Medicare to provide discounts on self-administered drugs for those with serious illnesses
Case Management Weekly, July 1, 2004
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Medicare recently announced a demonstration program that will provide discounts on prescription self-administered medications for diseases including cancer, multiple sclerosis, and rheumatoid arthritis. The program will cover 50,000 beneficiaries who currently do not have prescription drug coverage. Medicare will pay up to 90 % for certain drugs that can be taken by the patient at home. These self-administered drugs will replace those that were covered under Medicare Part B when given in a physician's office. The initiative will also cover more effective medications that will replace oral anti-cancer drugs currently paid for by Medicare.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
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