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CMS Pub. 100-16, ch. mc86c17d, § 50.2.1
Permanent Move Out of the Plan’s Service Area
A beneficiary must be disenrolled if he or she permanently moves out of the plan’s
service area and does not voluntarily disenroll. The plan must initiate disenrollment as
soon as it becomes aware that the beneficiary has permanently moved outside the service
area. An uninterrupted absence of more than 90 days is deemed to be a permanent move
(see the exception in §50.2.1.1). A written statement from the beneficiary or other
reasonable evidence establishes that the beneficiary has moved out of the service area.
Even if the beneficiary has not informed the plan of his or her new address, the plan must
attempt to provide the beneficiary written notice of enrollment termination. The CMS
encourages the plan to send final confirmation of disenrollment to the member.
History
(Rev. 38, 10-31-03)
Provenance
- Source
- cms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-25
- Edition
- iom-2026-08-25
- Content hash
e0d283dd2447ef672860a89d528337a170b6c4ac74d02f37c07237b9cea08be8
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