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Medicare.gov Online Enrollment Center (OEC) § 40.1.3 11 hours prior to the UTC generated date and time

Electronic enrollment process § 40.1.2 The date the enrollee completes the request via the plan’s electronic enrollment process

Approved Telephonic Enrollment § 40.1.4 The date of the call

Default Enrollment Option for Newly MA Eligible Medicaid Managed Care Plan Enrollees § 40.1.5 First day of individual’s Initial Coverage Election Period (ICEP) Effective date must always be the date of the individual’s first entitlement to both Medicare Part A and Part B Other Special Processes for Application Dates Application Date Special Notes All enrollment requests into employer or union sponsored plans using the SEP EGHP, regardless of mechanism used First day of the month prior to the effective date of enrollment This applies to all mechanisms including §§ 40.1.10 and 40.1.10.1 Auto- and Facilitated Enrollment § 40.1.8 The first of the month prior to the effective date of the auto/facilitated enrollment. For Part D plans, the application date is set by CMS. For cost plans conducting auto- and facilitated enrollment per § 50.1.1 of Chapter 17-D, set the application date to the first of the month prior to the effective date of the auto/facilitated enrollment. SPAP enrollment requests as permitted in § 40.1.11 made during the AEP October 15 The effective date of enrollment is the following January 1

All enrollment requests must be processed in chronological order by date of receipt of the completed enrollment request. Plans are encouraged to submit transactions as early as possible to resolve data issues that arise from late submissions.

NOTE: The seven-day requirement to submit the transaction does not affect the effective date of the individual’s enrollment in the plan, i.e., regardless of transaction submission date, the effective date must be established according to the procedures outlined in §§ 30.7 and 30.8.