CMS announced a system whereby all health care providers, including medicare providers, can apply for a new identifier, known as the National Provider Identifier, or NPI, starting May 23, 2005.

Learn more about the Prescription Drug Benefit and medicare Advantage Programs (Including Regulations)
Welcome to the Official Centers for medicare & medicare Services (CMS) Titles I & II webpage. This is a very special time for medicare beneficiaries, full of many exciting program improvements and enhancements. The medicare Modernization Act (MMA), passed with bipartisan support in Congress and signed into law by President Bush on December 8, 2003, has given us unprecedented opportunities to bring more personalized, high-quality modern health care to medicare’s millions of beneficiaries.

Proposal For The New Competitive Acquisition Program For Part B Drugs And Biologicals
Section 303 (d) of the MMA (adobe pdf 26Kb) requires the implementation of a competitive acquisition program (CAP) for medicare Part B drugs and biologicals not paid on a cost or prospective payment system basis. Beginning with drugs administered on or after January 1, 2006, physicians will be given a choice between buying and billing these drugs under the average sales price (ASP) system, or obtaining these drugs from vendors selected in a competitive bidding process.

Panthers Trade Jenkins to Jets
The Carolina Panthers have traded three-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Kris Jenkins to the New York Jets for third- and fifth-round draft picks.

Hurricane Katrina Information for people with medicare and Medicaid and providers.

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