Medicare Railroad

Overview

Federal Medicare program for railroad workers/retirees, administered separately from standard Medicare. Distinct enrollment + welcome-letter flow.

Active Work / Processes

  • Rizal (Theoria) attaches welcome letters into Medallion as they arrive.
  • Going forward, Rizal will also email help@ after attaching, so Medallion’s automation queue actually picks them up.

Pain Points / Open Issues

  • Process gap: client-attached welcome letters not picked up by Medallion automation queue — multiple Mark Peterson-style provider lines untouched since February despite welcome letters being attached.
  • Open question: does each PTAN get its own Railroad number, or is there one Railroad number shared across PTANs? Amy unsure.

Decisions & Commitments

  • 2026-04-17 — Workaround: Rizal will email help@ after attaching welcome letters so Medallion’s automation queue processes them. Source: Svetlana in 17 weekly sync.

Key Facts

  • Welcome-letter delivery: client-side (Rizal attaches manually)
  • Automation gap: client-attached letters don’t trigger Medallion’s automation queue
  • Workaround: email help@ in parallel
  • Open: PTAN-to-Railroad-number mapping (one-per-PTAN vs shared) — TBD
  • Theoria Medical — multiple provider lines untouched since February pending welcome-letter pickup

Source History

  • 2026-04-17 — Theoria weekly sync — process gap surfaced; help@ workaround agreed; PTAN question opened