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MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFIT MANUAL – CHAPTER 4 Creditable Coverage Period Determinations/Late Enrollment Penalty

Guidance for describing the procedures that Part D plan sponsors are required to use in making
creditable coverage period determinations, reporting them to CMS, and collecting the LEP

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Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Issue Date: December 07, 2006

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