A number of 2016 Medicare Part D prescription drug plans (PDPs) and Medicare Advantage plans (MAs and MAPDs) are being consolidated or merged into other 2017 Medicare plans.

If you are currently in one of the 2016 Medicare plans being merged, your Annual Notice of Change (ANOC) letter will tell you about how you are being reassigned or “crosswalked” to another 2017 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 2016 Medicare Part D prescription drug plan reassignments:


You may also notice that the WellCare Classic and Extra plans appear in our PDP-Compare as both exiting and entering the service areas.  This is due to WellCare changing the contract number and plan id for these plans.

Below is a chart highlighting some of the Medicare Advantage plan "crosswalks" for 2017.

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 2016/2017 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 2017.