Every year, CMS tweaks the Medicare Plan Finder tool to make it a little more user-friendly.
Here's an inside look at some of the enhancements coming for this AEP.
- Mandatory supplemental Over-the-Counter (OTC) hearing aid benefits and the redesigned preventive and comprehensive dental benefit services will be added to MPF.
- MPF will provide a view of the estimated monthly and annual costs for Part D drugs if a beneficiary were to enroll in the Medicare Prescription Payment Plan.
- The Coverage Gap will be eliminated from the MPF drug pricing and benefit displays.
- The Part D accumulator will be updated to reflect the CY2025 changes to the Part D benefit design.
- Estimated total drug costs will be displayed directly on the In-Network Pharmacy Finder map at the associated pharmacy location.
- The Pharmacy Finder and Plan Details pages will display the distance between a pharmacy and the user’s location.
- MPF will provide information on the Medicare Prescription Payment Plan program on the Enrollment Confirmation page.
- MPF will provide information on the Medicare Prescription Payment Plan in the enrollment confirmation message for beneficiaries with higher estimated drug costs.
- For applicable integrated plans (AIPs), MPF will consider both Medicare and Medicaid benefits when presenting the availability (i.e., green check or red X) of the 11 plan benefits (e.g., dental, hearing, and transportation) on the MPF Plan Card.
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