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CMS Releases and Announcements on the Part D Benefit

• CMS Releases Part D Vaccine Administration Guidelines for 2008

• CMS Extends Part D Late-Enrolment Penalty Waiver for LIS Eligible Beneficiaries and Announces 2007 LIS Income Qualification Limits (1/07)

• Prior Authorizations and Exceptions Extended into 2007 (1/07)

• CMS releases 2007 Part D plan information (11/06)

• CMS Makes Changes to Part D Plan Finder Tool for 2007 (10/06)

• CMS Physician Resource Fact Sheet on the Transition Process, Coverage and the Exceptions/Appeals Process

• Special Part D Election Period for Low Income and Katrina Victims

• New CMS policy protects beneficiaries from formulary changes

• Medicare Part D Transition Period Reverts to 30 days: CMS offers Transition Toolkit

• CMS Releases 2007 Formulary Guidelines

• New CMS letter provides website for exceptions/appeals contact list for all Part D programs and an email address to relate Part D problems to them (1/30/06)

• Medicare Parts B/D Coverage Issues Table - This table provides a quick and easy reference guide that differentiate when Part B or Part D is to be billed for provided. (1/25/06)

• CMS announces sources for Part D Plan formulary information. (1/3/06)

• CMS announces two new webtools to help beneficiaries select a drug plan — a Landscape of Local Plans and the Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Finder. (10/18/05)

• Part D Transition Coverage Extended to 90 Days - HHS Secretary Michael Levitt announced that transitional coverage for a beneficiary's current drugs has been extended to up to 90 days. This will allow patients and their physicians more time to align medication regimens with Part D plan formularies.The secretary also annonced significant improvements in the waiting time for patients using the 1-800-Medicare help line and that the average benficiary premium payment of $25 is about a third lower than had been estimated. The full report is available online. (2/1/06)

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