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[LostDollar]

I hope you are right on this. Now that I think about it, this screwed me up one time about a year ago.

See the attachment on this post

This is all I could find but CMS did send some guidance on it last year, I would need to dig through my emails but I'm not home.

MAPD Help Desk: Important Technical Information Regarding use of MARx Election Type Code "I-INITIAL COVERAGE ELECTION PERIOD (ICEP)" as of January 1, 2025 - Cornerstone - Senior Marketing

RELEASED BY CMS FEB 4, 2025: This memorandum is a follow up to a prior MAPD plan update titled, “MAPD Help Desk: Important MARx Election Type Code and Special Election […]

cornerstoneseniormarketing.com

There has to be some CMS stuff somewhere, could not find it quickly. If that memo is wrong, a lot of Integrity companies are doing it wrong.

Caveat, not an agent.

 

[Fisher]

This is all I could find but CMS did send some guidance on it last year, I would need to dig through my emails but I'm not home.

MAPD Help Desk: Important Technical Information Regarding use of MARx Election Type Code "I-INITIAL COVERAGE ELECTION PERIOD (ICEP)" as of January 1, 2025 - Cornerstone - Senior Marketing

RELEASED BY CMS FEB 4, 2025: This memorandum is a follow up to a prior MAPD plan update titled, “MAPD Help Desk: Important MARx Election Type Code and Special Election […]

cornerstoneseniormarketing.com

It appears you are correct, thanks. Learn something new every day as this completely flew under my radar.

 

[TwoCents]

The CMS MA/PDP enrollment guidance (now combined into one "chapter" where it was previously Chapters 2 and 3 of their respective manuals) lives here [EXTERNAL LINK] - Medicare Managed Care Eligibility and Enrollment | CMS.

ICEP and all other elections are found within it.

• cy_2025_cd_enrollment_and_disenrollment_guidance.pdf (PDF)

 

[sbg_ben]

The CMS MA/PDP enrollment guidance (now combined into one "chapter" where it was previously Chapters 2 and 3 of their respective manuals) lives here [EXTERNAL LINK] - Medicare Managed Care Eligibility and Enrollment | CMS.

ICEP and all other elections are found within it.

• cy_2025_cd_enrollment_and_disenrollment_guidance.pdf (PDF)

Thank you, I am saving this