{"id":12546,"date":"2019-01-31T11:25:02","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T16:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12546"},"modified":"2019-01-31T11:25:02","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T16:25:02","slug":"cms-proposes-medicare-advantage-and-part-d-payment-and-policy-updates-to-maximize-competition-and-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12546","title":{"rendered":"CMS proposes Medicare Advantage and Part D payment and policy updates to maximize competition and coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Source &#8211; www.cms.gov\/newsroom)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #323a45; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Muli, 'Helvetica  Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: #fafafa; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">Today, the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services (CMS) released proposed changes that will take significant steps in continuing the agency\u2019s efforts to maximize competition among Medicare Advantage and Part D plans. These proposals will increase plan choices and benefits and include important actions to address the opioid crisis.\u00a0 Continue reading press release <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cms.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/cms-proposes-medicare-advantage-and-part-d-payment-and-policy-updates-maximize-competition-and\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/CMS-logo-2-e1524659904197.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10228\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/CMS-logo-2-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source &#8211; www.cms.gov\/newsroom) Today, the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services (CMS) released proposed changes that will take significant steps<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,9,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cms","category-medicare-advantage","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12546"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12547,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12546\/revisions\/12547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}