MAPRx Submits Comments to CMS on Medicare Prescription Payment Plan

Earlier today the MAPRx Coalition submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the memorandum Medicare Prescription Payment Plan: Draft Part Two Guidance on Select Topics, Implementation of Section 1860D-2 of the Social Security Act for 2025, published on February 15, 2024.

MAPRx appreciates the opportunity to comment on how CMS intends to implement Part D plan sponsor and agency education and outreach efforts for the MPPP, a program that will help ease beneficiary financial burdens for medications by making out-of-pocket (OOP) costs more manageable and predictable through monthly payments.

To read the Coalition’s complete comment letter to CMS, click here.

Included with the letter was an issue brief, Minimizing Affordability Challenges and Beneficiary Confusion.

Highlights of the Issue Brief:

• KEY FINALIZED PROVISIONS FROM PART 1 GUIDANCE
• KEY PROPOSED PROVISIONS FROM PART 2 GUIDANCE
• KEY INSIGHTS FROM COALITION MEMBERS AND THE FOCUS GROUP
• EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH CHECKLIST