Here Are Some Useful Contact Details of Florida State who can answer you question about Health insurance, Medical insurance and etc.
Organization name | Can answer my questions about | Contact information |
SHIP — State Health Insurance Assistance Program | Personalized health insurance counseling | Toll Free: (800) 963-5337 |
TTY: (850) 955-8771 | ||
1-800-MEDICARE | General Medicare information, ordering Medicare booklets, and information about health plans. | Toll Free: (800) 633-4227 |
Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care | Finding out if urgent care centers and ambulatory surgical centers are accredited or not. | Local: (847) 853-6060 |
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) | Ordering brochures on “Choosing a Hospital, Choosing Treatments and Choosing a Hospital.” | Toll Free: (800) 358-9295 |
Toll Free TTY: (888) 586-6340 | ||
American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgical Facilities | Finding out if an ambulatory surgical center is accredited or not. | Toll Free: (888) 545-5222 |
Local: (847) 775-1970 | ||
American Association of Kidney Patients | Educational materials for people with kidney disease. | Toll Free: (800) 749-2257 |
Local: (813) 636-8100 | ||
American Board of Medical Specialties | Finding out if a doctor is board certified. | Toll Free: (866) 275-2267 |
Local: (312) 436-2600 | ||
American Cancer Society | Finding information on cancer. | Toll Free: (800) 227-2345 |
Toll Free TTY: (866) 228-4327 | ||
American Heart Association | Finding information on heart disease. | Toll Free: (800) 242-8721 |
Local: (214) 570-2000 | ||
Spanish: (800) 242-8721 | ||
American Hospital Association | Finding a voluntary list of patients’ rights in a hospital. | Toll Free: (800) 424-4301 |
Local: (312) 422-3000 | ||
American Kidney Fund | Financial assistance and educational materials for people with kidney disease. | Toll Free: (800) 638-8299 |
Local: (301) 881-3052 | ||
Spanish: (866) 300-2900 | ||
American Self-Help Clearinghouse | Finding specific health support groups in your area. | Toll Free: (800) 367-6274 |
Local: (973) 989-1122 | ||
Beneficiary and Family Centered Care Quality Improvement Organization (BFCC-QIO) | Complaints about quality of care, and filing an appeal or complaint. | Toll Free: (844) 455-8708 |
Local: (813) 280-8256 | ||
Benefits Coordination & Recovery Center (BCRC) | Medicare Secondary Payer, and who pays first. | Toll Free: (855) 798-2627 |
TTY: (855) 797-2627 | ||
Carrier | Part B bills and services. | Toll Free: (800) 633-4227 |
Center for Health Dispute Resolution (CHDR) | Requesting external reviews of Medicare managed care denials. | Local: (585) 425-5210 |
CHIP — Children’s Health Insurance Program | Health insurance programs to children whose families earn too much to be eligible for Medicaid, but not enough to purchase private insurance. | Toll Free: (888) 540-5437 |
TTY: (877) 427-9825 | ||
CHIP — Insure Kids Now | Children’s Health Insurance Program | Toll Free: (877) 543-7669 |
CMS RO – Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Regional Office | Information on local seminars and health fairs on Medicare health plan choices, or to report a complaint directly to CMS. | Local: (404) 562-7500 |
College of American Pathologists | Finding out if the lab where your blood tests are sent is accredited or not. | Toll Free: (800) 323-4040 |
Local: (847) 832-7000 | ||
Department of Defense | Whether I qualify for military retiree health care benefits. | Local: (703) 571-3343 |
Department of Veterans Affairs | VA medical benefits. | Toll Free: (800) 827-1000 |
DME MAC — Durable Medical Equipment Medicare Administrative Contractor | Bills for durable medical equipment and a list of approved suppliers of this equipment. | Toll Free: (800) 633-4227 |
Eldercare Location | Finding necessary and convenient services that serve the elderly in their community. | Toll Free: (800) 677-1116 |
Local: (202) 434-2120 | ||
ESRD — End-Stage Renal Disease Networks | Where to submit a complaint about the quality of care I received from my kidney dialysis facility. | Toll Free: (800) 826-3773 |
Local: (813) 383-1530 | ||
ESRD State Survey Agency | Complaints about the quality of care in dialysis facilities. | Toll Free: (888) 419-3456 |
Local: (850) 412-4500 | ||
Federal Black Lung Program | Finding out where my doctor should send the bills for the diagnosis and treatment of my black lung disease. | Toll Free: (800) 638-7072 |
Fiscal Intermediary | Part A bills and services, hospital care, skilled nursing care, and fraud. | Toll Free: (800) 633-4227 |
(1-800-MEDICARE) | ||
Home Health Agency | Home Health Care which is skilled nursing care and certain other health care services that you get in your home for the treatment of an illness or injury. | Toll Free: (888) 419-3456 |
Local: (850) 412-4403 | ||
HUD — U.S. Department of Housing | Information and services about homes and communities for citizens and for HUD’s current and potential home buyers. | Toll Free: (800) 569-4287 |
Local: (202) 708-1112 | ||
TTY: (202) 708-1455 | ||
Internal Revenue Service | Obtaining materials/forms for income tax filing and how Medicare Savings Accounts can affect my income taxes. | Toll Free: (800) 829-1040 |
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) | Finding out if your health care organization is accredited or not. | Local: (630) 792-5800 |
Medicaid – Report Fraud | Report Medicaid fraud and abuse. | Toll Free: (866) 762-2237 |
Local: (850) 921-1802 | ||
National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Information Service | Information on cancer treatments, clinical trails, alternative medicine, coping with side effects, and other cancer related information. | Toll Free: (800) 422-6237 |
(Quit Smoking Program (877) 448-7848) | ||
National Institute on Aging Information Center | Discussing health concerns, medicines, and other issues important to older people. | Toll Free: (800) 222-2225 |
Toll Free TTY: (800) 222-4225 | ||
National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information | Educational materials for people with kidney disease. | Toll Free: (800) 891-5390 |
Local: (301) 654-4415 | ||
National Kidney Foundation, Inc. | Support groups and educational materials for people with kidney disease. | Toll Free: (800) 622-9010 |
Local: (212) 889-2210 | ||
Nursing Home State Survey Agency | Where to submit a complaint about the quality of life or quality of care inside a nursing home. | Toll Free: (888) 419-3456 |
Local: (850) 412-4303 | ||
Office for Civil Rights | Submitting a complaint about discrimination. | Local: (404) 562-7886 |
Office of Personnel Management | Claims and other issues for retired federal employees and their dependents/survivors. | Toll Free: (888) 767-6738 |
Local: (202) 606-1800 | ||
TTY: (202) 606-2532 | ||
Toll Free TTY: (800) 878-5707 | ||
OIG (DHHS) — Office of the Inspector General (Department of Health and Human Services) | Reporting fraud. | Toll Free: (800) 447-8477 |
Local: (202) 619-1343 | ||
Toll Free TTY: (800) 377-4950 | ||
Ombudsman | Obtaining information on nursing homes or resolving problems between nursing homes and residents or their families. | Toll Free: (888) 831-0404 |
Local: (850) 414-2323 | ||
Primary Care Association | Finding a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) closest to me to help me lower my health care costs. FQHCs include community health centers, tribal health clinics, migrant health services, and health centers for the homeless. | Toll Free: (800) 456-8263 |
Local: (850) 942-1822 | ||
Quality Innovation Network Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) | Local and community level projects to improve patient safety, reduce harm, and improve clinical care. | Local: (602) 801-6600 |
RHHI — Regional Home Health Intermediary | Home health, hospice care, and fraud. | Toll Free: (800) 633-4227 |
(1-800-MEDICARE) | ||
RRB Carrier – Railroad Retirement Board Carrier | (For Railroad Retirement beneficiaries only) – Part B bills and services. | Toll Free: (888) 355-9165 |
Local: (877) 288-7600 | ||
RRB — Railroad Retirement Board | (For Railroad Retirement beneficiaries only) – RRB benefits, lost RRB Medicare card, address change, and enrolling in Medicare. | Toll Free: (877) 772-5772 |
(Additional Fax # 904-232-2874) TTY: (312) 751-4701 | ||
Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) | Complaints about quality of care, and filing an appeal or complaint. | Local: (255) 248-7898 |
SSA — Social Security Administration | Changing my address, Medicare Part A or Part B, lost Medicare card, and Social Security benefits. | Toll Free: (800) 772-1213 |
(7am-7pm M-F (24×7 automated service as well)) | ||
State Department of Insurance | Medigap Policies | Toll Free: (877) 693-5236 |
(Opt. 2 for Spanish) Local: (850) 413-3089 | ||
State Health Departments | Health based programs and services. | Local: (850) 414-2000 |
TTY: (850) 414-2001 | ||
State Hospice Organization | To find a hospice program in my area. | Toll Free: (800) 282-6560 |
Local: (850) 878-2632 | ||
State Medical Assistance Office | Medicaid program | Toll Free: (866) 762-2237 |
Local: (850) 487-1111 | ||