US · guidance
CMS Pub. 100-16, ch. 8, § 60.5
Bidding Rules for Medical Savings Account (MSA) Plans
For both standard and demonstration MSA plans, if the plan A/B bid is less than the plan
A/B benchmark, 100% of that difference is the monthly deposit amount that CMS
contributes to the enrollee’s Medical Savings Account for each month of enrollment in the
contract year.
CMS makes an annual lump-sum deposit in each MSA for standard MSA plans. An MA
organization offering an MSA demonstration plan may select this annual lump-sum
approach or offer a proposal for payment of deposit amounts subject to CMS review and
approval.
History
(Rev. 89; Issued: 11-02-07; Effective/Implementation: 11-02-07)
Provenance
- Source
- cms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-25
- Edition
- iom-2026-08-25
- Content hash
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