title: Medicare program; changes to the Medicare Advantage and the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs for contract year 2012 and other changes. Final rule.
abstract: This final rule makes revisions to the Medicare Advantage (MA) program (Part C) and Prescription Drug Benefit Program (Part D) to implement provisions specified in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (collectively referred to as the Affordable Care Act) (ACA) and make other changes to the regulations based on our experience in the administration of the Part C and Part D programs. These latter revisions clarify various program participation requirements; make changes to strengthen beneficiary protections; strengthen our ability to identify strong applicants for Part C and Part D program participation and remove consistently poor performers; and make other clarifications and technical changes.
mesh_terms: D018166:Health Care Reform; D006801:Humans; D020398:Medicare Part C / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D054524:Medicare Part D / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; D014481:United States