{"id":21848,"date":"2023-09-26T09:25:23","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T13:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=21848"},"modified":"2023-09-26T09:25:24","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T13:25:24","slug":"the-new-prior-authorization-rules-for-medicare-advantage-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=21848","title":{"rendered":"The new prior authorization rules for Medicare Advantage plans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Medicare\u2019s open enrollment period is October 15 &#8211; December 7. The Medicare Open Enrollment period is when all people with Medicare can change their Medicare health plans and prescription drug coverage for the following year. People in a Medicare health or prescription drug plan should always review the materials their insurance plans send them, like the \u201cEvidence of Coverage\u201d (EOC) and \u201cAnnual Notice of Change\u201d (ANOC). This year is important due to the changes the federal government has issued concerning prior authorization rules for Advantage plans that take effect in 2024. Bob Carlson explains what you should know about the new prior authorization rules. Read Mr. Carlson\u2019s column <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/bobcarlson\/2023\/09\/26\/what-you-need-to-know-before-october-7-about-open-enrollment-medicare-advantage-plans-and-the-new-prior-authorization-rules\/?sh=1c2bea01230e\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/bobcarlson\/2023\/09\/26\/what-you-need-to-know-before-october-7-about-open-enrollment-medicare-advantage-plans-and-the-new-prior-authorization-rules\/?sh=1c2bea01230e\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"106\" class=\"wp-image-17863\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-462052741medicare-healthcare-insurance.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-462052741medicare-healthcare-insurance.jpg 1219w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-462052741medicare-healthcare-insurance-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-462052741medicare-healthcare-insurance-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-462052741medicare-healthcare-insurance-1024x723.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>&nbsp;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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medicare\u2019s open enrollment period is October 15 &#8211; December 7. The Medicare Open Enrollment period is when all people with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,9],"tags":[80,62,796,221],"class_list":["post-21848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cms","category-medicare-advantage","tag-cms","tag-medicare-advantage","tag-medicare-advantage-prior-authorization","tag-medicare-open-enrollment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21848","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=21848"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21849,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21848\/revisions\/21849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}