CMS Posts Update on Part D Payment Responsibility for Drugs for Beneficiaries Enrolled in Medicare Hospice

CMS posted a memo to all Part D plan sponsors and hospice providers regarding payment responsibility for Part D drugs for beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare hospice.  The memo is dated November 15, 2016 but was not posted until November 21.  It summarizes Part D expenses paid while a beneficiary is receiving hospice care noting that…