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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Tracy J. Teal, LMSW, RN, BSN, MSC, FNP-C

Tracy J. Teal, LMSW, RN, BSN, MSC, FNP-C

Tracy J. Teal, LMSW, RN, BSN, MSC, FNP-C, is a Certified Family Nurse Practitioner and practices at CareSouth Carolina’s Cheraw office. She attended South University for her Master of Nursing.

Specialty:

Family Medicine

Education:

  • Francis Marion University, Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing – Florence, SC
  • Winthrop University, Baccalaureate of Social Work – Rock Hill, SC
  • South University, Master of Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner – Savannah, GA
  • University of South Carolina, Master of Social Work – Columbia, SC

Certifications:

  • SC APRN
  • SC Registered Nurse
  • SC License in Social Work
  • Notary Public
  • BLS Certified

Professional Experience:

  • CareSouth Carolina, Inc., Chief of Community Health – Hartsville, SC
  • Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center, Registered Nurse- ICU – Hartsville, SC
  • Hospice of Chesterfield County, Social Worker – Chesterfield, SC
  • Tri-County Community Mental Health Center, Chesterfield County Clinic Director – Chesterfield, SC
  • Chesterfield General Hospital, Director of Physician Recruitment and Relations, Patient and Social Services – Cheraw, SC
  • Springs Memorial Hospital, Social Work Coordinator for Home Care and Hospice of Lancaster – Lancaster, SC
  • Department of Social Services, Medicaid Specialist – Chesterfield, SC
  • Piedmont Medical Center, Discharge Planner/Social Worker – Rock Hill, SC
  • Springs Memorial Hospital, Discharge Planner/Social Worker – Lancaster, SC
  • Lancaster County School System, Internship School Social Worker – Lancaster, SC

Affiliations:

  • Champion of the SC Migrant Health Program (2017)
  • American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
  • American Association of Registered Nurses
  • Critical Care Nurses Association
  • Student Nursing Association (2013)
  • FEMA Chairperson for Chesterfield County (2006-2012)
  • Chesterfield Ruby Middle School PTO President (2012-2013)

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