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Medicare Limited Income NET Program

This section contains information on Medicare's Limited Income Newly Eligible Transition (NET) Program.

Medicare's Limited Income NET Program, effective January 1, 2010, provides temporary Part D prescription drug coverage for low income Medicare beneficiaries not already in a Medicare drug plan including: 

  1. Full Benefit Dual Eligible and SSI-Only beneficiaries on a retroactive basis, up to 36 months in the past; and
  2. Low-Income Subsidy (LIS) Eligible beneficiaries at the pharmacy counter and up to 30 days in the past.

The links below provide information to assist pharmacy providers, beneficiaries, and those who assist beneficiaries, in using the Medicare's Limited Income NET Program.

 

Downloads

LI NET General Information [PDF, 476KB]

Related Links Inside CMS

Tip Sheet-Immediate Need [PDF, 145KB]

Tip Sheet-Retroactive Coverage [PDF, 148KB]
Related Links Outside CMSExternal Linking Policy

Humana Limited Income NET Web site

Limited Income NET: Four Steps for Pharmacists

Limited Income NET: Payer Sheet

 

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