‘D’ Is for Dynamic: CMS Proposals Could Shake Up Medicare Drug Benefits

  • Feb 08, 2024

    In two recent proposals, CMS outlines numerous changes to technical aspects of the Medicare Part D program — many of which are related to provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) that restructured the Part D benefit phases. Sources tell AIS Health, a division of MMIT, that the proposals could have both positive and negative effects on Part D plan sponsors and beneficiaries and will likely attract a bevy of industry feedback.

    The documents in question are the 2025 Advance Notice of payment changes for Medicare Advantage and Part D plans and the Draft 2025 Part D Redesign Program Instructions. While the Advance Notice is unveiled around the same time every year, the draft Part D redesign instructions are being issued to help implement provisions of the IRA that make major changes to the structure of the Part D benefit.  

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  • Leslie Small

    Leslie has been working in journalism since 2009 and reporting on the health care industry since 2014. She has covered the many ups and downs of the Affordable Care Act exchanges, the failed health insurer mega-mergers, and hundreds of other storylines spanning subjects such as Medicaid managed care, Medicare Advantage, employer-sponsored insurance, and prescription drug coverage. As the managing editor of Health Plan Weekly and Radar on Drug Benefits, she writes and edits for both publications while overseeing a small team of reporters who also focus on the managed care sector. Before joining AIS Health, she was a senior editor for the e-newsletter Fierce Health Payer, and she started her career as a copy editor at multiple local newspapers. She graduated with a dual degree in journalism and political science from Penn State University.

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