Posts Tagged ‘Part D’
Coming Soon – CY24 Model Materials
In May, CMS expects to release the Contract Year (CY) 2024 model materials. These will be posted on the CMS site, CMS Marketing Models, and will include: Annual Notice of Change (ANOC) Evidence of Coverage (EOC) ANOC and EOC standardized model instructions Provider Directory Also expected to be released in May are the CY24 Part…
Read MoreCMS Final Rule—CY 2024 Policy and Technical Changes
The Calendar Year 2024 Policy and Technical Changes (CMS Final Rule) was released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on April 12, 2023. The final rule includes major revisions to regulations governing Medicare Advantage, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit, Medicare Cost plans, and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE). Some proposed…
Read MoreMedicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Processing—What’s Your Revenue Recovery Potential?
Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) is generally used when another entity is responsible for paying before Medicare. The MSP regulations were put in place to protect Medicare Trust Funds by preventing Medicare funds from being used to pay for items and services that other health insurers are primarily responsible for paying. Primary payers essentially have the…
Read MoreCMS’s Plan Benefit Package (PBP) Software—Technical Redesign Coming to HPMS
CMS is modernizing its Plan Benefit Package (PBP) bid submission module for Contract Year (CY) 2024 Going live on April 7, 2023—the new web-based Plan Benefit Package (PBP) Software Technical Redesign will live within the Health Plan Management System (HPMS) and include updates to the user interface and data entry workflow. In previous years, users…
Read MoreHow to Promote a Strong Compliance Culture—That’s Effective!
An organization’s commitment to compliance, or its compliance culture, is an important component of its overall organizational culture. Organizational culture is defined in The Cambridge Dictionary as the types of attitudes and agreed ways of working shared by the employees of a company or organization. A strong compliance culture is an organization-wide commitment to adhere…
Read MoreCMS Proposed Rule — CY 2024 Policy and Technical Changes
CMS Proposed Rule- On December 14, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the Proposed Rule for Calendar Year 2024 Policy and Technical Changes that includes revisions to regulations governing Medicare Advantage (MA or Part C), Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D), Medicare cost plans and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the…
Read MoreOpen Enrollment Period (OEP)—How to Retain Members
You have worked hard to gain and retain members—don’t let the Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment Period (MA OEP) be a time to lose them! The MA OEP runs from January 1 – March 31. During the MA OEP, Medicare Advantage plan members may switch to another MA plan or disenroll from their MA plan, return…
Read MoreCMS End-of-Year (EOY) Low-Income-Subsidy (LIS) Activities—Is Your Health Plan Up to Date?
Hopefully, you are off to a successful AEP! To keep the momentum going, here’s some valuable information and best practices regarding EOY activities, including the Low-Income Subsidy (LIS)/Reassignment process. Is your staff well-versed in these activities? Are your systems ready to accept CMS’ year-end files? If not, read on to learn more! As referenced in…
Read MoreCY 2023 CMS Readiness Checklist – Why is this Exercise Important?
Every October, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) distributes a Readiness Checklist to Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Plan (MAPD) Sponsors as a reminder to prepare for the upcoming plan year. Although CMS no longer requires Sponsors to submit assessment attestations, CMS still expects Sponsors to review the comprehensive checklist and self-assess their…
Read MoreEnd-of-Year 2022 Enrollment and Payment Systems Processing—What You Need to Know
As the CMS Annual Rollover process quickly approaches, health plans must prepare to complete critical End-of-Year (EOY) tasks. Now’s the time to ask—Are your systems configured to process rollover files seamlessly? Does your staff know how to process transactions requiring manual intervention? Any mishaps during this process will create a negative member experience regarding access…
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