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Mar, 27 2025 — Can my Medicare drug plan drop the coverage of one of my prescriptions during the plan year? Yes. Your Medicare Part D prescription drug plan's formulary or drug list can change throughout the year adding new generic or brand-name drugs - or removing drugs.

Mar, 27 2025 — The March 2025 Medicare Part D formulary updates included 95 new drug codes or NDCs representing 52 different medications. The NDC uniquely identifies a particular manufacturer, drug-strength, a . . .

Mar, 27 2025 — The March 2025 Medicare Part D plan drug list updates include one (1) newly-introduced generic and ten (10) newly-introduced brand-name drugs. There are a total of 95 new ndcs representing 52 different drugs.

Jun, 29 2024 — The June 2024 Medicare Part D formulary updates included 46 new drug codes or NDCs representing 28 different medications. The NDC uniquely identifies a particular manufacturer, drug-strength, an . . .

Jun, 29 2024 — The June 2024 Medicare Part D plan drug list updates include four (4) newly-introduced generics and four (4) newly-introduced brand-name drugs. There are a total of 46 new ndcs representing 28 different drugs.

Jun, 02 2024 — As you may know, Medicare Part D prescription drug plans update their plan formularies (drug lists) throughout the plan year and the May 2024 Medicare Part D formulary updates included fifty-two (52) . . .

Jun, 02 2024 — The May 2024 Medicare Part D plan drug list updates include ten (10) newly-introduced generics and ten (10) newly-introduced brand-name drugs. There are a total of 99 new ndcs representing 52 different drugs.

Apr, 29 2024 — The April 2024 Medicare Part D plan drug list updates include ten (10) newly-introduced generics and eight (8) newly-introduced brand-name drugs. There are a total of 67 new ndcs representing 47 different drugs.

Sep, 22 2023 — The September 2023 Medicare Part D formulary updates included 69 new drug codes or NDCs representing 41 different medications. The NDC uniquely identifies a particular manufacturer, drug-strength . . .

Sep, 22 2023 — The September 2023 Medicare Part D plan drug list updates include four (4) newly-introduced generics and sixteen (16) newly-introduced brand-name drugs. There are a total of 69 new ndcs representing 41 different drugs.

Sep, 06 2023 — The August 2023 Medicare Part D plan drug list updates include five (5) newly-introduced generics and ten (10) newly-introduced brand-name drugs. There are a total of 94 new ndcs representing 63 different drugs.

Jun, 19 2023 — The June 2023 Medicare Part D plan drug list updates include 15 newly-introduced generics and ten (10) newly-introduced brand-name drugs. There are a total of 97 new ndcs representing 63 different drugs.

Jun, 19 2023 — As you may know, Medicare Part D prescription drug plans update their plan formularies (drug lists) throughout the plan year and the June 2023 Medicare Part D formulary updates included Sixty-three ( . . .

May, 21 2023 — The May 2023 Medicare Part D plan drug list updates include two newly-introduced generics: BISOPROLOL-HCTZ [Ziac] and LEVOFLOXACIN DROPS. The updates include the addition of 49 new National Drug Codes (NDCs), representing 32 different prescription drugs.

Apr, 30 2023 — The April 2023 Medicare Part D plan drug list updates include six newly-introduced generics: BRIMONIDINE [Mirvaso®] DICLOFENAC POTASSIUM [Cambia®] SODIUM OXYBATE [Xyrem®] TOPIRAMATE ER [Trokendi XR® Qudexy XR®] and seven newly-introduced brand-name drugs: AMJEVITA® . . .

Mar, 27 2025 — Can my Medicare drug plan drop the coverage of one of my prescriptions during the plan year? Yes. Your Medicare Part D prescription drug plan's formulary or drug list can change throughout the year adding new generic or brand-name drugs - or removing drugs.

Sep, 02 2017 — The August, 2017 Medicare Part D plan formulary data (or drug list updates) includes the addition of 102 new National Drug Codes (NDCs) to the Medicare Part D program.  These NDCs represent 63 di . . .

Apr, 24 2018 — The April, 2018 Medicare Part D plan formulary data (or drug list updates) includes the addition of 737 new National Drug Codes (NDCs) to the Medicare Part D program.  These NDCs represent 486 di . . .

Jul, 01 2013 — The most recent (June 2013) Medicare Part D plan formulary data (or drug lists) updates include the addition of 90 new National Drug Codes (NDC) to the Medicare Part D program.  These represent 6 . . .

May, 06 2015 — The most recent (April 2015) Medicare Part D plan formulary data (or drug lists) updates include the addition of 360 new National Drug Codes (NDC) to the Medicare Part D program.  These represent . . .

Jun, 24 2019 — The June 2019 Medicare Part D plan formulary (drug lists) data includes the addition of 44 new National Drug Codes (NDCs) to the Medicare Part D program.  These NDCs represent 30 different drugs, . . .

Dec, 15 2015 — The 2016 Medicare Part D plan formulary data (or drug lists) released in October 2015 include the addition of 167 new National Drug Codes (NDC) to the Medicare Part D program.  These NDCs represe . . .

Jun, 19 2018 — The June, 2018 Medicare Part D plan formulary data (or drug lists) includes the addition of 52 new National Drug Codes (NDCs) to the Medicare Part D program.  These NDCs represent 33 different dr . . .

May, 20 2015 — The most recent (May 2015) Medicare Part D plan formulary data (or drug lists) updates include the addition of 82 new National Drug Codes (NDC) to the Medicare Part D program.  These represent 45 . . .

Apr, 09 2016 — The March, 2016 Medicare Part D plan formulary data (or drug lists) includes the addition of 270 new National Drug Codes (NDC) to the Medicare Part D program.  These NDCs represent 158 different . . .

Jul, 20 2016 — The June, 2016 Medicare Part D plan formulary data (or drug lists) includes the addition of 38 new National Drug Codes (NDC) to the Medicare Part D program.  These NDCs represent 31 different dru . . .

Aug, 17 2015 — The most recent (August 2015) Medicare Part D plan formulary data (or drug lists) updates include the addition of 65 new National Drug Codes (NDC) to the Medicare Part D program.  These represent . . .

Apr, 25 2016 — The April, 2016 Medicare Part D plan formulary data (or drug lists) includes the addition of 56 new National Drug Codes (NDC) to the Medicare Part D program.  These NDCs represent 38 different dr . . .

Jul, 17 2015 — The most recent (July 2015) Medicare Part D plan formulary data (or drug lists) updates include the addition of 96 new National Drug Codes (NDC) to the Medicare Part D program.  These represent 7 . . .