Third-Party Coordination Of Medicare Rx Benefits Is Focus Of CMS Request
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ request for proposals seeks a contractor to assist in “coordinating benefits and facilitating an accurate accounting of a beneficiary’s true out-of-pocket spending,” Administrator McClellan tells Senate Special Committee on Aging.
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