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CY 2026 MA and Part D Final Reg: Policies Under Consideration

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Last week, the contract year (CY) 2026 Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D final reg entered the clearance process at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). As mentioned in a previous Regs & Eggs blog post, OMB’s review is...more

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Key Proposals from the CY 2026 Medicare Advantage and Part D Proposed Rule

On November 26, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the contract year 2026 proposed rule for the Medicare Advantage (“MA”) program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program (“Part D”),...more

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CMS CY 2026 Parts C and D Proposals Focus on Informed Choice

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On December 10, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule, which, if finalized as proposed, has potentially significant implications for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans and Medicare...more

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CMS Releases New Proposed Rule for Medicare Advantage and Part D

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On December 10, 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a Proposed Rule for revisions to the regulations governing the Medicare Advantage (MA) program, Medicare Prescription Benefit (Part D),...more

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Medicare Advantage, Part D, and More: Proposed Rule Outlines Significant Policy and Technical Changes for CY 2025

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On November 15, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule titled Contract Year 2025 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit...more

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CMS Issues Broad-Ranging Medicare Advantage and Part D Proposed Rule

On December 14, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule regarding Contract Year 2024 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Proposed Rule on MA and Part D Would Reinstate Historical Requirements, Make Changes to Prescription Drug Payment Structure

On January 6, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule regarding Contract Year 2023 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit...more

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CMS Issues Medicare Advantage and Part D Proposed Rule for Contract Year 2021 and 2022

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On February 5, 2020, CMS issued a proposed rule advancing multiple updates and changes to Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare prescription drug benefit (Part D) programs (Proposed Rule). Unlike in past years, CMS will not...more

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CMS Proposes Significant Changes to Medicare Advantage and Part D for 2021 and Beyond

This week, the U.S. Department for Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule (the Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Contract Year 2021 and 2022 Policy and...more

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Washington Healthcare Update February 2019 #4

Upcoming Hearings - Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019 - Senate Finance Committee: “Drug Pricing in America: A Prescription for Change, Part II” - The second hearing in a series on drug pricing in the Senate Finance Committee...more

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New Medicare Advantage and Part D Drug Pricing Proposed Rule

On November 26, 2018 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule, Modernizing Part D and Medicare Advantage to Lower Drug Prices and Reduce Out-of-Pocket Expenses. This proposed rule is the...more

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CMS Proposes Changes to Medicare Advantage and Part D Drug Pricing

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On November 30, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a proposed rule (“Proposed Rule”) to revise certain existing Medicare Advantage (“MA”) program and Prescription Drug Benefit Program (“Part...more

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CMS Releases Medicare Advantage and Part D Drug Pricing Proposed Rule for Contract Year 2020

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On November 26, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a proposed rule titled “Modernizing Part D and Medicare Advantage to Lower Drug Prices and Reduce Out-of-Pocket Expenses” (“Proposed Rule”)....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CMS Issues Proposed Rule on Modernizing Part D and Medicare Advantage to Lower Drug Prices and Reduce Out-of-Pocket Expenses

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the much-anticipated proposed rule to lower Part D and Medicare Advantage (“MA”) drug prices and beneficiary out-of-pocket expenses on November 26, 2018 (the...more

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CMS Proposes Revised Prescription Drug Regulations to Lower Drug Prices and Reduce Out of Pocket Expenses

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a Proposed Rule to amend Medicare Advantage (MA) regulations and Prescription Drug Benefit program (Part D) regulations. The Proposed Rule will be published on...more

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Blog Series Part 6: CMS Proposed Rule on Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage, Medicare Prescription Drug...

Dual Special Needs Plans - This part 6 of our 7 part series focuses on the provisions regarding dual special needs plans (“D-SNPs”) released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) in the proposed rule...more

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Blog Series Part 5: CMS Proposed Rule on Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage, Medicare Prescription Drug...

Part D Plan Sponsors’ Access to Medicare Parts A and B Claims Data Extracts - As detailed in previous posts in this series, one major objective that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) addressed in a...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Blog Series Part 4: CMS Proposed Rule on Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage, Medicare Prescription Drug...

Quality Improvement Programs - The proposed rule issued November 1, 2018 (the “Proposed Rule”) by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) includes two technical changes to 42 C.F.R. Part 422. The first change...more

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Blog Series Part 3: CMS Proposed Rule on Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage, Medicare Prescription Drug...

Medicare Advantage and Part D Preclusion List - The proposed rule issued November 1, 2018 (the “Proposed Rule”) by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) includes a number of regulatory changes to the...more

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Blog Series Part 2: CMS Proposed Rule on Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage, Medicare Prescription Drug...

Requirements for MA Plans Offering Additional Telehealth Benefits - As part of the proposed rule issued November 1, 2018 by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) regarding updates to the Medicare Advantage...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Blog Series: CMS Proposed Rule on Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit,...

On October 26, 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released for viewing a proposed rule that includes significant changes for Medicare Advantage organizations (“MAOs”), Part D prescription drug plan...more

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What's New In Washington - September 2018

Following a truncated August recess, the House and the Senate returned to Washington after Labor Day with a full plate of legislative items to address prior to the end of the fiscal year on September 30. That list includes...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Comment Deadline Approaches for CMS’s Proposed Changes to Medicare Advantage and Part D Programs for CY 2019 – Part 3: Part D Drug...

On November 28, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a proposed rule titled “Medicare Program; Contract Year 2019 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage, Medicare Cost Plan,...more

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Proposed Medicare Advantage and Part D Regulations for CY 2019 – CMS Takes on the Opioid Epidemic

Americans today are facing an opioid epidemic that stems in part from the misuse of prescription drugs. CMS takes aim at this crisis in its CY 2019 Medicare Advantage and Part D Proposed Rule (Proposed Rules) by setting out a...more

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Proposed Medicare Advantage and Part D Regulations for CY 2019 – CMS Takes Aim at Drug Prices

The rising cost of drugs in the U.S. is frequently in the news. So it is not surprising that in its contract year 2019 Proposed Medicare Advantage and Part D Regulations (Proposed Rule), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...more

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