MEDICARE MINUTE

Medicare’s Blue Button®

Medicare’s Blue Button makes it easy for you to download your personal health information to a file on your computer or other device. Having access to your information can help you make more informed decisions about your health care. Blue Button is safe, secure, reliable, and easy to use. By getting your information through Blue Button, you can:

• Download and save a file of your personal health information, including your Part A, Part B, and Part D claims.

• Print or email the information to share with others after you’ve saved the file.

• Import your saved file into other computer-based personal health management tools.

Visit Medicare.gov and log into (or create) your secure Medicare account to use Blue Button today.

Blue Button 2.0®

Medicare has a data service that makes it easy for you to share your Part A, Part B, and Part D claim information with a growing list of authorized apps, services, and research programs. You authorize each app individually and you can return to your secure Medicare account online at Medicare.gov any time to change the way an app uses your information.

Once you use your Medicare account to authorize sharing of your information with an app, you can use that app to view your past and current Medicare claims.

For Medicare Advantage Plans, only Part D information is available through this service. If you have a Medicare Advantage Plan, check with your plan to see if they offer a similar service to Blue Button 2.0.

Medicare keeps a list of authorized apps. To learn more, visit Medicare.gov/manage-your-health/medicares-bluebutton-bluebutton-20/blue-button-apps.

Source: Medicare & You Handbook 2022: Section 9, Pg. 1111