage. Plans may provide this information in their benefits handbook or
as a separate written notice.
If you don’t know if your prescription drug coverage was creditable:
To help your case, you may want to send a letter to your previous plan and ask if your coverage was
creditable. Attach your letter and any response to this form. You shouldn’t wait to receive a response
before you send this request form, and there is no need to send a letter if your prior coverage was with
a Medicare Part D plan.
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