tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 31

MEDICARE PART D: Beneficiaries Confused About Part D Benefit

Lack of knowledge concerns industry insiders.Providers that are having trouble deciphering the Medicare Part D drug benefit have company in their confusion: Senior citizens who the new benefit is supposed to be helping.There are "serious problems" with how little seniors understand about the drug benefit, says Dan Mendelson, president of Avalere Health in Washington, who says many "don't even know a benefit is coming, and those who do know about it are unlikely to understand how complex it is.""Awareness is creeping up slowly," says George Kelemen, manager of AARP's Medicare Rx outreach campaign. Research in...

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