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- Welcome and Housekeeping (David Lipschutz, Moderator)
- Presentation: Medicare Annual Election Period & the Marketplace (Andrea Callow and David Lipschutz)
- Annual Coordinated Election Period (ACEP): 10/15 – 12/7/2013
- Government Shutdown, Plan Finder Issues
- Confusion over Medicare and the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces/Exchanges
- Highlight of CMA website materials, including new CMS documents
- ACA-related scams
- Legislative Update: The Federal Budget and Medicare (David Lipschutz)
- The Short-Term Budget Deal and Potential Implications for Medicare
- Miscellaneous Updates (Alfred Chiplin)
- Medicare Secondary Payer – interim final rule re: development of web portal – comments due 11/19/2013
- Medicare Summary Notices (MSNs)
- New redesigned notices
- Inclusion of information re: National Coverage Decisions (NCDs) and Local Coverage Decisions (LCDs)
- Post Windsor updates (Supreme Court DOMA decision)
- CCIIO Guidance for the Markeplaces
- CMS Guidance for Medicaid and CHIP
- Federal Commission on Long-Term Care (David Lipschutz)
- Commission concludes its work, issues majority report
- Alternate report by 5 commissioners, including Judy Stein
- Litigation Update (Ali Bers)
- Jimmo – Improvement Standard
- Bagnall (Observation)
- Other litigation
- General Medicare Q&A (Moderator)
- Wrap-up (Moderator)
- Keep informed: Myths and Truths, other information and updates on the Center’s Website
- Searchable Database
- Next Call
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