On the Record

"The biggest change between this year's marketing guidelines and previous versions is the guidance on communications materials. CMS finalizes its plans to create the new class of communications materials that won't require CMS review. This is a help to plans, and a labor saver for CMS."

— Michael Adelberg, a principal with FaegreBD Consulting and a former top CMS MA official, tells AIS Health about the impact of CMS's the 2019 Medicare Communications and Marketing Guidelines (MCMG) on Medicare Advantage plans.