Medicare program managers could make life a little easier in 2027 for employers that offer health savings accounts, health reimbursement arrangements or individual coverage health reimbursement arrangement plans.

Officials want to exempt the sponsors from having to tell health plan participants who are ages 65 or older whether they have solid prescription drug coverage.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the federal agency that oversees Medicare, put that provision in a new set of draft Medicare plan regulations for 2027 that was posted

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uesday. The provision would eliminate the need for employers to send “notice of creditable coverage” forms to the