Medicare Explained: Learning the Basics and Navigating the Maze
OL1622 | On Demand Course | Update | Self-Study
Description
Learn about:
- The Parts of Medicare
- Medicare Enrollment Periods
- Why it could be Wise to Delay Medicare
- HSAs and Medicare
- Timing Social Security Benefit Enrollment with Medicare
- Medicare Premiums and Surcharges
- Differences between Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage
- Medicare Supplements
- Medicare Drug Plans
This course is part of the 2025 Tennessee Federal Tax Conference Bundle. Purchase the conference bundle here.
Credits
| Number of Credits | Type of Credits |
|---|---|
| 1.00 | Taxes |
Prices
- Member (Early Bird)
- $59.00
- Non-Member (Early Bird)
- $99.00
- Member
- $59.00
- Non-Member
- $99.00
Instructors
Margaret J. Smith
Margaret is an "almost native" of Tennessee having moved to Nashville in 1974 when her father (Dr. John S. Johnson) came to take over her grandfather's private practice (Dr. Hollis E. Johnson) and practice medicine alongside his identical twin brother (Dr. Robert M. Johnson). Margaret obtained her undergraduate degree from Southern Methodist University (1984) and a graduate degree from Vanderbilt University (1989). Her love of medicine from growing up a doctor's daughter coupled with the task of creating an insurance program for older adults at St Thomas Hospital led to the creation of her health care benefits management and consulting company, Medical Accounts Management, in 1990.
The genesis of her business was helping individual clients navigate the confusing territory of health insurance benefits, health insurance carriers, healthcare providers, and Medicare. With the enactment of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) in 1996, Margaret saw an opportunity to assist employers in the management of their healthcare benefits and expanded her business model to include employer contracts. Some of her employer clients include LBMC, Athens Distributing, Health Services Management, and CoreCivic. Margaret is married to Doug Smith, CEO of Hutson-Wood, and has three grown children, two daughters-in-law, three grand dogs, one amazing grandson and another grandchild on the way.
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