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Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage - "It's all coming together"Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Source: CMS.HHS.gov Spotlights - July 16, 2006 Category: American Health Source Type: organizations

New Drug Coverage Includes Options for Additional Benefits and Saving MoneyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Source: CMS.HHS.gov Spotlights - May 19, 2006 Category: American Health Source Type: organizations

Hurricane Rita Information for People with Medicare and Medicaid and ProvidersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Source: CMS.HHS.gov Spotlights - May 19, 2006 Category: American Health Source Type: organizations

Medicare Takes Major Step Toward 2006 Drug Benefit; Issues Approval to Plans Offering CoverageEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Source: CMS.HHS.gov Spotlights - May 19, 2006 Category: American Health Source Type: organizations

Request for Applications for E-prescribing Pilot ReleasedEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Source: CMS.HHS.gov Spotlights - May 19, 2006 Category: American Health Source Type: organizations

Hurricane Katrina Information for people with Medicare and Medicaid and providers.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Source: CMS.HHS.gov Spotlights - May 19, 2006 Category: American Health Source Type: organizations

Retiree Prescription Drug Coverage & The New Prescription Drug CoverageEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Source: CMS.HHS.gov Spotlights - May 19, 2006 Category: American Health Source Type: organizations

New Medicare Poll from the Kaiser Family FoundationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Source: CMS.HHS.gov Spotlights - May 19, 2006 Category: American Health Source Type: organizations

Medicare Tomorrow: Future Savings for Beneficiaries, Estimates of the Impact of Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage on Low-Income Beneficiaries--State-Level EstimatesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Source: CMS.HHS.gov Spotlights - May 19, 2006 Category: American Health Source Type: organizations

Upcoming Distance Learning Opportunities on the Medicare Prescription Drug BenefitEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Source: CMS.HHS.gov Spotlights - May 19, 2006 Category: American Health Source Type: organizations

Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage - "It's all coming together"Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Source: CMS.HHS.gov Spotlights - May 19, 2006 Category: American Health Source Type: organizations

Changes to Competitive Acquisition Program TimelineEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Medicare Competitive Acquisition Program For Part B Drugs and Biologicals
Source: CMS.HHS.gov Spotlights - May 19, 2006 Category: American Health Source Type: organizations

Basic Questions and Answers about Medicare Prescription Drug CoverageEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Source: CMS.HHS.gov Spotlights - May 19, 2006 Category: American Health Source Type: organizations

40th Anniversary for Medicare and MedicaidEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In 1965, the Social Security Act established both Medicare and Medicaid. Medicare was a responsibility of the Social Security Administration (SSA), while Federal assistance to the State Medicaid programs was administered by the Social and Rehabilitation Service (SRS). SSA and SRS were agencies in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW). In 1977, the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) was created under HEW to effectively coordinate Medicare and Medicaid. In 1980 HEW was divided into the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In 2001, HCFA was renamed the Center...
Source: CMS.HHS.gov Spotlights - May 19, 2006 Category: American Health Source Type: organizations

CMS Guidance on the Limited-Income Subsidy Helpful Information and Fact SheetsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Help For Those With Limited Income and Resources.
Source: CMS.HHS.gov Spotlights - May 19, 2006 Category: American Health Source Type: organizations

CMS National Provider Identifier (NPI) Dear Provider LetterEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CMS announced a system whereby all health care providers, including Medicare providers, can apply for a new identifier, known as the National Provider Identifier, or NPI, starting May 23, 2005.
Source: CMS.HHS.gov Spotlights - May 19, 2006 Category: American Health Source Type: organizations

CMS Facilitates Access to Innovative TechnologyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In a ruling announced today by Administrator Mark B. McClellan, M.D., Ph.D., CMS clarified its payment rules to present beneficiaries with the choice to receive presbyopia-correcting intraocular lenses (IOLs) that not only replace lens clouded by cataracts but also allows the eye to focus on near, intermediate, and far vision, minimizing the need for corrective lens.
Source: CMS.HHS.gov Spotlights - May 19, 2006 Category: American Health Source Type: organizations

April 2005 CMS Quarterly Provider Update Now AvailableEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CMS publishes this Update at the beginning of each quarter to inform the public about the following:Regulations and major policies currently under development during this quarter.Regulations and major policies completed or cancelled. New/Revised manual instructions
Source: CMS.HHS.gov Spotlights - May 19, 2006 Category: American Health Source Type: organizations

Medicare Part D Electronic-Prescribing Proposed RuleEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
On December 8, 2003, President George W. Bush signed into law the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act (MMA) of 2003. This landmark legislation provides seniors and people living with disabilities with a prescription drug benefit, more choices and better benefits under Medicare, the most significant improvement to senior health care in nearly 40 years.
Source: CMS.HHS.gov Spotlights - May 19, 2006 Category: American Health Source Type: organizations

Final Guidance Issued on MMA Section 1011: Emergency Health Services for Undocumented AliensEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This web page is designed to provide hospitals, physicians, and ambulance providers with accurate information regarding the implementation of section 1011 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA).
Source: CMS.HHS.gov Spotlights - May 19, 2006 Category: American Health Source Type: organizations

Learn more about the Prescription Drug Benefit and Medicare Advantage Programs (Including Regulations)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Welcome to the Official Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) Titles I & II webpage. This is a very special time for Medicare beneficiaries, full of many exciting program improvements and enhancements. The Medicare Modernization Act (MMA), passed with bipartisan support in Congress and signed into law by President Bush on December 8, 2003, has given us unprecedented opportunities to bring more personalized, high-quality modern health care to Medicare's millions of beneficiaries.
Source: CMS.HHS.gov Spotlights - May 19, 2006 Category: American Health Source Type: organizations

Proposal For The New Competitive Acquisition Program For Part B Drugs And BiologicalsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Section 303 (d) of the MMA (adobe pdf 26Kb) requires the implementation of a competitive acquisition program (CAP) for Medicare Part B drugs and biologicals not paid on a cost or prospective payment system basis. Beginning with drugs administered on or after January 1, 2006, physicians will be given a choice between buying and billing these drugs under the average sales price (ASP) system, or obtaining these drugs from vendors selected in a competitive bidding process.
Source: CMS.HHS.gov Spotlights - May 19, 2006 Category: American Health Source Type: organizations

Medicare Provides Tools to Help Local Partners Prepare Beneficiaries for Medicare Prescription Drug CoverageEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Source: CMS.HHS.gov Spotlights - October 18, 2005 Category: American Health Source Type: organizations