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Medicare Part D Updates

BCBSIL offers Medicare Part D prescription drug plan coverage to eligible members. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) must review and approve every aspect of the program, including:

How an insurance company sells its plans
Benefits offered
Premiums charged
List of formulary drugs
How plans communicate formulary drug changes to providers

CMS provides rigorous and proactive oversight of Medicare Part D, by conducting routine audits to ensure plans are compliant. In order to improve our communication to providers regarding regular changes to the Medicare Part D formulary, we publish monthly newsletter articles and post updates on this website addressing formulary changes as well as other Medicare Part D issues, such as drug interactions, manufacturer warnings and notifications.

Click on one of the topics below to view the latest information.

Pharmacy Update: First Quarter 2013 - April 2013
Pharmacy Update: FDA Issues New Dosing Recommendations for all zolpidem-containing Products - March 2013
Pharmacy Update: Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals atorvastatin Recall - February 2013
Formulary Updates, Changes 2012 to 2013 - January 2013
Pharmacy Update: Utilization of Antipsychotics in the Elderly Population - December 2012
Formulary Updates, Third Quarter 2012 - December 2012