Plan Offers Nationwide Prescription Coverage

SAS Name
NAT_RX_COV_YN

Indicates whether or not beneficiaries enrolled in this Part D plan are able to purchase drugs in all 50 states.

Comments

This variabe was new in 2008.The CCW constructs the Plan Characteristics File from information submitted by Part D plan sponsors to CMS’s Health Plan Management System (HPMS).    Employer and National Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) plans are waived from reporting Plan Benefit Package information.    For those plans that did not report, the value of this variable will be blank. 

Code Code value
Y Yes
N No
9 Not Applicable