Medicare volunteer

LOCATION: Pittsburgh, PA

TYPE: Volunteer 

TIME: one 4 hour block per month

PROGRAM: APPRISE (state health insurance counseling program for Allegheny County)

DESCRIPTION: program trains volunteers to become Medicare counselors

SCOPE:   help clients to choose the health plan that's right for them. Volunteer counselors also answer questions about benefits, beneficiary rights, confusing bills, and extra help available to pay for insurance and medical costs.

PATIENT CONTACT: yes

DOCUMENTS: not defined

OTHER:  must have excellent phone skills

CONTACT : 

6401 Penn Avenue, 2nd Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15206 

USEFUL: Internal medicine applicants, family medicine applicants.