0938-AU30 202204 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0938 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS 0900 Department of Health and Human Services HHS Contract Year 2023 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs (CMS-4192)

This final rule revises the Medicare Advantage (MA) (Part C) program and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D) program regulations to implement changes related to marketing and communications, past performance, Star Ratings, network adequacy, medical loss ratio reporting, special requirements during disasters or public emergencies, and pharmacy price concessions. This rule also revises regulations related to dual eligible special needs plans (D-SNPs), other special needs plans, and cost contract plans.

]]> Economically Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Completed Actions Yes No 42 CFR 422 42 CFR 423 42 U.S.C. 1302 42 U.S.C. 1306 42 U.S.C. 1395w-101 to 1395w-152 42 U.S.C. 1395hh Statutory Final 01/12/2025 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. No NPRM 01/12/2022 87 FR 1842 NPRM Comment Period End 03/07/2022 Final Action 05/09/2022 87 FR 27704 Final Action Effective 06/28/2022 No None No No No Melissa Seeley Health Insurance Specialist 0938 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS 212 616-2329 melissa.seeley@cms.hhs.gov Federal Coordinated Health Care Office, MS: Rm 3800, 7500 Security Blvd, Baltimore MD 21244 Christian Bauer Director, Division of Part D Policy 0938 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS 410 786-6043 christian.bauer@cms.hhs.gov Center for Medicare, MS: C1-26-16, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore MD 21244