0938-AT59 201904 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0938 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS 0900 Department of Health and Human Services HHS Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs for Contract Year 2020 (CMS-4185-F)

This final rule sets forth programmatic and operational changes to the Medicare Advantage (MA) and prescription drug benefit programs for contract year 2020. The second final action will address the Medicare Advantage risk adjustment data validation provisions.

]]> Economically Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage Yes No Deregulatory 42 CFR 417 42 CFR 422 and 423 42 U.S.C. 1302 42 U.S.C. 1395hh Statutory Final 11/01/2021 MMA sec. 902 requires Medicare final rules publish within 3 years of a proposed or interim final rule. Per the CMS notice published December 30, 2004 (69 FR 78442), except for certain Medicare payment regulations and certain other statutorily-mandated regulations, we schedule all Medicare final regulations for publication within the 3-year standardized time limit in the current Unified Agenda. We do not intend to delay publishing a Medicare final regulation for 3 years if we are able to publish it sooner. Yes NPRM 11/01/2018 83 FR 54982 NPRM Comment Period Extended (RADV Only) 12/27/2018 83 FR 66661 NPRM Comment Period End 12/31/2018 NPRM Comment Period Extended End (RADV Only) 04/30/2019 Second NPRM Comment Period Extended (RADV Only) 04/30/2019 84 FR 18215 Second NPRM Comment Period Extended End 08/28/2019 Final Action 04/16/2019 84 FR 15680 Final Action Effective 01/01/2020 Second Final Action 11/00/2021 No Federal No No No Michael Dibella Director, Division of Policy, Analysis, and Planning 0938 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS 410 786-4480 michael.dibella@cms.hhs.gov Center for Medicare, MS: C4-22-18, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore MD 21244