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The CY2019 Proposed Rule for Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs

Webinar | 12.12.17, 8:00 AM EST - 9:30 AM EST

CMS issued the long-awaited proposed rule that would make major changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs. CMS proposes many changes that are intended to increase transparency and alleviate administrative burdens on MA organizations and Part D sponsors. Other changes implement the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act and the 21st Century Cures Act. CMS also solicits comments on a number of important topics.


Please join us for a webinar during which members of our Health Care Group discuss some of the key provisions of the proposed rule.


Provisions that we will address include:

  • Implementation of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016
  • New Benefit Flexibility under Medicare Advantage
  • Tiering and Other Part D Changes
  • Changes to the Star Ratings Program and the Impact for Contract Consolidation
  • Changes to the Part C and Part D Medical Loss Ratio Requirements

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The federal government has identified purported ‘waste, fraud, and abuse’ in small business programs as a major focus of its current enforcement efforts. As it relates to federal procurement, we have seen audits and investigations rolled out not only of active participants in the Small Business Administration’s 8(a) Business Development Program but also reviews of various types of small business contracts (such as 8(a) sole source and set-aside awards, preference-based awards, and small business set-aside awards over particular values). Join Crowell & Moring as we discuss what aspects of contract performance and teaming arrangements are being scrutinized (e.g., size/status eligibility, limitations on subcontracting compliance, reasonableness of market rates, etc.) and how these considerations can impact both small government contractors holding the prime contracts under review and their subcontractors. ...