To aid prescribers who have Medicare patients 65 and older, PacificSource has released a 2018 Medicare formulary resource document to assist in finding appropriate alternatives to medications considered high risk for elderly patients. Alternative medications listed are those that are included on the 2018 Medicare formulary with no utilization management restrictions. This document includes a list of medications to be avoided in the elderly based on Beers Criteria [AGS 2015]. The medications listed are also identified as a high-risk medication in patients 65 years and older on the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA’s) Use of High-Risk Medications in the Elderly (HRM) performance measure, a safety measure used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for Medicare plans. This useful reference can be viewed/downloaded on our website https://medicare.pacificsource.com/Providers under ‘Resources’ as well as https://medicare.pacificsource.com/Providers/Documents under ‘Documents’.