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Sweeping MA, Part D Proposed Rule Touches on Everything From Stars to SNPs

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    Jan 05, 2023

    Exceeding 950 pages in its initial prepublication version, CMS’s most recent rule proposing policy and technical changes for contract year 2024 is the Biden administration’s most complicated and sweeping Medicare Advantage and Part D rule to date. Following a comprehensive request for information issued last summer on various aspects of the MA program, the rule addressed many of the same hot-button topics — from health equity and misleading marketing to behavioral health and prior authorization — that CMS asked about in the RFI. Additionally, the rule proposed major reforms to the Star Ratings and contained meaningful clarifications for MA Special Needs Plans (SNPs). 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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