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Agenda. Key Bid Submission DatesBid Upload RequirementsHPMS Access PBP 2013 High Level Changes. Key 2013 Bid Submission Dates. Key Bid Dates. April 6, 2012 CY 2013 Bid Pricing Tool (BPT), Plan Benefit Package (PBP) and plan creation are available on HPMSApril 20, 2012 PBP Patch for Capitat
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1. HPMS Bid Submission & PBP 2013 Don Freeburger, Lucia Patrone, &
Sara Silver
HPMS Analysts
2. Agenda Key Bid Submission Dates
Bid Upload Requirements
HPMS Access
PBP 2013 High Level Changes
3. Key 2013 Bid Submission Dates
4. Key Bid Dates April 6, 2012 CY 2013 Bid Pricing Tool (BPT), Plan Benefit Package (PBP) and plan creation are available on HPMS
April 20, 2012 PBP Patch for Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstrations
May 11, 2012 HPMS begins accepting CY 2013 bid submissions
June 4, 2012 Deadline for submitting CY 2013 bids in HPMS (11:59 p.m. PDT)
5. Bid Upload Requirements
6. Bid Upload To complete the bid upload process, users must perform the following functions in HPMS, as applicable:
Service Area Verification
Will be available April 27, 2012
Crosswalk formulary submissions to plans
Only for plans that offer the Part D benefit AND have a formulary
Cannot be modified after bid deadline
7. Bid Upload - Continued Upload bids/benefit packages
May upload more than one plan at a time
Upload early you may upload as many times as you want before the deadline
Substantiation
Required for June 4th deadline and upon request by bid reviewers (Appendix B BPT instructions)
8. Bid Upload Plan Crosswalk Plan Crosswalk
Only for renewing organizations
Cannot be modified after bid deadline
Plans should ONLY have the crosswalk status of terminated if you will not offer the plan for CY 2013 OR for certain crosswalk exceptions
Renewal plans under the same contract MUST retain the same plan ID
Consolidated plans under the same contract MUST retain one of the 2012 plan IDs
9. Exceptions Crosswalk Permitted crosswalk exceptions are outlined in the Medicare Managed Care Manual and Appendix B-2 of the CY2013 Call Letter
Additional guidance on the process to request an exception is forthcoming via an HPMS Memo
Plans may request crosswalk exceptions from June 11 June 15, 2012
Approved Crosswalk Exceptions will display in the plan crosswalk report in HPMS
Please send questions to: HPMSCrosswalkExceptions@cms.hhs.gov
10. Verification of Bid Submission To verify that all necessary steps have been taken for the bid submission, users should access the Review Upload Status Report
This report shows what is completed, not completed and not applicable
All bid submission AND Post-Bid submission items are documented in this report
If all steps have not been completed, CMS cannot begin your bid review
Navigation (Plan Bids > Bid Submission > CY 2013 > Upload)
11. Post-Bid Submission Requirements Actuarial Certification
Must be submitted for every Bid Pricing Tool uploaded to HPMS
Special HPMS user access required
Supplemental Formulary Upload
Required based on answers in PBP
Financial Alignment Demos have an additional plan drug file due June 15, 2012
Submission of Provider Specific HSD
Due for non-employer plans by June 15, 2012
12. HPMS ACCESS Obtaining a CMS / HPMS User ID
HPMS Login Process
Maintaining HPMS Access
13. Applying for HPMS Access Download a copy of the Application for Access to CMS Computer Systems form at: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/InformationSecurity/Downloads/EUAaccessform.pdf
Complete the form as follows:
Section 1 Check New as the type of request
Section 2 Check Medicare Advantage / Medicare Advantage with Prescription Drug / Prescription Drug Plan / Cost Contracts Using HPMS Only. Complete the other data entry fields, as appropriate
Section 3 Enter the contract number(s) for which you need access
Section 4 Check the first row beneath the "Default Non-CMS Employee row (i.e., place a check in the Connect box of the third row). On the blank line beside your check mark, write "HPMS_P_CommlUser"
Section 5 State briefly that you require HPMS
Section 6 Leave blank
Sign and date the Privacy Act Statement on page 3 of the form. Also enter your name and Social Security Number at the top of page 3. This step is critical to ensuring the successful processing of your request
14. Apply for HPMS Access - Continued Send the completed form to the attention of Lori Robinson via an expedited mail service as soon as possible:
ATTENTION: LORI ROBINSON
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
7500 Security Boulevard
Mail Stop: C4-18-13
Baltimore, MD 21244
On each individuals form, please ensure that it includes an original signature/date, social security number and the contract number(s) for which the user needs HPMS access
15. HPMS Login Process https://gateway.cms.gov
16. HPMS Login Process Click on link labeled HPMS
17. HPMS Login Process HPMS Home Page
18. User ID Maintenance Passwords must be changed every 60 days
New Password characteristics
8 characters, no more, no less
Alphanumeric
No special characters, no commonly used words
Not similar to previous passwords
ID must be certified annually on anniversary of issue date
User receives reminder/nuisance emails
Link for completing certification online/changing password
https://vpnext.cms.hhs.gov
19. Annual Certification Process Online or Manually
Online at https://vpnext.cms.hhs.gov/EUA
Manually by submitting access form
20. Certification Notification Email >From: ess@cms.hhs.gov [mailto:ess@cms.hhs.gov]>Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 1:44 AM>To: Lucia.User@Kremlin.gov>Cc: Freeburger, Don (CMS/CPC)>Subject: 11 Day Warning for CMS Certification - ACTION>>Lucia Patrone
>GOVT - HPMS- PACE>>Your CMS User Id is DUE for Certification. Our records show that you have>not completed System Access Certification. Your revocation date is 20120401.>Unless all requirements are met within the next 11 day(s), your CMS User Id>will be revoked. You must:>> * Certify your CMS System Accesses at>> https://euapassport.cms.hhs.gov/PassPort (for CMS internal users)> or> https://158.73.79.141/PassPort (for external MDCN users)> or> https://vpnext.cms.hhs.gov/EUA (for Internet users)>>NOTE: Please use Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or above when accessing EUA>Passport.>>and it must be approved by:
21. Online Certification Process
22. Online Certification Process
23. Online Certification Process
24. Online Certification Process
25. Plan Benefit Package (PBP) and Summary of Benefits (SB)CY 2013 Software Changes
26. PBP 2013 Training Agenda Objective: Focus on CY 2013 Technical Changes
Describe Key PBP CY 2013 Software changes
Describe Key SB CY 2013 Changes
27. PBP CY 2013 Section A Changes
28. Section A The plan-level formulary, online provider and pharmacy websites have been updated as follows on the Section A-3 screen:
If a plan enters a plan-level website in the HPMS, then the plan-level website will automatically populate for the associated field
If the plan enters a contract website in the HPMS, but does not enter a plan-level website, then the contract-level website will automatically populate for the associated field
Plans may indicate that prior authorization and/or referrals are required when submitting a Standard Bid for PBP Sections B or C on the Section A-5 screen
Plans will choose what services require authorization and/or referral by making selections from a picklists
The picklists will only contain categories that have referral/authorization questions available elsewhere in the PBP
29. PBP CY 2013 Section B Changes
30. Section B CY2013 Changes Section B-1: Inpatient Hospital Services
Plans that offer both Part A and Part B will be allowed to have up to three hospital cost-share tiers for In-Network Medicare-covered benefits within B-1a (Inpatient Hospital-Acute) and B-1b (Inpatient Hospital-Psychiatric)
If offering hospital cost-share tiers, a plan is not allowed to offer more than one tier with Medicare-defined standard cost-sharing
Section B-4: Emergency Care/Urgently Needed Care
All PFFS plans will have B-4b: Urgently Needed Care enabled for data entry
Section B-7: Health Care Professional Services
The In-Area Network Urgent Care Services questions have been removed from B-7a
31. Section B CY2013 Changes (Continued) Section B-11: DME, Prosthetics, and Medical & DiabeticSupplies
The following question has been added to the B-11a (DME) Base 2 screen:
Are there preferred vendors/manufacturers for Durable Medical Equipment (DME)?
The following question has been added to the B-11c (Diabetic Supplies and Services) Base 2 screen:
Do you limit Diabetic Supplies and Services to those from specified manufacturers?
Section B-13: Other Supplemental Services
An Other 3 (B-13f) has been added as a new category in the PBP
An edit rule has been added requiring that the title entered for the B-13d: Other 1, B-13e: Other 2, and B-13f : Other 3 must be more than two characters and the benefit may not be titled other
32. New Section - Section B 13g Section B-13g: Highly Integrated D-SNP
New category added to the PBP for 2013 for SNP plans. Only eligible plans should complete this data entry
The format of the data entry screens will mirror the Other 1, 2, and 3 screens
SNP plans will not be required to complete the Other 1, 2 and 3 screens and will be able to skip directly to the new 13g: Highly Integrated D-SNP Benefit
33. New Section - Section B 13h Section B-13h: Additional Benefits
New category added to the PBP for 2013 for Capitated Financial Alignment Demo plans ONLY
This section will allow for data entry of the following 14 identified services:
34. PBP 2013 Section C Changes
35. Section C Out-of-Network (OON) and POS:
The OON and POS data entry has been updated so that the Medicare-covered and Non-Medicare-covered benefits are in separate picklists
The rule that states no coinsurance over 50% will apply to the Medicare-covered OON picklists, but not the Non-Medicare-covered picklists
All Mandatory Supplemental Benefits selected in Section B must be included in the appropriate Section C - OON or POS Group
POS:
Medicare Part B Rx Drugs has been added to the POS picklists
36. PBP 2013 Section D Changes
37. Section D The plan-level deductible questions have been updated for RPPO and LPPO plans, so that the plan may choose to have a combined deductible. If the plan does offer a combined deductible, the following parameters must be followed:
The plan may include or exclude any Non-Medicare covered supplemental benefit from the deductible In-Network or Out-of-Network
The plan cannot offer a separate In-Network or Out-of-Network Deductible
The plan may exclude from the combined deductible any In-Network Medicare-covered service
The MOOP questions have been updated as follows:
Plans select the services that are included in a given MOOP
38. PBP 2013 Section Rx Changes
39. Section Rx The entire Rx Section has been redesigned
The supplemental formulary file upload date has been updated to June 8, 2012 to reflect the CY2013 deadline
All prorated cost-sharing questions and labels have been removed
The Rx tier label selection process has been updated for all Non-DS plans, where a plan chooses a Tier Model
Some 5 tier plans and all 6 tier plans will allow for a tier with a meaningful benefit to be chosen. Those options include Specialty Drugs, Injectable Drugs, Vaccines, Excluded Drugs, Select Care and Select Diabetic Drugs
40. Section Rx The Rx tier drug types, location and cost-sharing screens have been reformatted so that all non-DS plans can fill out each tiers data on the same screen
In-Network and Mail Order pharmacies will allow for one month, two month, and three month supply amounts
Long Term Care Pharmacies will collect one month and other day supply amounts for Generic and Brand drugs
The Generic Long Term Care Other day supply is optional and must be less than the one month supply amount that is entered for Long Term Care generic drugs
The Brand Long Term Care Other day supply field is mandatory and must have a value between 1 and 14 days
An optional daily copayment field has been added with a validation that the daily cost-share must be less than the one month copayment divided by 30
Plans must enter the Average expected cost-sharing 1 month amount based on their Prescription Drug Event (PDE) data for each In-Network retail one month coinsurance
41. Section Rx Gap Coverage The following questions have been deleted from the Alternative - Gap Coverage Screen: "Are you offering any excluded drugs as part of your gap coverage? and "Does the gap coverage on this tier only include excluded drugs?"
If a plan indicates it offers a Partial Tier Coverage on the Alternative Tier Coverage - Gap screen for a tier that covers both generic and brand drugs, the following question must be answered: Indicate the type of drugs covered on your partially covered tiers
The gap cost-sharing validations have been updated as follows:
Additional generic gap coverage coinsurance must be less than or equal to 59%
Additional brand gap coverage coinsurance must be less than or equal to 69%
42. Summary of Benefits CY2013 Changes
43. Summary of Benefits General The phrase "Medicare-covered Zero Cost-Sharing Preventive Services" has been revised to "Medicare-covered Preventive Services" in the appropriate OON and POS sentences
The subcategories have been updated throughout the SB to be listed as programs, visits, or services instead of benefits
A new, unnumbered SB category has been added called Additional Benefits. This SB category will only appear for Capitated Financial Alignment Demo plans that have entered benefits into PBP Section B-13h
This new category will be available in the PBP release on April 20, 2012
44. Summary of Benefits SB 23 The list of preventive services covered under Original Medicare at zero cost has been replaced in the plan column with the following sentences:
$0 copay for all preventive services covered under Original Medicare at zero cost-sharing. Any additional preventive services approved by Medicare mid-year will be covered by the plan or by Original Medicare
Cost-sharing sentences have been added if a plan enters mandatory benefits in the B-13d, B-13e, B-13f, and/or B-13g Highly Integrated D-SNP Section(s) of the PBP
45. SB 25 (Outpatient Prescription Drugs) The SB has been updated to reflect the updated Section Rx changes with the new Tier model labels
If a plan offers a daily supply or two-month supply in Section Rx, new SB sentences will display
The Long Term Care cost-sharing sentences have been split into separate brand and generic drug sentences
A new sentence generates when a plan selects "Yes" to the question "Does plan utilize floor pricing?
46. PBP/SB Contacts PBP Software Technical Issues:
Sara Silver 410-786-3330 sara.silver@cms.hhs.gov
Lucia Patrone 410-786-8621 lucia.patrone@cms.hhs.gov
PBP/HPMS Technical Help Desk:
Help Desk 800-220-2028 hpms@cms.hhs.gov
MA Benefit Operations & Policy Issues (MA PBP):
MA Benefits Mailbox https://MABenefitsMailbox.lmi.org
Marty Abeln (Policy) 410-786-1032 marty.abeln@cms.hhs.gov
Russell Hendel (Policy) 410-786-0329 russell.hendel@cms.hhs.gov
Heather Hostetler (Policy) 410-786-4515 heather.hostetler@cms.hhs.gov
MA Marketing Operations & Policy Issues (MA SB):
Elizabeth Jacob 410-786-8658 elizabeth.jacob2@cms.hhs.gov
Melissa Moreno 410-786-4790 melissa.moreno@cms.hhs.gov
Part D Benefit Operations & Policy Issues (Part D PBP):
Kathleen Flannery 410-786-6722 kathleen.flannery@cms.hhs.gov
Rosalind Abankwah 410-786-2012 rosalind.abankwah@cms.hhs.gov
Frank Tetkoski 410-786-5233 frank.tetkoski@cms.hhs.gov
Part D Marketing Operations & Policy Issues (Part D SB):
Rosalind Abankwah 410-786-2012 rosalind.abankwah@cms.hhs.gov
Lisa Thorpe 410-786-3048 lisa.thorpe@cms.hhs.gov