tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2006 Issue 41

PART D: Industry Groups Argue Over Part D Doughnut Hole

Consumer group sees gap coverage for only generics as useless to seniors.After the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released data on what the private Medicare Part D drug plans will offer to enrollees in 2007, one consumer group is crying foul.HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt claimed that Part D prescription drug plans (PDPs) would offer more options for beneficiaries to obtain gap coverage ...quot; coverage for drugs in the infamous Part D "doughnut hole." But a Nov. 1 Families USA report refutes Leavitt's statement, claiming that...

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