Guidance to plans is due in 18 months and to part B providers in 12
What the document says“Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue guidance to Medicare Advantage organizations offering Medicare Advantage plans under part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act”
Subsection (c) requires the Secretary to issue guidance to Medicare Advantage organizations within 18 months on keeping provider directories accurate, taking into account what was said at the stakeholder meeting. It may cover best practices, useful data sets and sources, approaches using plan and public data, and information useful to beneficiaries choosing a plan. Within 12 months the Secretary must also issue guidance to part B providers and suppliers on when to update the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System or a successor system.
What the document actually says“Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue guidance to Medicare Advantage organizations offering Medicare Advantage plans under part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act”
Within 18 months the health chief must give the plans guidance. It goes to the private plans that stand in for the public one.
Guidance is advice, not a rule. A second piece goes to doctors within 12 months. It tells them when to update their own record.
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