A period of time, triggered by specific circumstances, during which you can enroll in Medicare Part B or Part D without having to pay a premium penalty. Under Part B, your SEP begins the month after employment or group health coverage ends (whichever comes first). Under Part D, you are eligible for an SEP if you lose—through no fault of your own—any type of drug coverage that was considered “creditable.
A 30-day period during which time an employee's dependent may enroll in the plan, after his or her initial eligibility period and not be considered a late enrollee. This time usually follows a qualified family status change.
Special Enrollment Periods permit a Part D beneficiary to change plans without penalty in a number of circumstances, including, among others, if the beneficiary involuntarily loses certain other drug coverage, the individual is a full-benefit dual eligible individual, the individual moves outside of the region where the PDP is offered, or the beneficiary enters or leaves a long-term care facility.
A time, triggered by certain specific events, during which you and your dependents must be permitted to sign up for coverage under a group health plan. Employers and group health insurers must make such a period available to employees and their dependents when their family status changes or when their health insurance status changes. Special enrollment periods must last at least 30 days. Enrollment in a health plan during a special enrollment period is not considered late enrollment. See also Late Enrollment.
A period of time during which a new dependent may enroll for coverage, or during which an individual who did not enroll for coverage during the individual's initial enrollment period may be eligible to enroll for coverage. Specific criteria must be met to qualify for a special enrollment period.
A period of 30 days, under most plans, during which the eligible employee and his or her eligible dependents may enroll in the health plan following the loss of coverage by the employee or his or her eligible dependents. This also includes the period of 30 days in which the eligible employee and his or her dependents may enroll in the health plan following the birth, placement for adoption, adoption of a child, court or testamentary appointment of guardianship of a minor, or marriage to an eligible employee.
A set time when you can sign up for Medicare Part B or Part D if you didn't sign up during the Initial Enrollment Period.
The period when an individual can apply for Medicare coverage without a late enrollment penalty and can sign up for Medigap without a pre-existing condition waiting period. The special enrollment period typically spans the first eight months following the loss of group health coverage.
A set time when a senior citizen can sign up for Medicare Part B, without penalty, if the citizen did not take Medicare Part B during the Initial Enrollment Period - because the citizen or the citizen's spouse were working and had group health plan coverage through an employer or union. The citizen can sign up at anytime while he or she is covered under the group plan based on current employment status. The last eight months of the Special Enrollment Period starts the month after the employment ends or the group health coverage ends, whichever comes first. See also Penalty.
A set time when you can sign up for Medicare Part B if you didn?t take Medicare Part B during the Initial Enrollment Period, because your or your spouse were working and had group health plan coverage through the employer or union. You can sign up at anytime you are covered under the group plan based on current employment status. The last eight months of the Special Enrollment Period starts the month after the employment ends or the group health coverage ends, whichever comes first.
