Part D 2010 call letter reissued
Executive Summary
The latest version of the 2010 draft "call letter" to Medicare Part D plan sponsors maintains all the key formulary-related policy statements from the original version, including CMS objections to edits that impede beneficiary access to all approved indications of on-formulary drugs. The draft instructions for submitting bids for 2010 were originally released Jan. 8 (1"The Pink Sheet," Jan. 19, 2009, p. 13). It was withdrawn shortly thereafter by the new administration for review and reissued Jan. 23; comments on the draft are being accepted until March 6 and the final version is scheduled to be released March 30