Nebraska Department of Insurance
THE NEBRASKA HEALTH INSURANCE INFORMATION, COUNSELING, AND ASSISTANCE (NICA) PROGRAM
DECEMBER 2001 NICA NEWS
VOLUNTEER HIGHLIGHTS
Rita Brehmer
Rita Brehmer, a Northeast Region NICA Volunteer, had a Medicare booth at the Pender health fair. Rita handed out approxi-mately 300 brochures on Medicare, long-term care insurance and supple-mental insurance in four hours.Jim Barry
Jim Barry spoke at the Ord Chamber of Commerce September meeting about original Medicare.Carolyn Cerny
In July, Carolyn Cerny, a volunteer from the West Central Region, ran an informative advertise-ment in the Arthur Enterprise newspaper concerning Medicare and prescription drug assistance. The newspaper has a circulation of 400. Carolyn also gave a public presentation at the Arthur County Courthouse on Medicare, NICA, private fee-for service, and Medicaid. Five people attended.Barbara Graham
In August, Barbara Graham gave a presentation to the public in Aurora, Hamilton County, on Medicare and the NICA program. Fifty people attended.Wayne Kempf
NICA Volunteer, Wayne Kemp, spoke to a local caregiver's group in Geneva, Nebraska, in September. Eight caregivers of Medicare beneficiaries in this rural audience heard about long-term care insurance, Medicare supplement insurance, fraud and abuse, and private fee-for-service.Bill Hamilton and Juanita Moore Volunteer at King Solomon Baptist Church
Tiffany Geis did an outreach presentation at King Solomon Baptist Church in Omaha on October 4, 2001. About 25 people attended. VIE and NICA Volunteers were on hand to answer questions after Tiffany's presentation. Those NICA Volunteers included Bill Hamilton and Juanita Moore.New Reporting Forms Training At-Home
Several NICA Volunteers who were unable to attend Tiffany's New Reporting Forms training in July and August, completed at-home training. The following NICA Volunteers reviewed the new forms materials at home:
Nancy Schwisow
Raymond Wall
Alice Pauley
Rita Brehmer
Karen Hakenkamp
Joyce Forst
Richard Jacoby
Gaye Werme
Robert Campbell
Hal McMinn
Laura Kruse
Adale Schroeder
Marilyn Kaliff
Mabel Gordon
Congratulations to Ruby Hayes!
Ruby Hayes, NICA Volunteer in South Central Nebraska Region, was selected as a new member of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Beneficiary Advisory Committee. Congratulations, Ruby!!Jim & Wilma Barry
Jim and Wilma Barry had a Medicare booth at the "Celebrate Being a Woman 2001" event in Ord on October 13, 2001. They spoke with Medicare beneficiaries, family members, caregivers, and health care providers about Medicare coverage, fraud and abuse, and supplement insurance. Several people asked questions about Parts A and B of Medicare coverage. Approximately, 90 people attended the celebration.mailto:rhasty@doi.state.ne.us
This is your reminder to send your E-mail address to the address above. The NICA program office is collecting E-mail addresses for all people who receive the NICA News newsletter and are connected to Internet. It is our intention to use your address as a way of communicating information without the added expense of postage. If you have an E-mail address, please E-mail your address to the address above. Thank you.VIE Holds Second Initial Training
Jennifer Hauschild, NICA Regional Representative for the Eastern Area, provided initial training in November for those who could not attend Tiffany's initial training in April. Five more NICA Volunteers received extensive information during Jennifer's training. Congratulations, Jennifer!Prizes
Prizes were sent out in October to twenty different NICA Volunteers for turning in their counseling forms. This is the second year NICA has awarded prizes for turning in your counseling forms. This year's prizes were Nebraska items, including an afghan, two "Taste of Nebraska" recipe books, a telephone, a book, a bath set, two Husker towels, a black fleece sweater, a picture frame, a brown fleece vest, a black fleece vest, two red starter jackets, one red fleece jacket, one black starter jacket, a red fleece sweater, a red and a white T-shirt, and a Husker doormat. The following Volunteers were this year's lucky winners:Norma Havranek, Maidie Peters, Judy Lutz, Ruby Hays, Addie Schroeder, Lucy Johnson, Ray Wall, Gloria Gummere, Joyce Mack, Diane Nieveen, Bob Bolles, Leonard Finnegan, Helen McKinley, Dorothy Lee, Betty Stiles, Jean Van Mark, Bill Hamilton, Ruth Kamino, Elaine Hink, and Sandra Skillett.
Send in Your Client Contact Forms
Because Next Year will be Another Drawing!!!!
That's right! In our ongoing efforts to increase volunteer reporting, we are going to have a drawing for a third year. Every time you send in a Client Contact Form to your NICA Regional Representative, your name will be entered in the drawing. This means the more counseling and forms that you complete, the more chances you will have of getting your name drawn for a prize.The next drawing will be in October 2002. This gives you another full year to start sending in your Client Contact Forms for the time period of September 2001-September 2002.