Advance Notice of Methodological Changes for Calendar Year 2007

We are pleased to release the Advance Notice of Methodological Changes for Calendar Year (CY) 2007 Medicare Advantage (MA) Payment Rates and Part D Payment. This document includes the preliminary estimate of the national per capita MA growth percentage for CY 2007, and other changes in payment methodology for CY 2007. This notice is posted on the CMS web page at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MedicareAdvtgSpecRateStats/AD/list.asp#TopOfPage and is being sent to all MA plans via HPMS. Thank you.