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CMS Pub. 100-16, ch. mc86c17b, § 170

Initial Enrollment

activein force · 2026-08-25 – presentas-observed

Cost-based HMO/CMPs, which offer Medicare benefits for the first time, are likely to

incur relatively higher marketing and enrollment costs in offering their HMO/CMPs to

Medicare beneficiaries. In determining whether these higher costs are reasonable, CMS

may allow them if they do not exceed what prudent and cost conscious management

would incur.

History

(Rev. 4, 10-01-01)

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2026-08-25
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iom-2026-08-25
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