Psychiatr News April 7, 2006
Volume 41, Number 7, page 20
© 2006 American Psychiatric Association
Psychiatric Practice & Managed Care
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What's Your Experience?
APA's Office of Healthcare Systems and Financing (OHSF) is continuing to
monitor the implementation of the new Medicare Part D prescription drug
benefit. Information is being collected by e-mail at
PartD{at}psych.org
and phone calls at (866) 882-6227. Currently OHSF is particularly interested
in tracking how the Part D appeals system is working.
At press time, OHSF had received reports of more than 1,000 problems with
the new benefit. Information from these reports is being used in regularly
scheduled discussions with senior staff at the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services (CMS) in an effort to ensure that the Part D prescription
drug plans comply with CMS's guidances on the need for continuity of care for
patients being treated with antidepressants, antipsychotics, and
anticonvulsants.
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