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Important Things to Know about Medicare Chapter Five: Medicare Part D--Prescription Drug Coverage

EDIS, 2014
Important Things to Know about Medicare is a series of 10 publications that will cover the most common Medicare concerns. The series will provide general information about Medicare, including the four major plans, supplemental policies, interactions ...
Amanda Terminello, Martie Gillen
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Geographic and socioeconomic disparities contribute to variation in opioid prescription patterns in the Medicare Part D population: A cross-sectional study [PDF]

JAAD International
Lauren N. McGrath, BA, Nathan Schedler, BS, BA, Sarah A. Martin, BS, Steven R. Feldman, MD, PhD   +3 more
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Overview of Medicare Parts A-D [PDF]

Journal of Oncology Practice, 2009
With policymakers calling for reforms to ensure Medicare beneficiaries continue to have access to care without bankrupting the Medicare Trust Fund, it is hard to know how changes to the system will affect cancer care delivery. This primer provides oncologists with context for the Medicare reform debates anticipated in the coming months.
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Impact of the change of copay policy in Medicare Part D on zoster vaccine uptake among Medicare beneficiaries in a managed care organization

BMC Health Services Research, 2017
Background Kaiser Permanente Southern California (KPSC) adopted the Medicare Part D Tier-6 with zero patient copay for zoster vaccination in 2012. We assessed the impact of the implementation on zoster vaccination rate (GSK study identifier: HO-13-14,182)
Rulin C. Hechter, Lei Qian, Songkai Yan, Yi Luo, Girishanthy Krishnarajah, Hung-Fu Tseng   +5 more
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Geographic Distribution of Antipsychotic Use in Medicare Part D Patients

INNOVATIONS in Pharmacy, 2017
Purpose: To determine if there is a geographic variation in antipsychotic prescribing in Medicare recipients in 10 US divisions. Methods: Data was collected in the Microsoft Excel format from the Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data: Part D ...
Angela Anthony, Raymond Degreef, Maisha Kelly Freeman   +2 more
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Risk attitudes and Medicare Part D enrollment decisions [PDF]

, 2012
The new Medicare Part D program provides prescription drug coverage for older Americans through highly subsidized and tightly regulated plans offered by private insurance firms. For most eligible individuals without coverage from other sources, obtaining
Heiss, Florian, McFadden, Daniel, Vetter, Stefan, Winter, Joachim   +3 more
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A Retrospective Study Analyzing Opioid Prescription Practices in Hand Surgery from 2013 to 2019

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2023
Background:. The potential for opioid prescription medication addiction and abuse has been a growing concern in healthcare. It is not uncommon for hand surgery patients to be overprescribed opioid medication for postoperative pain management.
India Rangel, BS, Maya T. Harrington, MBA, Nellie V. Movtchan, MD, Lyndsay A. Kandi, BS, Javier Janbieh, BS, Jordan R. Pollock, MBA, Erwin Kruger, MD, Jason H. Ko, MD, MBA, Chad M. Teven, MD   +8 more
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Aging and choice: Applications to Medicare Part D

Judgment and Decision Making, 2009
We examined choice behavior in younger versus older adults using a medical decision-making task similar to Medicare Part D. The study was designed to assess age differences in choice processes in general and specifically designed to examine the effect of
Betty E. Tanius, Stacey Wood, Yaniv Hanoch, Thomas Rice   +3 more
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Regional Variation in Pharmacist Perception of the Financial Impact of Medicare Part D

Pharmacy, 2018
The objective of this study was to perform a nationwide investigation of the financial performance of community pharmacies in the United States since the inception of Medicare Part D.
Shamima Khan, Joshua J. Spooner, Harlan E. Spotts   +2 more
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Effect of Cost-Related Medication Non-adherence Among Older Adults With Medication Therapy Management

Frontiers in Medicine, 2021
Background: Medication therapy management (MTM) was established by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) with the aim to improve medication adherence.
Weiwei Zhang, Gang Lv, Xiaomo Xiong, Minghui Li   +3 more
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