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What They Won’t Tell You about the Medicare Coverage Gap Discount Program

Generic drugs are the best value in any stage of your Part D benefit. Although many people are opposed to the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) for one reason or another, the law is making Medicare...

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Dear Medicare, We’re not Dead Yet

In Monty Python’s Spamalot, there is a scene with Robin and Lance and a supposed dead man who suddenly rises from a cart singing, “I am not dead yet; No need to go to bed; No need to call the doctor;...

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Switching from Lipitor to a generic should be a no-brainer for Medicare...

On November 30, 2011, the first generic version of Lipitor® (atorvastatin) hit the market. A few months prior, my company asked me to write a letter to all the members in our Medicare Part D plans who...

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Don’t Accept a Provider That Doesn’t Accept Medicare: No Exceptions

I received an e-mail from my cousin Michelle about one of her clients, who had a very uncomfortable experience with a Medicare provider. According to Michelle, her 85-year-old client, Bill, had just...

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Don’t Settle for Lousy Customer Service in Your Medicare Plan.

Don’t get stuck in a jam if you don’t like your Medicare plan.I recently came across a slew of complaints about the SilverScript Medicare Part D plan on the Complaints List website. (SilverScript is...

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Read the Fine Print Before Getting Locked Into a Restricted Network Part D Plan

Don’t get locked into a Part D plan with a restricted pharmacy network unless it’s right for you.As I’ve mentioned several times before, Medicare beneficiaries should always read the fine print and...

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Finding a Doctor Who Accepts Medicare | PBS NewsHour

Finding a Doctor Who Accepts Medicare | PBS NewsHour.

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Live in New York or New Jersey? Better speak up and ask for that generic drug.

British real estate developer Lord Harold Samuel once said, “There are three things you need in property. These are location, location, and location.” Apparently the same is true when it comes to...

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On Medicare and live in the South? Make sure you’re not taking a high-risk drug.

Senior Medicare beneficiaries in the Southeast are more likely to be taking at least one high-risk drug.Source: NPR (Dany Qato and Amal Trivedi/Alpert Medical School, Brown University) As I mentioned...

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Medicare No Longer Pays for Vitamin B-12 Injections — and it’s All Obama’s Fault

Is the headline of this post true or false? If you are a person who believes everything you read on the Internet, then you may be inclined to say it’s true. If, on the other hand, you question...

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Yes, you can switch your pharmacy at any time with Medicare Part D

This infographic from Walgreens explains some of the findings from a recent survey regarding beliefs about Medicare Part D. Today I had an “ah ha!” moment at work. For years I have been telling the...

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The Blind Leading the Blind: Anatomy of a Medicare Part D Monthly Premium

At least once a week one of my coworkers on our Medicare Part D team will come to me with what they think is a simple job. ‘I just need you to write a short apology letter. It should be simple,” Karen...

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How the DMEPOS Medicare Competitive Bidding Program could affect you

If you are a Medicare beneficiary and have Original Medicare you may have received a notice from Medicare in May about the Durable Medical Equipment Competitive Bidding Program. This program was put in...

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Caution: Stay away from Medicare Part D plans that have received sanctions...

This past week, I had to create a letter regarding a Medicare Part D plan that has been sanctioned by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for conduct that “poses a serious threat to...

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It’s no trick or treat: Kids get high on drugs, not sugar

 It’s sad but true: There’s a very good chance that at least one young person you know is abusing prescription and/or over-the-counter drugs to get high.  According to the most recent National Survey...

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Changes to Automatic Refill Services Under Medicare Part D Mail-Order...

If you are a Medicare beneficiary who gets your medications from a Medicare Part D mail-order pharmacy, I have some important information that may affect your services starting in January 2014. Many...

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Combating fraud and abuse in the Medicare Prescription Drug Program

Reblogged from The CMS Blog: By Jonathan Blum, CMS Principal Deputy Administrator The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) takes prescription drug abuse very seriously and actively works...

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New Government Rules Affect Medicare Part D Mail-Order Pharmacy Services

A few weeks ago I posted important news about a big change that affects Medicare beneficiaries who get their medications from a Medicare Part D mail-order pharmacy. Based on feedback I have received,...

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Medicare Drops the Ball on New Mail-Order Pharmacy Rule for Part D Members

I recently posted two articles about a new Medicare Part D rule that affected beneficiaries who get their medications delivered on a regular basis from a mail-order pharmacy. The rule, which went into...

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