Pharmacy

Current Issues in Pharmacy

Information Regarding Medicare Part D

This page will contain links to information regarding the Medicare Part D program, scheduled to go into effect January 1, 2006.

• The American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) has prepared a document that provides background and explanation on restrictions to medication access, along with implications for Medicare beneficiaries and the physicians who care for them. The document, "ASCP Issue Paper: Access to Medications Under Medicare Part D," is on the ASCP web site.
  
  
• "Understanding the Pharmacists Role in the New Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit" - Co-sponsored by the Arnold and Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy of Long Island University and the New York City Pharmacists Society. Sunday, December 4, 2005, 8:00 a.m-1:45 p.m., Crown Plaza LaGuardia. For registration information, http://www.brooklyn.liu.edu/pharmacy/ce/ce.html or call (718) 488-1065.
  
  
• The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has posted specific plans for each state. Please visit the following link: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/map/map.asp.