Medicare Drug Benefit and Medicare Advantage Program Update
CMS is pleased to announce the publication of the Medicare Drug Benefit and Medicare Advantage Program final rules.
This is a very special time for Medicare beneficiaries, full of many exciting program improvements and enhancements. We have the best opportunities ever, right now through the MMA, to make the Medicare program more personalized and more up to date, and to keep it up to date. The Medicare Drug Benefit and Medicare Advantage Program are two major steps in that direction. A very important step toward fulfilling that opportunity is right here in the final regulations for the Medicare Drug Benefit and the Medicare Advantage Program (Titles I & II of the MMA). Along with the new Medicare Preventive benefits, these major program improvements bring Medicare's coverage up to date with 21st Century prevention-minded medicine.
To help navigate the regulations, CMS is providing easy-to-use tools through a newly established website:
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MAPDContracting/
This easy-to-use website has a "General Information" link to the press release, issue papers, fact sheets, and full copies and summaries of both final regulations. The website also has select information for groups such as States, Tribal Governments, Medicare Advantage Plans, Prescription Drug Plan, Providers and Partner organizations. Simply follow the menu and select the area that best matches your area of interest.
