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Mr. cZachow chas ca ccondition cfor cwhich cthree cdrugs care cavailable. cHe chas ctried ctwo cbut chad can
callergic creaction cto cthem. cOnly cthe cthird cdrug cworks cfor chim cand cit cis cnot con chis cPart cD cplan's
cformulary. cWhat ccould cyou ctell chim cto cdo? c- cANSWERMr. cZachow chas ca cright cto crequest ca
cformulary cexception cto cobtain ccoverage cfor chis cPart cD cdrug. cHe cor chis cphysician ccould cobtain cthe
cstandardized crequest cform con cthe cplan's cwebsite, cfill cit cout, cand csubmit cit cto chis cplan.
Mr. cPolanski clikes cthe ccost cof can cHMO cplan cavailable cin chis carea, cbut cwould clike cto cbe cable cto
cvisit cone cor ctwo cdoctors cwho caren't cparticipating cproviders. cHe cwants cto cknow cif cthe cPoint cof
cService c(POS) coption cavailable cwith csome cHMOs cwill cbe cof cany chelp cin cthis csituation. cWhat
cshould cyou ctell chim? c- cANSWERThe cPOS coption cmight cbe ca cgood csolution cfor chim cas cit cwill
callow chim cto cvisit cout-of-network cproviders, cgenerally cwithout cprior capproval. cHowever, che
cshould cbe caware cthat cit cis clikely che cwill chave cto cpay chigher ccost-sharing cfor cservices cfrom cout-of-
network cproviders.
Mr. cBarker chad csurgery crecently cand cexpected cthat che cwould chave ccertain cservices cand citems
ccovered cby cthe cplan cwith cminimal cout-of-pocket ccosts cbecause chis cMA-PD ccoverage chas cbeen
cvery cgood. cHowever, cwhen che creceived cthe cbill, che cwas csurprised cto csee clarge ccharges cin cexcess
cof chis cmaximum cout-of-pocket climit cthat cincluded ca cnumber cof cservices cand citems che cthought
cwould cbe cfully ccovered. cHe ccalled cyou cto cask cwhat che ccould cdo? cWhat ccould cyou ctell chim? c-
cANSWERYou ccan coffer cto creview cthe cplans cappeal cprocess cto chelp chim cask cthe cplan cto creview
cthe ccoverage cdecision.
Ms. cStuart chas cheard cabout ca cspecial cneeds cplan c(SNP) cthat cone cof cher cfriends cis cenrolled cin
cand cis cinterested cin cthat cproduct. cShe cwants cto cbe csure cshe calso chas ccoverage cfor cprescription
cdrugs. cWould cshe cbe cable cto cobtain cdrug ccoverage cif cshe cenrolled cin cthe cSNP? c- cANSWERa. cYes.
cAll cSNPs care crequired cto cprovide cPart cD ccoverage cfor cprescription cdrugs.
b. Yes, cbut conly cif cshe cqualifies cfor cPart cD cprescription cdrug ccoverage cunder cher cstate cMedicaid
cprogram.
c. No. cMedicare cbeneficiaries cwho cenroll cin can cSNP cmust calways cobtain ctheir cdrug ccoverage
cthrough ca cstand-alone cPart cD cMedicare cprescription cdrug cplan cthat cthey csign cup cfor
, independent cof ctheir cenrollment cin cthe cSNP.
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