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Will the availability of the $600 credit or discount prices prevent or delay an individual's eligibility for Medicaid under a "spenddown?"
Medicare Modernization Act
How does the 2003 Medicare Modernization Act change Medicare?
Medicare Modernization Act
Who will be eligible to apply as a Chronic Care Improvement Program?
Medicare Modernization Act
What prescription drug companies are offering the Medicare approved drug discount card program?
Medicare Modernization Act
What is the Voluntary Chronic Care Improvement Program?
Medicare Modernization Act
How will the Medicare Endorsed Prescription Drug Discount Card impact States with their own Pharmacy Assistance Programs?
Medicare Modernization Act
Are all prescription drugs eligible for the $600 credit or only those on the Medicaid formulary?
Medicare Modernization Act
How does the auto-enrollment work?
Medicare Modernization Act
What is the difference between Phase I and Phase II of the Chronic Care Improvement Program?
Medicare Modernization Act
Can an individual enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan, which offers an exclusive card, sign up for a different discount card?
Medicare Modernization Act
What will the Chronic Care Improvement Programs do?
Medicare Modernization Act
Some people who will qualify for transitional assistance are also likely to have a Medigap policy with a prescription drug benefit in it. Ho
Medicare Modernization Act
What are your expectations from Phase-I of the Voluntary Chronic Care Improvement Program?
Medicare Modernization Act
What is meant by payments will be “contingent on improvements in quality”?
Medicare Modernization Act
Why were CHF, diabetes and COPD selected as threshold conditions?
Medicare Modernization Act
What happens after the allocted $600 credit is spent?
Medicare Modernization Act
Can I receive the discount if I don’t want to use any of the $600 credit?
Medicare Modernization Act
Can States auto enroll people on the Medicare Savings Programs (QMBs, SLMBs, QIs) into transitional assistance?
Medicare Modernization Act
What process is CMS using to provide enrollment forms to beneficiaries? Are these forms available online or does the beneficiary have to con
Medicare Modernization Act
How does the Chronic Care Improvement program differ from other disease management initiatives in CMS?
Medicare Modernization Act
Are providers and other organizations eligible to apply under the Chronic Care Improvement Program?
Medicare Modernization Act
How is income calculated for the $600 transitional assistance eligibility? Is SSDI also included as income?
Medicare Modernization Act
If someone is receiving TA and is then determined to be eligible for full Medicaid benefits it is my understanding that Medicaid will go bac
Medicare Modernization Act
It was my understanding that CMS was looking into whether beneficiaries who currently are in the State Pharmacy Assistance Programs (SPAPs)
Medicare Modernization Act
If a beneficiary has already obtained a Medicare-approved drug discount card, and later his or her circumstances change that he/she now beco
Medicare Modernization Act
Can you purchase the Medicare-approved drug discount card by using a credit card over the phone?
Medicare Modernization Act
How many regions or sites will there be under Phase I of the Chronic Care Improvement Programs?
Medicare Modernization Act
Will rural areas be excluded from Chronic Care Improvement Programs?
Medicare Modernization Act
Can we have a copy of a denial letter? Are they standarized? If not, can we get a sample?
Medicare Modernization Act
How will the geographic areas be selected under Phase I of the Chronic Care Improvement Programs?
Medicare Modernization Act
Is the $600 credit available to income eligible benes with VA benefits, how will it interact with VA pharmacies?
Medicare Modernization Act
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- Can applicants choose between either CHF or diabetes?
Medicare Modernization Act
What is the final interim rule regarding the $600 credit?
Medicare Modernization Act
When will selections be made and when will services start under Chronic Care Improvement Programs?
Medicare Modernization Act
How can I find out more information about the Medicare approved drug discount card program?
Medicare Modernization Act
What is HHS doing to educate and enroll people with Medicare into the drug card and the $600 credit?
Medicare Modernization Act
Regarding the Clinical Quality Indicators listed in the grid on page 59, is the expectation that the awardee cite the number of tests done o
Medicare Modernization Act
Some elderly people may not have a lot of income but may have more in assets. Will those people with assets be disqualified for transitiona
Medicare Modernization Act
What is the size of population in each Chronic Care Improvement Program site?
Medicare Modernization Act
Will auto-enrollment be limited to those eligible for the $600 credit?
Medicare Modernization Act
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