Rx Drug & Medicare Reform

ERIC Updates
Feb 26, 2007   ERIC 2007 Health Policy Conference
Sep 8, 2006   CMS Administrator Mark McClellan Resigning
May 8, 2006   ERIC Releases New Brochure for Health Policy Conference
Mar 27, 2006   CMS: Creditable Coverage Reminder
Jan 24, 2006   2.6 Million More Enroll in Stand-Alone Part D Coverage
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News Releases
May 10, 2007   ERIC Announces Release of Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative Principles
Apr 18, 2007   ERIC Applauds Senate Holding the Line Against Drug Price Controls
Jan 13, 2007   Major Employers See Medicare Bill as Missed Opportunity
Sep 22, 2005   ERIC Asks Influential Members of Congress to Maintain Medicare Part D Implementation Schedule
Jun 22, 2005   ERIC and Deloitte Receive Results of Wellness Program Survey
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ERIC Policy Statements
Mar 7, 2003   ERIC's Medicare Reform Principles
 
Congress
Apr 10, 2007   ERIC Letter to Senate Opposing Medicare Part D Price Controls
Jan 12, 2007   Coalition Letter on Medicare Direct Drug Price Negotiations
Dec 12, 2005   Joint ERIC Value-Based Purchasing Letter to Conferees
Oct 25, 2005   ERIC Letter to Senators Grassley and Baucus - Medicare Advantage Cuts
Sep 22, 2005   ERIC Letter to Congress - Stay the Course with Medicare Part D
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Executive Branch
May 20, 2005   CMS Releases New Medicare Documents
May 3, 2005   ERIC: CMS-Outreach and Education Materials
Apr 21, 2005   ERIC: Response Information Regarding Retiree Drug Subsidy Training Conference
Apr 14, 2005   ERIC-CMS Guidance on Actuarial Equivalence
Apr 5, 2005   ERIC Files Comments with CMS Re: Adoption of Standards for New E-Prescription Drug Program
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Legislative Documents
Mar 30, 2010   Key Health Care Reform Legislative Documents (H.R. 3590 and H.R. 4872)
May 4, 2005   H.R. 2072 - Medicare Early Access Act of 2005
Jun 21, 2004   Letter from Senate Democrats to Tommy Thompson of HHS RE: the New Medicare Law
Feb 2, 2004   Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Enrolled as Agreed to or Passed by Both House and Senate)
Nov 26, 2003   Medicare Conferee Agreement (H.R.1) Full text, Conference Agreement Summary, and Description Report
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Regulatory Documents
Jun 24, 2005   CMS Issues Service Area Waiver Guidance
Jun 16, 2005   ERIC: CMS Guidance on HRAs, FSAs, HSAs
Jun 3, 2005   ERIC: CMS Guidance for Employer/Union Direct Contract PDPs
Apr 7, 2005   CMS Guidance on the Actuarial Equivalence Standard for the Retiree Drug Subsidy; Sample Calculation; Calculation Worksheet
Apr 6, 2005   Additional Part D Waiver Guidance for Employer/Union Retiree Coverage
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