tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2007 Issue 4

MA PLANS ~ Expanded Enrollment Period Makes Your Non-PDP MA Plan More Attractive

Warning: Last-minute tax law could spell doom for PDPs. For insurers offering a Medicare Advantage (MA) plan that comes with a prescription drug plan (PDP), the government had a nasty New Year's surprise last month. A last-minute addition to the new tax and health law will exempt MA plans without PDPs from the program's limited enrollment periods. Then-House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) inserted the amendment in question, Section 206, into the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (H.R. 6111). The provision allows beneficiaries in 2007 and 2008 to enroll throughout the year -- but only in...

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