Medicare Program; Modification to the Weighting Methodology Used To Calculate the Low-Income Benchmark Amount
medicare · Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services · Rule · Published 2008-04-03 · Effective 2008-05-31 · 73 FR 18176
Document
Document number
08-1088
Federal Register citation
73 FR 18176
CFR reference
42 CFR 422
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
medicare
Sub-agency
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Publication date
2008-04-03
Effective date
2008-05-31
HHS docket
CMS-4133-F
Abstract
This final rule changes the weighting methodology used to calculate the low-income benchmark premium amount (benchmark) for 2009 and thereafter. Under this final rule, the benchmark weighting methodology is adjusted so that the relative weights of the Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug (MA-PD) plan premiums and Prescription Drug Plan (PDP) plan premiums in the low-income benchmark premium amount reflect the distribution of enrollment of beneficiaries eligible for the low-income subsidy in each plan.