Medicare GLP-1 Bridge Day 2 (Thursday July 2): First-Day Prior-Authorization Submissions Now Flowing Through Humana Central Processor, CMS Targets 72-Hour Turnaround, First Fills Expected the Week of July 6 as Pharmacies Complete Bridge-Specific Billing System Setup Using BIN 028918 / PCN MEDDGLP1BR
Day 2 of the Medicare GLP-1 Bridge demonstration ran through Thursday July 2, 2026 as the first prior-authorization submissions filed on Wednesday July 1 began flowing through Humana as central processor. CMS targets 72-hour turnaround on PA decisions, which puts the earliest Bridge-covered first fills at the pharmacy counter around Thursday July 3 to Friday July 4 for prescriptions submitted Wednesday. The wider first-fill wave is expected the week of July 6 as pharmacies complete Bridge-specific billing system setup using the Bridge BIN 028918 and PCN MEDDGLP1BR identifiers, and as prescribers gain familiarity with the eligibility-attestation workflow (BMI at start of GLP-1 therapy, absence of type 2 diabetes / moderate-to-severe OSA / MASH which would route to standard Part D instead). Humana's parallel role as the Limited Income Newly Eligible Transition (LI NET) program administrator provides operational infrastructure that CMS Medicare Director Chris Klomp cited on the Tuesday launch call as the reason the central-processor model can scale from Day 1 without a ramp-up window. Independent operational tracking through July will indicate whether the 72-hour PA target holds as volume builds.