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1. MedPAC Report to the Congress: Issues in a Modernized Medicare Program, 2005
Date: Jun 2005

Examines issues affecting the Medicare program. Addresses Part D, Medicare's new outpatient prescription drug benefit, with some coverage of rural issues. Includes overview of the Medicare Advantage program. Discusses the effects of the Critical Access Hospital (CAH) provisions in the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA).

...Medicare Program, 2005 --- Examines issues affecting the Medicare program. Addresses Part D, Medicare's new outpatient...

2. Preparing for Medicare Part D: An Opportunity for State Offices of Rural Health and State Rural Health Associations
Date: Aug 2005

Provides a timeline for the implementation of Medicare Part D and discusses how State Offices of Rural Health and state rural health associations could help beneficiaries enroll in prescription drug plans.

...Medicare Part D: An Opportunity for State Offices of Rural Health and State Rural Health...

3. MedPAC Report to the Congress: Increasing the Value of Medicare
Date: Jun 2006

Examines issues affecting the Medicare program and makes recommendations to the Congress. Topics covered include care coordination, pricing accuracy in the hospice and physician payment systems, quality measures in home health, gathering data on outpatient therapy, Medicare Advantage, the Part D prescription drug program, and cost-effectiveness analysis.

...Medicare Advantage, the Part D prescription drug program, and cost-effectiveness analysis. --- View more MedPAC...

4. The Experience of Sole Community Rural Independent Pharmacies with Medicare Part D: Reports from the Field
Date: Nov 2006

Examines unintended impacts of the Medicare Part D program on independent pharmacies in rural areas. Discusses options to address the challenges faced by rural independent pharmacies that are the sole providers in their communities.

...Medicare Part D: Reports from the Field --- Examines unintended impacts of the Medicare Part D...

5. Enrollment in Medicare Part D for Rural Beneficiaries Is Encouraging
Date: Jan 2007

Provides findings about Medicare beneficiary enrollment in prescription drug plans (PDPs) in rural and urban areas across the United States.

...Medicare Part D for Rural Beneficiaries Is Encouraging --- Provides findings about Medicare beneficiary enrollment in prescription...

6. Retail Pharmacy Participation in Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans in 2006
Date: Jun 2007

Discusses the extent to which retail pharmacies participate in Medicare Part D stand-alone prescription drug plans (PDPs). Includes comparison of pharmacy participation rates among metropolitan and nonmetropolitan pharmacies.

...Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans in 2006 --- Discusses the extent to which retail pharmacies...

7. One Year In: Sole Community Rural Independent Pharmacies and Medicare Part D
Date: Sep 2007

Describes the experiences of 51 rural independently-owned pharmacies that are the sole providers of pharmacy services in their community one year after implementation of the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit.

...Medicare Part D --- Describes the experiences of 51 rural independently-owned pharmacies that are the sole...

8. Review of the Relationship between Medicare Part D Payments to Local, Community Pharmacies and the Pharmacies' Drug Acquisition Costs
Date: Jan 2008

Analyzes the relationship between Medicare Part D payments, excluding dispensing fees, to local, community pharmacies and the pharmacies' drug acquisition costs. Estimate Part D dispensing fees and compares them with Medicaid dispensing fees. Includes some data specific to rural pharmacies.

...Medicare Part D Payments to Local, Community Pharmacies and the Pharmacies' Drug Acquisition Costs --- Analyzes...

9. Eligible But Not Enrolled? Potential for Targeting Over a Half-Million Rural Medicare Beneficiaries for Enrollment in the Low-Income Subsidy Prescription Drug Program
Date: Dec 2008

Discusses the Medicare Part D low-income subsidy (LIS), which is designed to help low-income persons access the prescription drug benefit with reduced premiums and lower out-of-pocket costs. Included chart shows enrollment in Medicare Part D prescription drug plans and the LIS by state.

...Medicare Beneficiaries for Enrollment in the Low-Income Subsidy Prescription Drug Program --- Discusses the Medicare Part D...

10. Medicare Beneficiaries' Access to Pharmacy Services in Small Rural Towns: Implications of Contracting Patterns of Sole Community Pharmacies with Part D Plans
Date: Jan 2009

Describes pharmacy Prescription Drug Plan (PDP) contract patterns of sole rural pharmacies. Addresses PDP enrollment choices of Medicare Part D enrollees.

...Medicare Part D enrollees. --- View more Medicare Beneficiaries' Access to Pharmacy Services in Small Rural...