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Medicare Part D: What All Health Plans Need to Do by November 15th

Medicare Part D (the prescription drug benefit) imposes notice and coordination requirements on all employersponsored health plans that provide prescription drug coverage (except health FSAs and HSAs). These requirements apply even if the health plan is only for active employees. To satisfy the notice requirements, health plans must determine whether their prescription drug coverage is the actuarial equivalent of Medicare Part D coverage or must meet a safe harbor design test. The initial notice must be provided by November 15. This 90minute webcast will cover: Which plans must provide the notice, who is entitled to get the notice, what information must be included in the notice, and when must the notice be provided? Can the notice be delivered electronically? What must an employer do in order to determine whether its plan is the actuarial equivalent of Medicare Part D coverage? What is the safeharbor plan design? What are the coordination of benefits requirements? Do employersponsored health plans have to disclose information to the government and how do the HIPAA privacy requirements affect those disclosures? About Your Speaker Elizabeth E. Vollmar, Esq. and Steven P. Smith, Esq. Ms. Vollmar is the Editor and a Contributing Author of EBIAs COBRA: The Developing Law, and Mr. Smith is a Contributing Author of EBIAs Group Health Plans: Federal Mandates Other Than COBRA & HIPAA.

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