2022 Outlook: Increased Marketing Oversight Is Top MAO Compliance Concern

  • Feb 17, 2022

    While CMS guidance and oversight regarding Medicare Advantage sales and marketing was rather uneventful under the Trump administration, several recent actions by the Biden administration signal a growing focus on Medicare marketing, including MA organizations’ use of third-party entities. The most notable of those was an October 2021 memorandum that explicitly reminded MAOs that they are responsible for the activities of first tier, downstream or related entities (FDRs), including third-party marketers with which they may not directly contract. CMS in that memo clarified that MA plans must submit all marketing materials to CMS prior to use, even when certain advertisements do not mention a plan by name, and reiterated this in its latest update to the Medicare Communications and Marketing Guidelines Read more
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  • Lauren Flynn Kelly

    Lauren has been covering health business issues since the early 2000s and specializes in in-depth reporting on Medicare Advantage, managed Medicaid and Medicare Part D. She also possesses a deep understanding of the complex world of pharmacy benefit management, having written AIS Health’s Radar on Drug Benefits from 2004 to 2005 and again from 2011 to 2016. In addition to her role as managing editor of Radar on Medicare Advantage, she oversees AIS Health’s publications and manages the health editorial staff. She graduated from Vassar College with a B.A. in English.

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