US · guidance
CMS Pub. 100-16, ch. 1, § 40
Medicare Cost Plans and Health Care Prepayment Plans (HCPP)
Medicare cost plans and HCPP plans are not MA plans because they are authorized under
a different section of the Social Security Act than MA plans.
History
(Rev. 124, Issued: 11-10-16; Effective: 11-10-16; Implementation: 11-10-16)
Provenance
- Source
- cms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-25
- Edition
- iom-2026-08-25
- Content hash
32bf9a15b7d086f42b4cec2d25e83ae73506d3bff35225b9e9bb8680461e2b09
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