Actuarial Bid Questions
Guidance for CMS Office of the Actuary (OACT) weekly conference calls with industry actuaries to respond to questions/issues relating to the actuarial aspects of preparing bids for Prescription Drug and Medicare Advantage plans.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: January 01, 2020
CMS Office of the Actuary (OACT) hosts a series of weekly conference calls with industry actuaries to respond to questions/issues relating to the actuarial aspects of preparing bids for Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug plans. OACT receives questions submitted to the "actuarial-bids" mailbox in advance of each call. The "Actuarial Bid Questions" documents summarizes the responses to these submitted questions. (See downloads below.)
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