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HHS/CMS RIN: 0938-AQ86 Publication ID: 2012 
Title: Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs for Contract Year 2013 (CMS-4157-F) 
Abstract: This rule sets forth programmatic and operational changes to the Medicare Advantage (MA) and prescription drug benefit programs for contract year 2013. 
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services(HHS)  Priority: Economically Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: Yes  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 42 CFR 422    42 CFR 423    42 CFR 417   
Legal Authority: MMA 2003    PL 111-148    MIPPA   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Statutory    10/11/2014 

Overall Description of Deadline: MMA Section 902.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  10/11/2011  76 FR 63018   
NPRM Comment Period End  12/12/2011    
Final Action  04/12/2012  77 FR 22072   
Final Action Effective  06/01/2012 
Additional Information: Includes Retrospective Review under E.O. 13563.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Federal 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Christian Bauer
Director, Division of Part D Policy
Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Center for Medicare, MS: C1-26-16, 7500 Security Boulevard,
Baltimore, MD 21244
Phone:410 786-6043
Email: christian.bauer@cms.hhs.gov