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Although Medicare drug plans (PDPs and MAPDs) are not required to have uniformly defined formulary tiers, plans are beginning to move toward similar drug list designs. However, for the most part, specific medications are not organized uniformly across plan formularies.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a compilation of the BIN and PCN values for each 2017 Medicare Part D plan sponsor. Please note, due to the size of the file, the . . .

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a compilation of the BIN and PCN values for each 2017 Medicare Part D plan sponsor. Please note, due the size of the file, the BI . . .

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a compilation of the BIN and PCN values for each 2017 Medicare Part D plan sponsor.  Please note, the data below is Part 1 of 3, wi . . .

No. Not only can Medicare prescription drug plans have different drug tier definitions, but drug plans do not always place the same medications on the same formulary tiers (or have similar cost-sha . . .

Drug tiers are used by Medicare Part D plans to organize medications into logical cost-sharing groups.  As background, both stand-alone Medicare Part D plans and Medicare Advantage plans with . . .

Medicare prescription drug plans organize covered medications into different logical categories or tiers -- each with a different cost-sharing amount (for instance, you may have a $5 co-pay for generi . . .

Medicare prescription drug plans organize covered medications into different logical categories or tiers -- each with a different co-payment or cost-sharing amount (for instance, you may have a $5 co- . . .

We have our 2013 Formulary Browser tool online that lets you search through any 2013 Medicare Part D or Medicare Advantage plan formulary. To get started, you can click here or go to FormularyBr . . .

A certain group of medications were specifically excluded from Medicare Part D plan coverage and, previous to 2013, they included certain anti-anxiety and anti-seizure drugs - Barbiturates (Barbiturat . . .

Medicare prescription drug plans organize covered medications into different logical categories or tiers -- each with a different co-payment or cost-sharing amount (for instance, you may have a $5 co- . . .

Niaspan 500MG ER, Niaspan 750MG ER, and Niaspan1000 ER are all cost-sharing Tier 3 medications on the 2011 Humana Walmart-Preferred Rx plan.These medications would have a cost-sharing of a 20% co- . . .