Special Enrollment Period (SEP) Extended through February 28, 2011
:: Julie Seiden
Managing Director, Health Benefit Services
G.R. Reid Consulting Services, LLC
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced an extension of the Special Enrollment Period which now runs through February 28, 2011. This extension is for Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D plan (PDP) beneficiaries that have recently experienced a plan Non-Renewal (NR) or Service Area Reduction (SAR). Be aware that CMS is now mailing a SEP reminder and extended enrollment deadline notice to those beneficiaries nationwide who were originally enrolled in a 2010 non-renewing plan and, currently still have not chosen prescription drug coverage (via either an MA-PD or PDP). The CMS notification to these beneficiaries will specifically explain that the non-renewal Special Election Period has been extended by CMS through February 28, 2011.
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