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MedPAC considers replacing SGR
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) is considering recommendations that would eliminate the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula for physician payments and replace it with regularly
Part D enrollment curtailed by suspensions
Part D enrollments were up about 4 percent for the last quarter, but plans that have recently been hit with sanctions by the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services suffered significant enrollment
OIG says Medicare Part D paying for invalid, illegal prescriptions
The Office of the Inspector General says criminals are exploiting weaknesses in the Medicare Part D program to obtain false prescriptions for schedule II medications, the Associated Press reports.
Medicare Part D coverage linked to increased use of antibiotics
The use of antibiotics increased in response to cuts in out-of-pocket prices after Medicare Part D went into effect, according to a study published in the latest edition of the Archives of Internal
Part D drugs: Are docs doing the prescribing?
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and its prescription drug plan sponsors "have not adequately performed one of the most basic oversight checks in Medicare Part D--ensuring that a
Part D donut-hole: CMS revises plan guidance
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a memorandum providing Medicare Part D (prescription drug) sponsors with revised guidance for the Medicare Coverage Gap Discount
CMS cuts ties with Part D drug insurer
Less than two weeks after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) directed Fox Insurance Company of New York to suspend marketing and enrollment, CMS has ended its contract with the
States receive $4.3B to offset payments to Medicare for Part D costs
In an attempt to help states cope with paying the federal government to offset Medicare coverage costs for prescription drugs commonly referred to as "clawback payments," HHS Secretary Kathleen
WellPoint gets Medicare Advantage, Part D back
CMS has given WellPoint back permission to market Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D plans after a nine-month ban on accepting new enrollments. CMS had imposed the ban in January after receiving
Extending Medicare drug payments pays
Extending prescription coverage for Medicare enrollees sounds like an expensive boondoggle to some. However, a new study suggests that the extra cost of such coverage was substantially offset on
