New CMS rule will allow more needy Medicare patients to stay in existing plan
Disruptions in switching low-income Medicare Part D patients from one drug plan to another will be reduced as a result of a new rule issued by CMS.
At present, Medicare Part D patients who use the low-income subsidy are reassigned to a different drug plan if their existing plan no longer offers zero premiums and they don?t state which plan they want to switch to. Thanks to a new final rule the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has just issued, many more such patients will be able to stay put without having to pay a premium. This improvement is made possible by changes in the way Medicare calculates its regional low-income subsidy benchmarks. CMS estimates that if this rule had been in place for 2008, there would have been 850,000 fewer plan reassignments. The
Pharmacists Play Unique Role in Advancing Health Equity for Patients With Chronic Disease
December 7th 2023A new study, outlined in a poster at ASHP Midyear 2023, identified 3 key themes associated with the ways in which pharmacists are positioned to advance health equity for patients with chronic diseases.
Assessing Financial Impacts of Pharmacist-Led Interventions in Pediatric Ambulatory Care
December 5th 2023According to a poster abstract presented at the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting & Exhibition, specialty pharmacy services were used for a variety of conditions that have been reported in adult populations.
