Medicare program; contract year 2016 policy and technical changes to the Medicare Advantage and the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit programs. Final rule.
This final rule amends the Medicare Advantage (MA) program (Part C) regulations and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program (Part D) regulations to implement statutory requirements; improve program efficiencies; strengthen beneficiary protections; clarify program requirements; improve payment accuracy; and make various technical changes. Additionally, this rule finalizes two technical changes that reinstate previously approved but erroneously removed regulation text sections.
D006801:Humans; D020398:Medicare Part C / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000458:organization & administration; D054524:Medicare Part D / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States