tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2006 Issue 1

PHARMACEUTICALS: Critics Piling On CMS For Part D Web 'Tool'

Senior group also not thrilled with Part D in general.Yet another patient-advocacy group has slammed the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' new online "Plan Finder," charging that the tool--and the new Medicare prescription drug program itself--is too complicated for seniors.Medicare Part D offers too many choices without enough clear information, Families USA alleges in a Nov. 15 statement. Depending on Medicare benes' locations, they will need to choose from up to 52 different prescription drug plans, the consumer group says. And this figure doesn't include Medicare Advantage plans. "It is clear that seniors will...

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