Medicare Part D - Statistics & numerical data
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Nursing home residents and enrollment in Medicare Part D.

19 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVES: To assess the impact of Medicare Part D in the nursing home (NH) setting. DESIGN: A population-based study using 2005/06 prescription dispensing records, Poisson regressions with generalized estimating equations, and interrupted times ... Read more...

The Medicare drug benefit: update on the low-income subsidy.

29 Jul 2009 The Medicare drug benefit (Medicare "Part D"), provides federal subsidies to pay premiums and cost sharing for low-income beneficiaries--almost 10 million in 2009. Yet there are several policy issues concerning these low-income beneficiaries under ... Read more...

Awareness of pharmaceutical cost-assistance programs among inner-city seniors.

30 Mar 2009 BACKGROUND: Lack of awareness may be a significant barrier to participation by low- and middle-income seniors in pharmaceutical cost-assistance programs. OBJECTIVE: The goal of this study was to determine whether older adults' awareness of 2 major ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Medicare Part D - Statistics & numerical data'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Nursing home residents and enrollment in Medicare Part D. 19 Aug 2009
• The Medicare drug benefit: update on the low-income subsidy. 29 Jul 2009
• Medicare Part D update--lessons learned and unfinished business. 21 Jul 2009
• Awareness of pharmaceutical cost-assistance programs among inner-city seniors. 30 Mar 2009
• VHA pharmacy use in veterans with Medicare drug coverage. 14 Mar 2009
• Rural enrollment in Medicare Part D is growing slowly. 27 Feb 2009
• Access to prescription drugs for Medicare beneficiaries. 27 Feb 2009
• Effect of a retrospective drug utilization review on potentially inappropriate prescribing in the elderly. 30 Jan 2009
• The effect of transitioning to medicare part d drug coverage in seniors dually eligible for medicare and medicaid. 29 Nov 2008
• Help members to avoid a part D doughnut hole crisis. 29 Sep 2008
• Potential impact of Medicare Part D in the end-stage renal disease population. 30 Mar 2008
• Attribute substitution in early enrollment decisions into Medicare prescription drug plans. 30 Mar 2008
• Predicting risk selection following major changes in Medicare. 30 Mar 2008
• Where are the Medicare Part D claims data? 5 Jan 2008
• Acquisition costs and use of Medicare Part D-excluded drugs in Veterans Health Administration long-stay nursing home residents: a national, descriptive, secondary data analysis. 30 Dec 2007
• By the numbers. Insurers/managed care. 22 Dec 2007
• Prescription drug coverage among Medicare beneficiaries. 30 Dec 2006

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Technical information about 'Medicare Part D'

Definition: A stand-alone drug plan offered by insurers and other private companies to beneficiaries that receive their Medicare Part A and/or B benefits through the Original Medicare Plan. It includes Medicare Private Fee-for-Service Plans that do not offer prescription drug coverage and Medicare Cost Plans offering Medicare prescription drug coverage. The plan was enacted as the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 with coverage beginning January 1, 2006.

Descriptor UI: D054524

Alternative terms: Medicare Part D; Part D, Medicare; PL 108-173; PL 108 173;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N03.219.521.576.343.575.500; N03.219.521.576.343.840.938;

History Note: 2008