title: The nuts and bolts of PDPs.
abstract: This issue brief provides an overview of Medicare prescription drug plans (PDPs), with a focus on fundamentals such as enrollment, premiums, formularies, cost sharing, prices, payment, cost management, and appeals and grievance processes. It also highlights major changes to the PDP landscape between 2006 and 2007.
authors.affiliation: National Health Policy Forum, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., USA.
authors.forename: Mary Ellen
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Stahlman
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D017047:Cost Sharing; D005569:Formularies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007342:Insurance Benefits; D019458:Insurance Coverage; D007356:Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services / Q000191:economics; D006278:Medicare / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States