tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 42

LONG-TERM CARE: Facilities Should Help, But Not Steer, PDP Selection

Feds offer plan that can help beneficiaries decide on a PDP.Many Medicare beneficiaries are already lost on the road to Part D, but facilities should not offer directions too freely. Guiding residents to a particular prescription drug plan could well send a facility toward noncompliance."Choosing a PDP can be a very complicated process, but CMS doesn't want providers 'steering' beneficiaries toward a particular plan," stresses Steve Jones, principal with Moore Stephens Lovelace in Clearwater, FL.Starting Nov. 15, Medicare beneficiaries can sign on with the PDP of their choice. The choices they make will have big...

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