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Please scroll down to the bottom of the page for downloadable materials and helpful links. Please note the number in bracket next to a bold item in the page content corresponds to the downloadable item or link at the bottom of the page. {9}Multi-Language Medicare Publications www.cms.hhs.gov/Partnerships/downloads/multilanguage.pdf provides access to a PDF document that provides weblinks to Medicare publications available in multiple languages, such as Spanish and Russian, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, and Tagalog. {8}Getting Drugs After the Transition Period Medicare drug plans have preferred drugs and prior authorization requirements to promote safe and effective drug use and to avoid unnecessary costs. To help ensure smooth transitions to drugs that are covered, and to allow beneficiaries time to obtain exceptions to these requirements when clinically appropriate, Medicare called on plans to implement a three-month initial transitional period for Medicare prescription drug coverage. Attached are materials regarding the transitional period: CMS Transition Fact Sheet, Critical Steps as Transition Period Ends, and a "What If" document to the getting drugs after the transition period. {7}Notices of Facilitated Enrollment This notice informs people with Medicare that because they qualify for extra help, Medicare will enroll them in Medicare Prescription Drug Plans to make sure they get help paying for their prescription drug costs, if they don’t enroll themselves or decline coverage. There are two versions of the notice: one for those who qualify for the full low-income subsidy and one for those who qualify for the partial low-income subsidy. Each version includes two pages. The first page is a letter printed on green paper with a list of plans for each region that have premiums at or below the benchmark on the back. The other page (front and back) includes questions and answers about Medicare prescription drug coverage. Also included is the Facilitated Enrollment Fact Sheet in Spanish. **Please note the large number of pages before printing.** {6}Generic Auto-Enrollment Letter This is a generic auto-enrollment letter that CMS mailed to full-benefit dual eligible Medicare beneficiaries beginning of November. The letter let the beneficiary know the Medicare prescription drug plan in which they will be enrolled if they do not take any action prior to January 1. {5}What Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage Means to You - A Guide to Getting Started {4}Introducing Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage {3}Important Information for Those Who Qualify (Deemed Mailings for Duals, MSP, and SSI) Each Deemed Notice PDF has two parts - the first half is a cover letter that provides background on the notice. Beneficiaries will not receive this document. The second half of the PDF contains the actual notice that beneficiaries will receive. {2}Model Language for State Letters to Medicaid Beneficiaries Model language for State Letters to Medicaid beneficiaries about the new Medicare prescription drug coverage. {1}SPAP Model Notice Model Language for State Letters to SPAP Beneficiaries about the new Medicare prescription drug coverage.
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