Medicare Program; Contract Year 2016 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs
medicare · Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services · Rule · Published 2015-02-12 · Effective 2015-03-16 · 80 FR 7912
Document
Document number
2015-02671
Federal Register citation
80 FR 7912
CFR reference
42 CFR 417
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
medicare
Sub-agency
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Publication date
2015-02-12
Effective date
2015-03-16
HHS docket
CMS-4159-F2
Abstract
This final rule amends the Medicare Advantage (MA) program (Part C) regulations and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program (Part D) regulations to implement statutory requirements; improve program efficiencies; strengthen beneficiary protections; clarify program requirements; improve payment accuracy; and make various technical changes. Additionally, this rule finalizes two technical changes that reinstate previously approved but erroneously removed regulation text sections.