{"id":60,"date":"2018-10-11T10:45:12","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T14:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seidenbenefits.com\/News\/?p=60"},"modified":"2018-10-11T11:00:35","modified_gmt":"2018-10-11T15:00:35","slug":"medicare-part-d-notices-due-before-oct-15-45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seidenbenefits.com\/News\/medicare-part-d-notices-due-before-oct-15-45\/","title":{"rendered":"Medicare Part D Notices Due Before Oct. 15 (45)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each year, Medicare Part D requires group health plan sponsors to disclose to individuals who are eligible for Medicare Part D and to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) whether the health plan&#8217;s prescription drug coverage is creditable.<\/p><br><br>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Each year, Medicare Part D requires group health plan sponsors to disclose to individuals who are eligible for Medicare Part D and to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) whether the health plan&#8217;s prescription drug coverage is creditable. Plan sponsors must provide the annual disclosure notice to Medicare-eligible individuals before October\u00a015-the start date of the annual enrollment period for Medicare Part D. CMS has provided <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cms.gov\/Medicare\/Prescription-Drug-Coverage\/CreditableCoverage\/Model-Notice-Letters.html\"><span class=\"s2\">model disclosure notices<\/span><\/a> for employers to use.<\/span><\/p><br><br>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61\" src=\"https:\/\/seidenbenefits.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/medicare-part-D.jpg\" alt=\"Medicare Part D Deadline Oct. 15\" width=\"250\" height=\"279\" \/><\/p><br><br>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Employers should confirm whether their health plans&#8217;\u00a0prescription drug coverage is creditable or non-creditable and prepare to send their Medicare Part D disclosure notices before October\u00a015. To make the process easier, employers often include Medicare Part D notices in open enrollment packets they send out prior to October\u00a015.<\/span><\/p><br><br>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><br><br>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><br><br>\r\n<h4 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The content herein is provided for general information purposes only, and does not constitute, legal, tax, or other advice or opinions on any matters. This information has been taken from sources which we believe to be reliable, but there is no guarantee as to its accuracy. \u00a9 2018 HR 360, Inc. &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/span><\/h4>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><br><br>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Each year, Medicare Part D requires group health plan sponsors to disclose to individuals who are eligible for Medicare Part D and to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) whether the health plan&#8217;s prescription drug coverage is creditable. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/seidenbenefits.com\/News\/medicare-part-d-notices-due-before-oct-15-45\/\">Read more<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[26,24,25,27],"class_list":["post-60","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medicare","tag-cms-model-disclosure-for-employers","tag-group-health-care-plans-and-medicare","tag-medicare-disclosures","tag-oct-15-medicare-part-d-notice-deadline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seidenbenefits.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seidenbenefits.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seidenbenefits.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seidenbenefits.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seidenbenefits.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/seidenbenefits.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66,"href":"https:\/\/seidenbenefits.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60\/revisions\/66"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seidenbenefits.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seidenbenefits.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seidenbenefits.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}