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Selected Helpful Online Resources
While the new prescription drug plan can be confusing, many
resources are available to provide information. These include:
The
Alzheimer’s Association – Medicare Prescription
Drug Coverage
This section of the AA Website contains fact sheets and
links to Websites to help you make informed decisions about
this new coverage for you or the person you care for.
The
American Association for Retired People (AARP)
This site helps you prepare the drug plan search and protect
yourself against fraud and scams. It also provides information
on what to do if you don’t have computer access and
other issues you may not have considered -- prior authorization,
step therapy, quantity limits, co-payments [including “tiered
co-payments”], and premiums and deductibles, as well
as enrollment and changing plan information. The site also
provides a list of medications for the plan finder tool.
Medicare
Tel: 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227)
This site offers all of the information on the prescription
drug plan, including:
- Basic information about Medicare prescription drug coverage,
what it is, who can get it, when you can get it, how you
can get it, and why you should get it.
- Information about how to look at the cost and coverage
when selecting a plan that meets your needs.
- Lists by state the Medicare Prescription Drug Plans and
Medicare Advantage Plans and other Health Plans with prescription
drug coverage
- An
interactive tool that allows you to narrow your search
for a Medicare prescription drug plan based on your personal
preferences such as cost, coverage, and convenience
- A formulary (drug) finder
- The enrollment center
- Medicare publications (to be viewed online, printed,
or ordered)
- Information and tools for people and organizations assisting
those with Medicare who are considering Medicare prescription
drug coverage
- Lists of all National plans, all Stand-alone Prescription
Drug Plans, and all Medicare Advantage and Other Health
Plans, and 2006 Limited Income Premium Subsidy Amounts
for Stand-alone Prescription Drug Plans
Medicare
Rx Education Network
The Medicare Rx Education Network is a network of organizations
that share a common interest in educating and informing seniors
and persons with disabilities and chronic conditions about
the new Medicare benefit. The mission of the Website is to
provide information and assistance with outreach and enrollment
for the new Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit to
Medicare beneficiaries.
The member organizations of Medicare Rx Education Network
include AARP, the American Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy,
the Alzheimer’s Association, the American Geriatrics
Society, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, the National
Council on Aging, and many, many others.
There is a lot of information on Medicare Prescription Drug
Plan on this site, as well as links to all of the network
organizations.
Mental
Health Part D
This site explains Medicare Part D (ie, the Medicare Prescription
Drug Plan), enrollment and eligibility, costs, the Extra
Help program, information on whether the new benefit
will affect other assistance (eg, food stamps and housing
assistance), and what can be done if a prescription drug
isn’t on the formulary, is subject to prior authorization,
or is subject to higher co-payments.
Partnership
for Prescription Assistance
Tel: 1-888-477-2669
This organization can help you find other private assistance
programs to pay for drugs that are not covered by Medicare
Part D.
TRICARE, Military
Health System
Tel: 1-888-363-5433
Veterans Administration
1-877-222-8387
FEHBP
1-888-767-6738
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