Comment to 2009 Draft Call Letter-HAP

Contract Year 2009 Draft Call Letter Comment / Response FormContact Person's Name: Deepti Sethi and Kelly BrantleyEmail: dsethi@hapnetwork.org, kbrantley@hapnetwork.org Phone: (202) 737-6340 Org Name Section Page # Description of Issue or Question Suggested Revision/CommentHealth Assistance Partnership (HAP)The Health Assistance Partnership recognizes and appreciates the additional beneficiary protections added to the 2009 Draft Call Letter. Due to the annual changes made to call letters and contracts, plans often fail to follow guidance and respond to these important changes. We ask CMS to Overall issue regulations that include these beneficiary protections to comments all Need for enforceable rights create enforceable rights for both CMS and beneficiaries. While HAP is thankful for the opportunity to comment on the 2009 Draft Call Letter, the timeframe provided (2 weeks in which to comment on a 254 page draft of key documents) curtails stakeholder ability to work in a meaningful manner with CMS. Longer comment periods allow thorough and Overall thoughtful input and analysis of the impact of benefit comments all Timeframe for submitting comments structures on beneficiaries. Section AWe ask CMS not to use a combined ANOC/EEOC. The ANOC includes important information about changes in health Note on 2009 plan coverage. By itself it is often too dense for many MA, MA-PD, beneficiaries who fail to grasp that their current plan ...