The first months of the prescription-drug benefit - A CMS update

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 354, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 2312-2314

  Bach, Peter B ^a,b   McClellan, Mark B ^a,b  

^a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; MEDICARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

HUMANS; INSURANCE BENEFITS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; MEDICARE; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES;

EID: 33744496776     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp068108     Document Type: Short Survey

References (4)

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3. Medicare prescription drug benefit: final rule. Fed Regist 2005;70(18):4468. (Also available at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ quarterlyproviderupdates/downloads/cms4068f.pdf.)
4. Foster RS. Effectiveness of drug price negotiations by the federal government versus Medicare prescription drug plans. Baltimore: Office of the Actuary, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, February 11, 2005. (Letter to Mark B. McClellan.) (Accessed May 11, 2006, at http://waysandmeans. house.gov/hearings.asp?formmode=view&id=3003#Leavitt.)