US Senate
US Senate approved the amendment on March 15, 2006 to the fiscal year 2007 budget resolution. According to this amendment, Health and Human Services were authorized to extend the deadline for enrollment.
Bush Administration and Republicans
This group stated that the problems in implementation of Medicare Part D can be eliminated by management tools and not via applying several legislations.
Strategies and tools in implementation of Medicare Part D
The successful and effective implementation of Medicare Part D was the collaborative effort of federal, state and local agencies. Its stakeholders included several state officials of Medicaid program, State retiree of health insurance programs and the officials of State Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs (SPAPs). Amongst these, the individuals from State health insurance and assistance program focused on educating and counseling Medicare beneficiaries. In some states, groups were established that routinely addressed the issues of Medicare beneficiaries. Thus, implementation was the joint effort of all the involved organizations.
The implementation of Medicare Part D was the successful launch of exchanges for the current Administration, but the efforts of creating awareness to public about this Part have been …show more content…
It is also important to note that all drugs are covered by Part D. For instance, the cosmetic purpose drugs, nonprescription drugs, etc. are not included in Part D. Barbiturates will be covered under Part D only in case it is required for the treatment of epilepsy, chronic mental disorder or in case of cancer. Thus, Medicare Part D is an important program which can be confusing at times. Education and awareness is the key to understand the plan details and the people covered in it need to make note of various deadlines so as to take the maximum benefit of the
US Senate approved the amendment on March 15, 2006 to the fiscal year 2007 budget resolution. According to this amendment, Health and Human Services were authorized to extend the deadline for enrollment.
Bush Administration and Republicans
This group stated that the problems in implementation of Medicare Part D can be eliminated by management tools and not via applying several legislations.
Strategies and tools in implementation of Medicare Part D
The successful and effective implementation of Medicare Part D was the collaborative effort of federal, state and local agencies. Its stakeholders included several state officials of Medicaid program, State retiree of health insurance programs and the officials of State Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs (SPAPs). Amongst these, the individuals from State health insurance and assistance program focused on educating and counseling Medicare beneficiaries. In some states, groups were established that routinely addressed the issues of Medicare beneficiaries. Thus, implementation was the joint effort of all the involved organizations.
The implementation of Medicare Part D was the successful launch of exchanges for the current Administration, but the efforts of creating awareness to public about this Part have been …show more content…
It is also important to note that all drugs are covered by Part D. For instance, the cosmetic purpose drugs, nonprescription drugs, etc. are not included in Part D. Barbiturates will be covered under Part D only in case it is required for the treatment of epilepsy, chronic mental disorder or in case of cancer. Thus, Medicare Part D is an important program which can be confusing at times. Education and awareness is the key to understand the plan details and the people covered in it need to make note of various deadlines so as to take the maximum benefit of the