The Medicare Modernization Act directs CMS to update the statutory parameters for the standard Part D drug benefit each year. These parameters include the standard deductible, initial coverage limit, and catastrophic coverage threshold, along with other related factors.

Details:

• Notification of Changes in Medicare Part D Payment for Calendar Year 2008 (See downloads below)
• June 8, 2006 announcement of Medicare demonstration to transition enrollment of low income subsidy beneficiaries
• Memo describing the parameter amounts for the 2007 Part D standard benefit and low-income subsidy benefit including (i) the methodologies for updating these parameters, and (ii) the updated parameter amounts (See downloads below)
• Cover memo to plans on indexing Part D standard plan benefit parameters (See downloads below)  

Downloads
2008 Part D Payment Notification (PDF, 183 KB) Announcement of LIS transition demonstration (PDF, 108 KB) 2007 Part D parameter updates (PDF, 92 KB) 2007 Cover memo to plans (PDF, 13 KB)
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