Medicare Part D Parameters, Clawback Estimates for CY 2015
Issue Brief 14-19
May 8, 2014
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced the
parameters that will guide calendar year (CY) 2015 individual and state costs
for the Medicare Part D drug benefit. CMS projects a 4.07% annual percentage
increase in per capita Part D expenditures, following last year’s first-ever
negative annual percentage increase (-2.76%). These data, as well as enrollment
data for persons dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, and FFIS
projections of Federal Medical Assistance Percentages (FMAPs) for federal fiscal
year (FY) 2016, permit preliminary estimates of state clawback costs for CY
2015.