Medicare program; HHS' recognition of NAIC Model Standards (National Association of Insurance Commissioners) for regulation of Medigap policies--HCFA. Notice.
This notice contains a list of the ten standardized Medicare supplemental insurance benefit packages that may be offered to Medicare beneficiaries consistent with the requirements of section 1882 of the Social Security Act (the Act), as amended by sections 4351 through 4358 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990. This list is included in section 9 of the Model Regulation adopted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) on July 30, 1991, which is reprinted at the end of the notice. Until the publication of this list, certain provisions of section 1882 of the Act relating to this type of insurance were inapplicable to sellers who are not also the issuers of health insurance policies being sold to Medicare beneficiaries.
D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D007342:Insurance Benefits / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D017054:Insurance, Medigap / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States