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Major Topics Covered
Congressional hearings, reports on the Medicare drug benefit
CMS Open Door forums on the drug benefit and payments
CMS rules, memos, instructions on the Part D drug benefit
Federal legislation affecting Medicare drug reimbursement
Fraud in the new Medicare drug benefit program
HHS Office of Inspector General oversight of the Medicare drug program and pricing
MedPAC reports, recommendations on the Medicare drug benefit
Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefits, plans
Medicare prescription drug discount card program
Medicare beneficiary and senior drug spending and needs
Prescription drug prices, trends in senior spending
Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) Company involvement in the drug benefit program
Statistics, studies, and reports on the costs of the Medicare drug benefit
U.S. Pharmacopeia guidelines for the Medicare drug formulary
Medicare Drug Watch
Details
What this service is:
Medicare Drug Watch helps you stay abreast of the latest implementation details and policy developments from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services—quickly and easily. Track the latest developments relating to the new Medicare prescription drug benefit, including Medicare drug reimbursement rules and the interim Medicare discount drug card.
What it helps you do:
Keep pace with the latest developments day by day as they unfold. You'll have comprehensive coverage of the news from BNA reporters at the agencies and on Capitol Hill, plus analysis of what those developments will mean by legal and industry experts who are tracking the new Medicare benefit.
Stay absolutely current with a daily e-mail from BNA editors providing a morning briefing and quick links to the most recent updates so you don't have to wait to check on the latest news.
Access a comprehensive collection of archived primary source documents, including full text of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Pub.L. 108-173) and the CMS schedule for enactment of the law's provisions through 2011, plus CMS rules and guidance, Capitol Hill memos, and other hard-to-find Medicare drug-related reports. New documents are added when issued. A listing of key documents that previously appeared in Medicare Drug Watch is available under the "ALL" button.
Use convenient links to key Web sites including congressional committees with oversight of the Medicare drug program, to Web sites of federal and independent agencies with authority over Medicare drug policy and initiatives, and to Web sites of health care associations, think tanks, and interest groups with a stake in the new benefit program.
Speed your research of general press coverage of the drug benefit with customized Web searches on Medicare drug topics in Google News, Yahoo News, NewsNow, and Topix.net.
Search Federal legislation using the THOMAS system easily with two types of searches: Congressional Record searches and bill searches. The predefined Congressional Record searches will find all statements on Medicare drug related topics in the House and Senate, with the most recent listed first. The THOMAS bill searches find all Medicare prescription-drug related bills introduced in the 108th Congress (First and Second Sessions), in order of relevancy.
Product Structure
Notification: current reports providing news and developments
Formats and Frequency
Web, e-mail issued daily.
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