Nebraska Department of Insurance
THE NEBRASKA HEALTH INSURANCE INFORMATION, COUNSELING, AND ASSISTANCE (NICA) PROGRAM
SEPTEMBER 2001 NICA NEWS
VOLUNTEER HIGHLIGHTS
Wilma Barry
Wilma Barry spoke at the Sherman County Senior Center in Loup City on June 9, regarding Medicare, Medicaid, and the Medicine Program. Seventy-eight people attended.Wayne Kempf
Wayne spoke at the Shickley Senior Citizen's Center on June 26 to sixteen people. Wayne presented information about Stopping Medicare Fraud, Medicare Health Screenings, Where to Get Medicare Answers, and Personal Medical Record Sheets.Mary Wilson
Mary Wilson and Craig Buford, NICA Regional Representatives for the Western region, spoke at the Scottsbluff Senior Center and the Chadron Senior Center in June. Sixty-eight people attended.Jim O'Donnell
Jim O'Donnell, a NICA Volunteer in the VIE Eastern area, spoke to the Keystone Senior Citizens Group in Omaha. Fourteen people attended. He showed the Medicare & You 2001 video. (Don't forget, copies of this video are available for NICA Volunteers to use in their presentations.)Jean Van Mark
Jean Van Mark, a NICA Volunteer in the West Central region, showed the video Medicare & You 2001, in April, at the Lexington Grand Generation Center. Eighteen people attended.Norma Phillips
NICA Volunteer, Norma Phillips spoke at the Seniors Home in North Platte, in June, to ten people. Her topic was Long-Term Care Insurance.Barbara Graham
Barbara Graham was busy at the Hamilton County Fair in Aurora passing out Medicare information to an estimated 500 people. Barbara handed out information about Medicare Fraud, Medicare Supplement Insurance, Long-Term Care Insurance, general Medicare and NICA Program information.Jim & Wilma Barry and Adalia Brophy
NICA Volunteers, Jim and Wilma Barry spent three days at the Sherman County Fair in Loup City, Nebraska, in July. Adalia Brophy helped Jim and Wilma for three hours during those three days.Thanks, Volunteers, for all you do!
Laura Kruse
On August 21, at the Nebraska-Iowa State Bank, in South Sioux City, Nebraska, NICA Volunteer Laura Kruse gave a presentation to the bank's senior club. Following dinner, more than forty people listened as Laura explained the NICA program and answered questions regarding Medicare. Laura handed out magnets, as well as brochures.Sunny Kontor
The Saline County Fair, held in August, was where NICA Volunteer Sunny Kontor presented Medicare information.New Reporting Forms Training
Tiffany Geis, the NICA Program Coordinator, gave several presentations around the state during July and August to explain the new reporting forms. The following NICA Volunteers attended:
Kearney:
Jim and Wilma Barry
Doranne Bartels
Adalia Brophy
Jill Catlin
Patricia Gruwell
Ruby Hayes
Corinne Howe
Dorothy Lee
Dick Messersmith
Maidie Peters
Addie Schroeder
Betty Schuster
Rozella Sidders
Tess Sinner
North Platte:
Doretta Burrows
Elizabeth Cervantez
Dixie Dreher
Gloria Gummere
Lucy Johnson
Ruth Kamino
Jean Van Mark
Ogallala:
Carolyn Cerny
Elaine Hink
Judy Lutz
Ruth Nelson
Norma Phillips
Melvin Richardson
Norfolk:
Nyla Heese
Ray Herbert
Gena Puls
Diane White
York:
Carol Barr
Virginia Bode
Barb Graham
Kathy Gruba
Norma Havranek
Bob Hoeft
Wayne Kempf
Nancy Kohler
Sunny Kontor
Deb Mohlman
Diane Nieveen
Betty Stiles
Alice Theis
Omaha:
John Brownrigg
Dorothy Eaton
Leonard Finnegan
Morris Gotschall
Bill Hamilton
Evelyn Humlicek
Helen McKinley
Joyce Mack
Bob Martin
Juanita Moore
Jim O'Donnell
Loren Parks