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 drugs, many with multiple strengths. Lincomycin HCl the generic for Lincocin was added to many 2016 Medicare Part D formularies. As a note, the May 2016 Medicare Part D plan formulary data
included no new drug codes and only minor additions and deletions from
plan formularies.
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 as follows:
Reason for NDC Addition |
Occurrences |
New Delivery Form and Strength |
3 |
New Drug |
12 |
New Drug and Strength |
19 |
New Manufacturer |
1 |
New Manufacturer and Delivery Form |
1 |
New Manufacturer and Strength |
10 |
New Manufacturer, Strength and Delivery Form
|
1 |
New Strength |
9 |
Total New NDCs |
56 |
The following chart details the 56 new manufacturer / drug / strength / packaging combinations (NDCs) that were added to one or more Medicare Part D formularies in the most recent updates. You can click on the 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.