December 8, 2009 is the deadline for interested persons to submit comments on proposed changes to Medicare Advantage (MA) program (Part C) and prescription drug benefit program (Part D) regulations published by the Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in today’s (October 22, 2009) Federal Register. If adopted as proposed, the Proposed Regulations would:
- Clarify various program participation requirements;
- Implement changes CMS intends to strengthen beneficiary protections and ensure that plan offerings to beneficiaries include meaningful differences;
- Change plan payment rules and processes; and
- Implement a new Part D formulary policy and other policy changes.
To review the Proposed Regulations or for instructions on submitting comments, see here. If you need assistance with these or other Medicare Advantage or other health care public policy, regulatory, compliance, risk management, workforce and other staffing, transactional or operational concerns, please contact the author of this update, Curran Tomko Tarski LLP Health Practice Group Chair, Cynthia Marcotte Stamer, at (214) 270 2402, cstamer@cttlegal.com, Ms. Stamer has extensive experience advising clients and writes and speaks extensively on these and other health industry and other reimbursement, operations, internal controls and risk management matters. We hope that this information is useful to you. If you found this information of interest, you also may be interested in reviewing some of the following recent Solution Law Press Health Care Updates available online here. You also can review other recent health care and related resources and additional information about the health industry and other experience of Ms. Stamer here. If you or someone else you know would like to receive future updates about developments on these and other concerns, please be sure that we have your current contact information – including your preferred e-mail – by creating or updating your profile at here, or e-mailing this information to cstamer@cttlegal.com, and/or by participating in the SLP Health Care Risk Management & Operations Group on LinkedIn. If you or someone else you know would like to receive future updates about developments on these and other concerns, please be sure that we have your current contact information – including your preferred e-mail – by creating or updating your profile at here or e-mailing this information here. To unsubscribe, e-mail here. ©2009 Cynthia Marcotte Stamer. All rights reserved.
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