Medicare Planning
Medicare planning news and analysis, including coverage of the Medicare Advantage program, Medicare supplement insurance, the Medicare Part D prescription drug program, and Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly plans.
Doctors And Pharmacists: Drug Plan Is Too Complicated
By Staff WriterHealth insurers say flexibility in Medicare prescription plan design encourages competition, but pharmacists say the large number of options confuses consumers.About 74% of the 802 ...
July 10, 2006
GAO Pans Drug Plan Call CentersOfficials at the U.S. Government Accountability Office and the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services are clashing over the best way to evaluate Medicare Part ...
July 10, 2006
GAO Pans Drug Plan Call CentersOfficials at the U.S. Government Accountability Office and the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services are clashing over the best way to evaluate Medicare Part ...
June 15, 2006
'Donut Hole' Mostly Empty, Study ConcludesNew research suggests only about 8% of Medicare beneficiaries will fall into the coverage gap for prescription drug benefits.Under the Medicare drug benefit that went ...
June 12, 2006
Enrollment Surge Seen For Medicare Rx PlanMore than 2 million people signed up for the new Medicare Part D prescription program just before the enrollment deadline, bringing total enrollment to over ...
April 24, 2006
Medicare Covers 270 Million Rx OrdersPrescriptions filled with Medicare's new drug coverage are averaging 3 million a day, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says.That amounts to 270 ...
April 24, 2006
Medicare Covers 270 Million Rx OrdersPrescriptions filled with Medicare's new drug coverage are averaging 3 million a day, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says.That amounts to 270 ...
April 19, 2006
AHIP, Pharmacies Cut Part D Red TapeAmerica's Health Insurance Plans and pharmacy groups are trying to show that they will work quickly to solve Medicare prescription drug program startup problems.AHIP, Washington, ...