Medicare Part D on the Front Line

Here are some of my observations from the first 4 months of Medicare Part D, as a community pharmacist working in a chain pharmacy in the Southwest. I may be in the minority of pharmacists with regard to Medicare D observations. But then again, my chain employer understandably keeps us totally in the dark regarding all aspects of reimbursement, so I have no idea of the financial impact Medicare Part D has on my employer. I think, after a rocky start, the Medicare Part D program implementation has been relatively smooth.