tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2006 Issue 5

PART D: Enrollment Nightmare Forces States To Enact Emergency Drug Coverage

Rocky Part D rollout leaves many without prescription drug accessWhile system glitches leave many Part D beneficiaries without access to their prescription drugs, states are stepping up to protect their own--at considerable cost.In spite of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' comprehensive contingency plan, millions of dually eligible benes transferring from Medicaid drug coverage to Medicare Part D have had problems filling their prescriptions since the plan began Jan. 1. As state officials had feared, bewildered benes are turning to Medicaid for answers.Lacking coverage and subsidy eligibility records are among the most common problems benes have...

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