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4 A contract is assigned four stars if it does not meet the 5-star criteria and meets at least one of these three criteria: (a) Its average CAHPS measure score is at or above the 60th percentile and the measure does not have low reliability; OR (b) its average CAHPS measure score is at or above the 80th percentile and the measure has low reliability; OR (c) its average CAHPS measure score is statistically significantly higher than the national average CAHPS measure score and above the 30th percentile. A. Call to speak with a pharmacy representative. When you call, please have your prescription number(s) and the pharmacy name and phone number ready — we’ll handle the rest. Given the proposed change to include expenditures for fraud reduction activities in the QIA portion of the MLR numerator, we no longer believe that it Start Printed Page 56458would be necessary or appropriate to include in incurred claims the amount of claim payments recovered through fraud reduction efforts, up to the amount of fraud reduction expenses. As noted previously, we originally included an adjustment to incurred claims for claims payments recovered through fraud reduction efforts based on the rationale that, because the recovery of paid fraudulent claims reduces the amount of incurred claims in the MLR numerator, if expenditures for fraud reduction efforts were treated solely as nonclaims and nonquality improvement activities, this could create a disincentive to engage in fraud reduction activities. The adjustments to incurred claims under current §§ 422.2420(b)(2)(ix) and 423.2420(b)(2)(viii) mitigate the potential disincentive to invest in fraud reduction activities insofar as MA organizations' and Part D sponsors' recoveries of paid fraudulent claims do not result in a reduction to incurred claims. Because this adjustment to incurred claims is only available to the extent that an MA organization or Part D sponsor recovers paid fraudulent claims, it encourages MA organizations and Part D sponsors to invest in tracking down and recouping amounts that have already been paid, rather than in preventing payment of fraudulent claims. Under our proposal, claim payments recovered through fraud reduction efforts, up to the amount of fraud reduction expenses, would no longer be included in the MLR numerator as an adjustment to incurred claims. Instead, all expenditures for fraud reduction activities would be included in the MLR numerator as QIA, even if such expenditures exceed the amount recovered through fraud reduction efforts. As a result, MA organizations and Part D sponsors will no longer have an incentive to use contract revenue to pursue recovery of paid fraudulent claims instead of investing in fraud prevention. We believe that effective fraud reduction strategies will include efforts to prevent payment of fraudulent claims, and we believe that the proposed inclusion of all fraud reduction activities as QIA in the MLR numerator will strengthen the incentive to engage in these vital activities. By Laurie Kellman, Associated Press COUNTY Tell me about Medicare Our health plan options Prepare to enroll Helpful resources Attend a seminar See also[edit] Call or visit your local Social Security Administration office. As the specialty drug distribution market has grown, so has the number of organizations competing to distribute or dispense specialty drugs, such as pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), health plans, wholesalers, health systems, physician practices, retail pharmacy chains, and small, independent pharmacies (see the URAC White Paper, “Competing in the Specialty Pharmacy Market: Achieving Success in Value-Based Healthcare,” available at http://info.urac.org/specialtypharmacyreport). CMS is concerned that Part D plan sponsors might use their standard pharmacy network contracts in a way that inappropriately limits dispensing of specialty drugs to certain pharmacies. In fact, we have received complaints from pharmacies that Part D plan sponsors have begun to require accreditation of pharmacies, including accreditation by multiple accrediting organizations, or additional Part D plan-/PBM-specific credentialing criteria, for network participation. We agree that there is a role in the Part D program for pharmacy accreditation, to the extent pharmacy accreditation requirements in network agreements promote quality assurance. In particular, we support Part D plan sponsors that want to negotiate an accreditation requirement in exchange for, for example, designating a pharmacy as a specialty or preferred pharmacy in the Part D plan sponsor's contracted pharmacy network. However, we do not support the use of Part D plan sponsor- or PBM-specific credentialing criteria, in lieu of, or in addition to, accreditation by recognized accrediting organizations, apart from drug-specific limited dispensing criteria such as FDA-mandated REMS or to ensure the appropriate dispensing of Part D drugs that require extraordinary special handling, provider coordination, or patient education when such extraordinary requirements cannot be met by a network pharmacy (as discussed previously). Moreover, we are especially concerned about anecdotal reports that allege such standard terms and conditions for network participation are waived, for example, when a Part D plan sponsor needs a particular pharmacy in its network in order to meet convenient access requirements, or even for certain pharmacies that received preferred pharmacy status. Medicaid suspension 1994: 6 List of Human Service Agencies by County If you are age 65 or older and your medical insurance coverage is under a group health plan based on your, or your spouse's, current employment, you may not need to apply for Medicare supplementary medical insurance (Part B) at age 65. You may qualify for a SEP that will let you sign up for Part B during: (1) By the MA organization or downstream entities. Other Types of Property Coverage § 423.638 User ID: Password: (4) Beneficiary notification. The MA organization that receives the passive enrollment must provide to the enrollee a notice that describes the costs and benefits of the plan and the process for accessing care under the plan and clearly explains the beneficiary's ability to decline the enrollment or choose another plan. Such notice must be provided to all potential passively enrolled enrollees prior to the enrollment effective date (or as soon as possible after the effective date if prior notice is not practical), in a form and manner determined by CMS. Medicare and Rural Health (Rural Health Information Hub) Member Complaints and Changes in the Drug Plan's Performance. Medicare Part D: Coverage for prescription drugs, available in a combined medical plus drug plan or as a stand-alone plan paired with a Medicare Cost plan or Medicare supplement plan. Public opinion[edit] Your right to a fast appeal Meet our Agents A choice of affordable ways (K) Cancel prescription request transaction. MyFlorida.com (i) The limitation the sponsor is placing on the beneficiary's access to coverage for frequently abused drugs and the effective and end date of the limitation; and Speaker Information Special Reports & Expert Views 2017-25068 Using the analysis of the dispersion of the within-contract disparity of all contracts included in the modelling, the measures for adjustment would be identified employing the following decision criteria: (1) A median absolute difference between LIS/DE and non-LIS/DE beneficiaries for all contracts analyzed is 5 percentage points or more or [46] (2) the LIS/DE subgroup performed better or worse than the non-LIS/DE subgroup in all contracts. We propose to codify these paragraphs for the selection criteria for the adjusted measures for the CAI at paragraph (f)(2)(iii). 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