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Medicare Program; Contract Year 2027 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, and Medicare Cost Plan Program
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on November 28, 2025. Comments closed on January 26, 2026.
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What the agency says
This proposed rule would revise the Medicare Advantage (Part C), Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D), and Medicare cost plan regulations to implement changes related to Star Ratings, marketing and communications, drug coverage, enrollment processes, special needs plans, and other programmatic areas.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-21456
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Proposed rule
- Agency
- Health and Human Services Department; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Published
- November 28, 2025
- Comments due
- January 26, 2026
- 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 26, 2026.
- Docket
- CMS-4212-P
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 0938-AV63
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 42 CFR 422; 42 CFR 423
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Health facilities; Health maintenance organizations (HMO); Medicare; Penalties; Privacy; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 137
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