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Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Contract Year 2026 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, Medicare Cost Plan Program, and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on December 10, 2024. Comments closed on January 27, 2025.
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What the agency says
This proposed rule would revise the Medicare Advantage (Part C), Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D), Medicaid, Medicare cost plan, and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) regulations to implement changes related to Star Ratings, marketing and communications, agent/broker compensation, health equity, drug coverage, dual eligible special needs plans (D-SNPs), utilization management, network adequacy, and other programmatic areas, including the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program. This proposed rule also includes proposals to codify existing subregulatory guidance in the Part C and Part D programs.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-27939
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Proposed rule
- Agency
- Health and Human Services Department; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Published
- December 10, 2024
- Comments due
- January 27, 2025
- Dates
- To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. Eastern Time on January 27, 2025.
- Docket
- CMS-4208-P
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 0938-AV40
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 42 CFR 417; 42 CFR 422; 42 CFR 423; 42 CFR 460
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Aged; Citizenship and naturalization; Civil rights; Grant programs-health; Health; Health care; Health facilities; Health insurance; Health maintenance organizations (HMO); Health records; Individuals with disabilities; Loan programs-health; Medicaid; Medicare; Penalties; Privacy; Religious discrimination; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Sex discrimination
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 240
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