Part B Insider (Multispecialty) Coding Alert
Tell Your Patients About New Drug Plan Choices
Published on Thu Sep 08, 2005 
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The Dept. of Health and Human Services has approved prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage plans that will offer coverage under Part D beginning Jan. 1, 2006. Your patients will have a choice of PDPs in every state, and 11 to 20 organizations will offer PDPs in each region.
At least one PDP in each state (except for Alaska) offers a premium of less than $20 per month, HHS notes. And at least five PDPs in each state will offer coverage without a premium to qualified beneficiaries, HHS says.
View a map of the PDP and MA plan regions at: www.cms.hhs.gov/medicarereform/mmaregions/.
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