Manufacturer-Sponsored Patient Assistance Programs (Clarification)
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Manufacturer-sponsored patient assistance programs will be allowed to provide financial support to Part D beneficiaries after 2006, but such assistance will not count toward an individual's true out-of-pocket balance or total drug spend, a 1Q&A on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' website states
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