651 CMR 15.08 applies only to the Formulary developed and maintained by the Plan. Members of a Medicare Part D Plan shall refer to their Medicare Part D Plan Formulary to determine its rules and the included Prescription Drugs.
- (1) The Plan will develop and maintain a Plan Formulary consisting of a list of Prescription Drugs. The Plan Formulary shall include insulin and disposable insulin syringes and needles. The Plan shall maintain a toll-free telephone number during business hours through which an Applicant or Member or his or her authorized representative may determine whether a particular Prescription Drug is included on the Plan Formulary.
- (2) The Plan shall review the Plan Formulary and modify it as appropriate.
- (3) The Plan shall not exclude any Prescription Drug from the Plan Formulary unless a Therapeutically Equivalent Prescription Drug is included on the Plan Formulary; however, the Secretary may exclude certain outpatient Prescription Drugs or classes of outpatient Prescription Drugs upon a written determination pursuant to M.G.L. 19A, § 39(r) that the exclusion is necessary to maintain the fiscal viability of the program.
- (4) Excluded from the Plan Formulary are Prescription Drugs labeled "Caution - limited by federal law to investigational use" or experimental drugs.
- (5) To ensure appropriate use of Covered Benefits, the Plan may require Prior Authorization and/or implement benefit management tools, including quantity limitations for certain Prescription Drugs.
(6) Members shall have the right to seek a Review of the following:
- (a) a Member's request to obtain a Non-preferred drug at the Co-payment level of a Preferred Drug;
- (b) a Member's request to add to the Plan Formulary a Prescription Drug excluded from the Plan Formulary; or
- (c) a Member's request to gain access to a Prescription Drug excluded from the Plan Formulary at Plan Formulary rates.