Key Takeaways
The 2018 Balanced Budget Act and CMS regulations made significant programmatic changes to Medicare for the coming year.
Our webinar walks through these changes, as well as the landscape of Medicare coverage and costs, for 2020.
The 2018 Balanced Budget Act (BBA), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 2019 Call Letter and Part C and D Final Rule, The SUPPORT Act, and revised CMS regulations made significant programmatic changes to Medicare for the coming year.
Some of these include new coverage for opioid treatment programs and telehealth interventions, changes to step therapy authorization for Part B drugs, and limitations on enrollment in Medigap plans C and F.
This webinar from November 2019 walks through costs, the landscape of health and drug plans, and changes to coverage implemented in 2020. Access the webinar slides and follow-up questions & answers below the recording.
In addition, the Medicare Rights Center helped us to develop this detailed primer of the forthcoming changes in coverage.
