What’s the Medicare Prescription Payment Plan?

The Medicare Prescription Payment Plan is a new payment option in the prescription drug law that works with your current drug coverage to help you manage your out-of-pocket costs for drugs covered by your plan by spreading them across the calendar year (January–December).

Starting in 2025, anyone with a Medicare drug plan or Medicare health plan with drug coverage (like a Medicare Advantage Plan with drug coverage) can use this payment option.

All plans offer this payment option, and participation is voluntary.

This payment option might help you manage your monthly expenses, but it doesn’t save you money or lower your drug costs.

Questions: Before signing up, please contact the Hartsville pharmacy staff at 843-339-5530 to speak with someone directly.

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Patricia E. Weaver, APNP-BC

Patricia E. Weaver, APNP-BC

Patricia E. Weaver, APNP-BC, is a Nurse Practitioner and practices at CareSouth Carolina’s Bennettsville office. She attended the University of South Carolina where she received her Master of Science in Nursing.

Specialty:

Family Medicine & Advanced Diabetic Management

Education:

  • Florence Darlington Technical College, Associate Degree in  Nursing – Florence, SC
  • Medical University of South Carolina, Bachelor of Science in Nursing – Charleston, SC
  • University of South Carolina, Master of Science in Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner major – Columbia, SC.

Certifications:

  • American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANNCC) Family Nurse Practitioner Certification
  • State Board of Nursing for South Carolina
  • Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses(AWHONN), Inpatient Obstetric Nursing
  • Best Certified Childbirth Educator
  • American Heart Association Basic Life Support- Health Care Provider (BLS)

Professional Experience:

  • Carolina Health Care, Family Nurse Practitioner – Florence, SC
  • Florence Darlington Technical College, Clinical Nurse Instructor – Florence, SC
  • Carolinas Hospital System, VIce President of Network Development and Recruitment – Florence, SC
  • Carolinas Hospital System, Vice President of WOmen’s and Children’s Service – Florence, SC
  • The Women’s Center of Carolinas Hospital SYstem, Hospital System Administrator – Florence, SC
  • McLeod Regional Medical Center, Staff Nurse/Charge Nurse – Florence, SC

 Affiliations and Honors:

  • South Carolina Nursing Association
  • Pee Dee Nurse Practitioner Coalition
  • American Diabetes Association
  • MRMC Diabetes Center Advisory Committee
  • Summa Cum Laude (1999) Medical University of South Carolina
  • Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Alpha Xi Chapter

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