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Medicare Health Plans

This page contains information for current and future contracting Medicare Advantage Organizations, other health plans, and other parties interested in the operational and regulatory aspects of the Medicare Advantage program.

If you have questions about MMA relating to the managed care industry, email them to MMAFAQ@cms.hhs.gov.

• ACR Information
• Appeals and Grievances
• Applications
• BBA
• Beneficiary Education
• Benefits Improvement & Protection Act of 2000 (BIPA)
• Benefit Packages
• Capacity Limit
• CMS Health Care Industry Market Update
• Congestive Heart Failure
• Cost Plans
• Coverage Issues
• Deeming
• Drug Card
• Election Periods -formerly "Election Period Changes for 2002 (Lock-in)"
• Employer Groups
• Encounter Data
• Enrollment
• Enrollee Rights
• HCPPs
• Health Plan Management System (HPMS)
• HEDIS^® Reporting Requirements
• Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
• Managed Care Manual
• Managed Care Systems
• Marketing
• MCO Letters
• Medicare Advantage Contracting
• Monitoring
• National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)
• Non-Renewal Information
• Operational Policy Letters
• PACE
• Payment and Charges
• Performance Measures
• Personal Plan Finder -- Out-of-Pocket Cost Information Live on medicare.gov (October 21, 2003, 1.2 MB PDF)
• Personal Plan Finder Out of Pocket Costs: FAQs (PDF, 46 KB)
• Personal Plan Finder -- Out-of-Pocket Cost Information Live on medicare.gov (August 15, 2002)
• Physician Incentive Plan
• Prescription Drug Discount Card and Transitional Assistance Program
• Private Fee-for-Service Plans
• Provider Contracting
• Quality
• Reports, Files, and Data
• Research and Demonstrations
• Research Diagnostic Cost Group(PDF Format-4,931 kb)
• Risk Adjustment Data
• Service Area
• Special Needs Plans (PDF Format; 50 KB)
• Training Seminars