medicare s prescription drug donut hole

... Plan sponsors may not provide meals (or have meals subsidized) at sales/marketing events Plan sponsors are, however, allowed to provide refreshments and light snacks Plan sponsors must use their ... summaries of plan sponsors or highlights plans using CMS statistical data or other research data sources available to them and offers their services and/or materials to the plan sponsors The plan sponsor ... cards must also include: The plan sponsor/plan website address The plan sponsor s customer service number The phrase Medicare limiting charges apply” (on PPO and PFFS cards only) The CMS issued...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 23:20

... Slow Data Processing The Standard Data Processing System supports a range of communications tools, as well as the flow, processing, and storage of data from medical records This system is essential ... evaluations should be stratified among provider settings and across states and regions – CMS should assess the cost-effectiveness of each type of intervention to assist with the allocation of resources ... measures and analysis, as well as with process and systems improvements The Pathways to Quality Health Care series builds on earlier IOM studies, known collectively as the Quality Chasm series,...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 00:22

... physician s office to a wholesaler unless that pharmacy or physician s office is an ADR for those prescription drugs Prescription drugs generally are returned for two reasons: (1) the pharmacy or physician s ... purchase of the prescription drugs to its wholesale customers Each wholesale customer of that ADR, in turn, could then provide updated pedigree information with each successive wholesale distribution ... business relationships with wholesalers, and if there is an ongoing relationship by virtue of direct, continued sales, enter into a written agreement to grant these wholesalers ADR status See...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 10:20

... which is present in lungs, blood vessels and tissues Angiotensin II is associated with the stress response Its actions include constriction of blood vessels and release of aldosterone Aldosterone ... tubules As the enzymes attempt to reabsorb this, they lose excessive amounts of potassium Where there is a shortage of potassium ions, hydrogen ions may be lost instead This upsets the acid/base ... nervousness (see insulin) Beta blockers abolish this response N Changes in metabolism The SNS increases metabolic rate in response to the cold and exercise This entails using glucose and lipids (fats)...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 13:20

... assesses drug efficacy using small-scale trials; and Phase further evaluates efficacy and monitors adverse responses using large-scale trials Figure illustrates the new drug development and testing ... rowss In approving new drugs for marketing, FDA must assure that the public health is protected by carefully assessing the risks and benefits associated with new drugs Drug manufacturers must ... that was 11 to 20 percentage points less than disease proportion Drugs classified as low consisted of female representation in the drug trials that was greater than 20 percentage points less than...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 12:20

... ESTROGEN/PROGESTIN terone (Premarin with Esterified Estrogens with Methylprogesterone) Methyltestosterone Estrogen, Conjugated (Estratest, Estratest with MethyltestosHS, Syntest DS, HS) terone (Premarin ... paresthesias, HA, dry mouth, weakness, numbness, coronary vasospasm, HTN Alosetron (Lotronex) WARNING: Serious GI side effects, some fatal, including ischemic colitis reported May be prescribed ... Antidepressants may ↑ suicide risk; consider risks/benefits of use Monitor patients closely Uses: *Depression,* peripheral neuropathy, chronic pain, tension HAs Action: TCA; ↓ reuptake of serotonin...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 03:21

... avoid w/severe hepatic/renal insuff Disp: Tabs dividose 5, 10, 15, 30 mg SE: Drowsiness, dizziness, HA, N, EPS, serotonin synd, hostility, depression Notes: No abuse potential or physical/psychologic ... w/PCN-sensitive pts, serum sicknesslike Rxns reported Contra: Hypersensitivity to cephalosporins Disp: Caps 300 mg; susp 125, 250 mg/5 mL SE: Anaphylaxis, D, rare pseudomembranous colitis Cefditoren ... tabs 25, 100 mg SE: Sialorrhea, tachycardia, drowsiness, ↑ wgt, constipation, incontinence, rash, Szs, CNS stimulation, hyperglycemia Notes: Avoid activities where sudden loss of consciousness...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 03:21

... dose needed for same results as SL forms Isosorbide Mononitrate (Ismo, Imdur) Uses: *Prevention/Rx of angina pectoris* Action: Relaxes vascular smooth muscle Dose: 5–10 mg PO bid, w/ the doses ... pain, flushing, weakness, numbness, coronary vasospasm, HTN Fulvestrant (Faslodex) Uses: *HR(+) met breast CA in postmenopausal women w/ progression following antiestrogen therapy* Action: Estrogen ... Hyoscyamine Hyoscyamine (Anaspaz, Cystospaz, Levsin, others) Uses: *Spasm w/ GI & bladder disorders* Action: Anticholinergic Dose: Adults 0.125–0.25 mg (1–2 tabs) SL/PO tid–qid, ac & hs; SR cap...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 03:21

... ped pts Uses: *Depression, panic disorders, obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD), posttraumatic stress disorders (PTSD),* social anxiety disorder, eating disorders, premenstrual disorders Action: ... orthostatic, ↓ BP, serotonin synd, suicide risk Notes: Rotate site; see oral form Selenium Sulfide (Exsel Shampoo, Selsun Blue Shampoo, Selsun Shampoo) Uses: *Scalp seborrheic dermatitis,* scalp itching ... 10, 20 mg/spray SE: Pain & bruising at site; dizziness, hot flashes, paresthesias, CP, weakness, numbness, coronary vasospasm, HTN Tamoxifen 195 Sunitinib (Sutent) Uses: *Advanced GI stromal tumor...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 03:21

... mg/mL SE: Drowsiness, ↓ BP, dizziness; hepatic impair, blood dyscrasias, Szs, parkinsonian-like synd Notes: In the presence of viral Infxns, may mask emesis or mimic CNS effects of Reye s synd ... Allergy to sulfonamides; oligohydrosis & hypothermia in peds Disp: Caps 25, 50, 100 mg SE: Dizziness, drowsiness, confusion, ataxia, memory impair, paresthesias, psychosis, nystagmus, diplopia, tremor, ... MAOIs Disp: Tabs 2.5, mg; Rapid tabs (ZMT) 2.5, mg; nasal mg, SE: Dizziness, hot flashes, paresthesias, chest tightness, myalgia, diaphoresis Zolpidem (Ambien, Ambien CR) [C-IV] Uses: *Short-term...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 03:21

... transdermal (Emsam), 10, 185 Selenium sulfide (Exsel shampoo, Selsun Blue shampoo, Selsun shampoo), 11, 185–86 Selsun Blue shampoo (selenium sulfide), 11, 185–86 Selsun shampoo (selenium sulfide), ... 236t Klorvess (potassium supplements), 12, 173–74, 236t Klotrix (potassium supplements), 236t K-Lyte (potassium supplements), 236t K-Tab (potassium supplements), 236t Kunecatechins (Veregen),11, ... 176 Salmeterol (Serevent, Serevent diskus), 23, 184 Sanctura (trospium chloride), 24, 209 Sandimmune (cyclosporine), 18, 71 Sandoglobulin (immune globulin, IV), 19, 120 Index Sandostatin, Sandostatin...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 03:21

... previous sections of this document is much greater than the conÞrmed number of illnesses PESTICIDES Pesticides are usually applied to plants to combat insects, plant diseases, and weed growth to assist ... gastrointestinal distress in several persons (FDA, 1997a–c) Companies have recalled fruit drinks because pieces of glass or plastic were found in the products The presence of glass in products ... of the system HACCP s ßexibility also permits processors to select the appropriate control measures in the context of how the whole system functions, allowing processors to use the most appropriate...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2013, 21:20

... care professionals PCT Surrey West Kent Eastern and Coastal Kent West Sussex Brighton and Hove City Teaching East Sussex Downs and Weald All other South East Coast Total All or almost all 39.5% ... Current smoker (cigarettes) % within PCT PCT Total Surrey West Kent Eastern and Coastal Kent West Sussex Brighton and Hove City Teaching East Sussex Downs and Weald All other South East Coast Lesbian ... Eastern and Coastal Kent West Sussex Brighton and Hove City Teaching East Sussex Downs and Weald All other South East Coast Used any drugs in the last year Not last year Yes, last year 70.5% 29.5% 84.8%...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 06:20

... its workshop and public meeting Workshop speakers included Bess Dawson-Hughes, MD and Ernest Schaefer, MD of Tufts University, Boston; Linda Delahanty, MS, RD of the Massachussets General Hospital, ... individuals who deserve special thanks are Tate Erlinger, PhD of Johns Hopkins University for his special assistance with the NHANES III database, Lisa Prosser, MS of Harvard University for sharing ... Massachusetts JOYCE K KEITHLEY, Rush University College of Nursing, RushPresbyterian-St Luke s Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois ESTHER F MYERS, 60th Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron/ SGOD,...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 16:20

... polymyositis and dermatomyositis are associated with myositic-specific auto-antibodies Infectious myositis (interstitial focal myositis) is caused by such infectious agents as mycoses, parasites, ... of photosensitivity reactions and fixed drug reactions In assessing patients with blisters it is important to distinguish the condition from primary bullous diseases such as pemphigus and pemphigoid ... The terms considered here refer to adverse drug reactions that affect the skin prominently and are at times severe Systemic disorders such as serum sickness may have skin manifestations but not...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 10:20

... accessing drugs, and some suggest that it has recently become harder to smuggle drugs IDUs said that when drugs are available, mainly via guards, inmates share needles, makeshift or otherwise, ... Public Security system deploys some 17,000 policemen in anti -drug squads.26 In 2004, the authorities took into custody at least 273,000 drug users IDUs say that police frequently detain drug users ... among Injecting Drug Users in High Risk Countries: An Assessment of the Evidence,” National Academies Press, 2006 31 Sun Junyi, Wen Aiyu and Shen Hulili “Analysis of 272 cases of swallowing foreign...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 23:20

... Gantrisin® Ped susp Suprax® tabs, susp Vibramycin® susp 14.B Antifungals TIER TIER clotrimazole troche fluconazole 150mg tab (QL, females only) fluconazole tabs/oral suspension griseofulvin suspension ... Infectious Disease Nebupent® PAR except Infectious Disease Stromectol® Tobi® PAR except Cystic Fibrosis Specialists; QL Yodoxin® CHAPTER 15 – Men s Health 15.A Drugs for Benign Prostatic Dysplasia ... itraconazole caps PAR except Infectious Disease ketoconazole tabs nystatin oral suspension nystatin tabs terbinafine hcl PAR except Infectious Disease voriconazole PAR except Infectious Disease Gris-Peg®...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 05:20

... black -hole spacetimes In particular, since all black-holes are stationary axisymmetric solutions of Einstein s equation [11,12], it is therefore sufficient for us to focus on this class of spacetimes ... course, this approach is restricted to regimes where gravity is treated as a classical field and is useful only insofar as this semiclassical approximation is valid Since the primary matter fields ... in Schwarzschild spacetime Quantisation Just as in the Minkowskian case, we must first define positive and negative frequency modes But this is easy since we can use the Minkowskian theory as a...

Ngày tải lên: 24/04/2014, 17:09

... rationally He considers his options 44 He makes a list I told you If nothing else, Jim is sensible 45 He ensures he takes all aspects into account 46 Jim is busy Those lists are certainly keeping ... the same person It matters to no one except you.” 29 But why can’t things stay the same? Sameness is an illusion What Jim is really saying is that he wants to be safe For him, being safe is equivalent ... Life s supposed to be fun, isn’t it? 28 Jim has a point, doesn’t he? Maybe we should close this book and leave him alone After all, it s his choice, his decision You say, “Perhaps he just doesn’t...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 00:20

... out that this result provides an alternate short proof of Aggarwal s theorem, as we shall discuss in Subsection 2.1 The proof of Theorem 1.5 is similar in spirit to that in [6] We consider a graph ... number of holes For the case of more holes, let us first consider the dual graph of the quadrilateralization of the polygon from Fig It consists of four cycles connected by single edges, as illustrated ... theorem is better than O’Rourke s bound of (n+2h)/4 when the number of holes h is large This is because n, the total number of vertices, includes the vertices of the holes Our result Let us recall...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 13:21