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Section D: Medicare and Medicaid Flashcards

1
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The Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 is also known as

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MMA

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MMA is composed of what four programs

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Medicare Part A, Medicare Part B, Medicare Part C, Medicare Part D

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What is Medicare Part A, B, C, and D

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Part A- provides hospitalization insurance
Part B- provides medical insurance for physician services
Part C- Medicare Managed Care (Medicare Advantage)
Part D- Medicare prescription drug program

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What is the CMS

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Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services developed and currently supervises the MMA

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What is MA

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Medicare Advantage- plans that cover everything the original Medicare covered but may offer lower costs and extra services.

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What is MA-PD

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Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug Plan

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What is MTM

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Medication Therapy Management

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What is PDP

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Prescription Drug Plan- Medicare prescription drug plan that covers only outpatient drugs and are intended for people in original Medicare who have no other drug coverage

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Can patients enroll in both a PDP and MA plan

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No

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What is TrOOP

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True out of Pocket Expense to the individual

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What is another form of managed care which requires you to generally utilize only doctors and hospitals in the plan’s network, except in emergencies or special situations

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HMO’s

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Since January 2006 Medicare beneficiaries have been able to enroll in Medicare Part D prescription drug plans aka

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PDP’s

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The prescription drug plans cost to the beneficiary depends on

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the beneficiary’s income

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If the beneficiary is not in a low income category, they will pay

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a monthly premium, have an annual deductible, and have co-payment responsibilities

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Should a husband and wife have their own PDP’s

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Yes, because the premiums, deductibles, and percentages are based upon an individual

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Can Part D Deductibles be waived or reduced by insurance companies

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Yes, but they may charge a higher premium or higher co-payment

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17
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What are co-payments for a prescription drug based on

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a tier system

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What is a tier 1, 2, 3, and 4 drug

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Tier 1 - least expensive generic drug
Tier 2- preferred brand name drug
Tier 3- non-preferred brand name drug
Tier 4- rarer, higher cost drugs

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Once the beneficiary has enrolled in Medicare Part D, the premium and deductible cannot change between what dates

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January 1- December 31

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Can the co-payment change

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Yes only if the the drug is moved to another tier

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Can the beneficiary change plans and if so when

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Yes only once a year unless he or she moves out the plan’s area, into a nursing home, or the plan stops the service in the area

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All Rx benefit programs must accept participation from any pharmacy that agrees to the terms and conditions of their drug plan. This is referred to as the

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“any willing provider clause”

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Pharmacists are eligible to receive payment from Medicare for providing MTM, if the patient is enrolled in

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Medicare Part D

24
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Importation of drugs from Canada and some other countries may be permitted if whom certifies that the importation poses an additional risk to the public health

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HHS- Human Health Services

25
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In 2008 Medicare Part D began to cover the cost of vaccines and their administration, which formerly was covered by

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Part B

26
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Companies desiring to develop their own formularies must have a Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee with the majority of members comprised of

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physicians and pharmacists

27
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Under the standard Medicare Part D plans, what drugs are generally not covered

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  1. barbiturates
  2. benzodiazepines
  3. weight loss or weight gain drugs
  4. hair growth drugs
  5. drugs that increase fertility
  6. prescription vitamins except pre-natal and fluoride products
  7. outpatient drugs for which the manufacturer requires monitoring
28
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Formulary changes by plans, such as drug removal or reduction to a less favorable tier must be done with whose approval

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CMS

29
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How many days of notice should be given to CMS, state prescription plans, pharmacies, and plan enrollees

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60 day notice

30
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What is the exception for not having a 60 day notice

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A formulary drug that has a new black box warning, which may be removed at any time.

31
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If an enrollee is taking the drug being switched, he or she must be allowed to obtain the drug without penalty for how much longer

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for the rest of the plan year

32
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Those individuals who become eligible for Medicare have an initial enrollment period that begins

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three months before and lasts three months after the month of their birthday , in other words a time span of seven months

33
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Failure to enroll in a plan may result in a

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late enrollment penalty

34
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A benefeciary’s monthly premium is based upon the individual coverage they have chosen and may be paid

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directly each month or deducted from monthly Social Security Checks

35
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Anyone enrolling in Medicare may no longer contribute to health savings accounts (HSA’s), what are HSA’s

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a medical savings account intended to ease the cost of medical care for working individuals

36
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HSA’s are available to whom

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taxpayers in the US who are enrolled in a high deductible health plan (HDHP)

37
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What is a medigap policy

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health insurance sold by private insurance companies to fill the “gaps” in the original Medicare Plan coverage

38
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The medigap policy is sometimes referred to as

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Medicare Supplemental Insurance

39
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Health insurance companies are not permitted to sell new Medigap policies that cover drugs. However, people who already have such policies may keep them. T/F

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True

40
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A medigap policies must be clearly identified on the cover as

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“Medicare Supplemental Insurance”

41
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has stated that MTM programs must “evolve and become a cornerstone of the Medicare prescription drug benefit”. CMS has committed itself to increasing access to MTM and reducing eligibility restrictions for beneficiaries. T/F

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True

42
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Medicare Part D sponsors must automatically enroll qualified beneficiaries into MTM unless

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they opt-out

43
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Beneficiaries must be targeted for MTM enrollment how often

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quarterly

44
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Medicare Part D sponsors must target beneficiaries who have

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multiple chronic disease states- usually 2-3 or more

are taking many Part D medications- sponsors may set
the minimum number of drugs from 2-8

are predicted to incur a predetermined annual cost from Part D medications.

45
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Sponsors are not required to provide interactive consultations to long term care (LTC) residents T/F

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True

46
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What population is covered under MMA

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Medicare beneficiaries

47
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At what intervals may a patient with a Medicare PDP or MA card change his/her provider?

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once a year

48
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A pharmacy providing services under MMA may establish a formulary limiting the drugs to

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at least one drug from each of the 8 therapeutic categories

49
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Which of the following is (are) NOT permissable under the MMA

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requiring a beneficiary to use a mail order pharmacy

requiring a beneficiary to use a mail order pharmacy for 90 day supplies of a maintenance drug

50
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What acronym will eventually replace AWP (average wholesale price) when calculating drug product prices under the MMA

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ASP (average sales price)

51
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The term “donut hole” refers to

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a dollar range in which the beneficiary must pay for all prescription drugs

52
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A client who becomes eligible for Medicare Part D on April 1st of the present year must enroll within a certain time span without a penalty T/F

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True

53
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An individual will become eligible for Medicare Plan D on July 4th of a certain year. What is the maximum time span for her to enroll in a PDP without penalty?

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April 1st- October 31st

Remember 3 months prior and 3months after bday

54
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Mrs. Stenson is about to file for social security as she is turning 65. Which portions of Medicare will she be automatically be enrolled

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Medicare A and B ( hospitalization and physician services)

55
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When a patient asks who has to pay the expense designated as TrOOP, the pharmacist should state it is

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Patient

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