A number of 2015 Medicare prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage plans are being consolidated or merged into other 2016 Medicare plans.
If you are currently in one of the 2015 Medicare plans being merged, your Annual Notice of Change (ANOC) letter will tell you about how you are being reassigned or “crosswalked” to another 2016 Medicare Part D or Medicare Advantage plan. If you have not yet received or cannot find your ANOC, you can telephone your Medicare plan and ask that another ANOC letter be sent.
Here are a few examples of stand-alone 2015 Medicare Part D plan reassignments:
Medicare Part D Plan Reassignments |
2015 Medicare Part D Plan |
New 2016 Medicare Part D Plan |
State(s) |
Members Affected |
Aetna Medicare Rx Premier (PDP) |
First Health Part D Premier Plus (PDP) |
all states |
41,840 |
Cigna-HealthSpring Rx Secure-Max (PDP) |
Cigna-HealthSpring Rx Secure-Extra (PDP) |
all states |
21,630 |
EnvisionRx Plus Clear Choice (PDP) |
EnvisionRxPlus Silver (PDP) |
AZ,
IL,
NM,
TX |
4,760 |
MedicareBlue Rx Value Plus (PDP) |
MedicareBlue Rx Standard (PDP) |
IA,
MN,
MT,
NE,
ND,
SD,
WY |
102,435 |
SmartD Rx Saver (PDP) |
Express Scripts Medicare - Value (PDP) |
all states |
73,006 |
SmartSaver Rx PDP (PDP) |
SmartSaver Rx PDP Value (PDP) |
NY |
219 |
Transamerica MedicareRx Choice (PDP) |
Transamerica MedicareRx Classic (PDP) |
CA |
19,760 |
United American - Enhanced (PDP) |
United American - Select (PDP) |
AR |
371 |
Need a faster way to see if your Medicare Part D or Medicare Advantage plan is changing in 2016?
Our
PDP-Compare
and
MA-Compare
tools allow you to compare annual 2015/2016 changes in
all stand-alone Medicare Part D prescription drug plans (PDPs) or Medicare Advantage plans (MAs or MAPDs) across the country showing changes in monthly premiums and plan design changes, as well as changes in co-payments or co-insurance rates for different drug tiers along with the most recent Medicare Star ratings.
Both the
PDP-Compare
and
MA-Compare also show the Medicare Part D plans or Medicare Advantage plans that will be
merged,
discontinued, or
added in 2016.