Tuesday, January 11, 2005

NAMI Submits Comments to CMS on Medicare Formulary GuidanceAnnouncement at the NAMI web site - "Efforts to implement the upcoming prescription drug benefit under Medicare have picked up pace in recent weeks with the publication of new guidance for prescription drug plans on formulary guidance and access restrictions and the publication this week of final guidelines for the model therapeutic classification system. Taken together, these two announcements establish important standards for the private sector drug plans that will be offering drug coverage to Medicare beneficiaries beginning in January 2006..." See also the CMS formulary guidelines (Adobe Acrobat format) and NAMI's comments.