Special Election Period for Beneficiaries Who Lost Part D Prescription Drug Coverage on January 1, 2011 Because their Plan Left the Medicare Program

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has extended a special election period for Medicare beneficiaries whose Part D prescription drug coverage ended with December 31, 2010, either because their stand-alone prescription drug plan (PDP) or their Medicare Advantage Plan with prescription drug coverage (MA-PD) left the Medicare program on January 1, 2011. These beneficiaries now have until February 28, 2011 to sign up for either a Medicare prescription drug plan (PDP) or a Medicare Advantage Plan with prescription drug coverage (MA-PD). Beneficiaries who do this will be enrolled effective with March 1, 2011. You can call 1-800-MEDICARE to do this.

Special Election Period Prescription Drug Coverage Part D