The most recent (August 2013) Medicare Part D plan formulary data (or drug lists) updates include the addition of 39 new National Drug Codes (NDC) to the Medicare Part D program. These represent 28 different drugs, many with multiple strengths or delivery forms.
The NDC uniquely identifies a particular drug, manufacturer, strength, and packaging combination. The NDC is often shown on your prescription bottle as an 11-digit code (see the charts below) or could be formatted as 00000-0000-00 where the first set of numbers identifies the manufacturer, the second set of number identifies the product and strength, and the third set of numbers identifies the packaging.
There are many reasons for NDCs to be added to the Medicare Part D program, a summary is a follows:
Reason for NDC Addition |
Occurences |
new drug |
5 |
new drug strength |
2 |
new drug with multiple strengths |
22 |
new drug, strength and manufacturer |
2 |
new manufacturer and delivery method |
11 |
new manufacturer and strength |
14 |
The following 90 manufacturer / drug / strength / packaging combinations (NDCs) were added to one or more Medicare Part D formularies in the most recent updates. You can click on the NDC or Drug Name below to go to our Q1Medicare.com DrugFinder to see the details of how this drug is handled by all Medicare Part D Plans in Florida -- You can then change the state to your state for details in your service area.
You can review any Medicare plan formulary using the Q1Medicare.com FormularyBrowser at
Q1Medicare.com/FormularyBrowser or compare how any medication is covered on all Medicare plans in your service area using our
Q1Medicare.com/DrugFinder.