Weekly News Wire | March 10, 2019
CMS To Resume Terminating Medicare Advantage Plans With Low Quality Star Ratings
On February 6, 2019, the Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that an 18-month moratorium on its ability to terminate Medicare Advantage (MA) organization contracts based on low star ratings in the Five-Star Quality Rating System has ended. Contracts may be terminated if they fail to receive at least a three-star drug or health plan Summary Star Rating for three consecutive years. The 2020 Star Ratings for MA and Part D plans, which are slated for release in the fall of 2019, will be the first set of ratings where performance below three stars would . . .
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