MEDICARE RX BYTES

2006

• NCPA Seeks Ban on Cobranding of Part D Marketing Materials
• Discount Card Program Ends
• Wellpoint/Anthem
• CMS Auto-Enrolling Low Income Beneficiaries
• Medicare Reverses Course on Niacin
• Beneficiaries Can File for Formulary Exceptions
• New Specialty Tier Requirements for 2007
• "Claims Too Old" Postponed
• Niacin Will Be Removed From Part D Coverage
• Transition Policy Extended
• February Medicare Checklist
• Late-Month Dual Eligible Switching May Cause Problems
• Tips to Help With Eligibility (E1) Check
• Official Update From CMS

2005

• Test Medicare Eligibility and Ask Your Medicare Patients for Yellow Enrollment Paper
• Dual Eligibles Auto-Assigned to Part D Plans
• Part D Cost Sharing – Actuarial Equivalence
• What About Compounded Drugs?
• Late Enrollment Penalty
• Formulary Question from the NCPA Medicare Rx Forum
• Do R.Ph.s Need to Waive Copays for Dual Eligibles?
• Paperwork Requirements
• 5 Things to Weigh Before Signing a Part D Contract
• Facts About Part D Networks
• Worry About Preferred Pharmacies or Not?
• Tracking TrOOP
• When in Doubt, Fill It Out
• How Level is the Level Playing Field?
• Providing U&C Generic Pricing at POS
• To Bill Part B or D -- This Is the Question
• Dual-Eligibles Won't Have to Fill Out SSA Form
• Part D Formularies
• Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries to Seek Help Filling Out Forms
• Medicare Rx Contract Warning