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Focus on Part D Benefits and Chemotherapy

Medicare's prescription drug benefit, also known as the Part D benefit, became effective on January 1, 2006. Although enrollment numbers for the benefit continue to rise, physicians and other health care providers still have questions about the benefit and its implementation. Here are some of the most common questions posed to ASCO's Coding & Reimbursement Hotline.

Question: Many of our patients have a Part D prescription drug plan. It is virtually impossible to know what each prescription plan covers. Are formularies for each plan publicly available somewhere?

Yes. Medicare created a tool, the Formulary Finder, that enables the beneficiary or . . . [Click for More]

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