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12 HPMS Home > Plan Bids > Bid Submission > CY 2026 > Review Plan Data > Review Plan Data After reviewing the plan-specific information in HPMS, some bids may need to be resubmitted to adjust the MA rebate dollars in the Bid Pricing Tool (BPT). Local MA-only plans (which do not offer Part D) and PDPs (which cannot use MA rebates) cannot resubmit their bids during the rebate reallocation period. In instances when an MA-PD allocates all of its MA rebates to buy down the Part D basic premium and the plan’s intended target for its Part D basic premium is the low-income premium subsidy amount, the MA-PD may volunteer to use the de minimis premium policy. Guidance on rebate reallocation and premium rounding can be found in Appendix E of the Instructions for Completing the MA BPT for Contract Year 2026. Changes to the BPT must be in accordance with the guidance contained in Appendix E. If resubmitting, the Part D bid pricing tools must reflect the final benchmarks released earlier in this announcement. Except in specific circumstances described in Appendix E for plans with negative total Part D premium, no pricing changes will be accepted to the Part D bid forms. As a reminder, CMS expects MA organizations to submit CY 2026 plan bids that satisfy our requirements, including, but not limited to, service category cost sharing, per member per month actuarial equivalence, Total Beneficiary Cost (TBC), and, for Part D benefit packages in MA- PDs, meaningful difference. CMS will not approve plan bids that do not satisfy our requirements. A “final” actuarial certification must be submitted by all plans. A separate announcement will be released regarding the submission of final actuarial certifications. If you have questions about this information, please submit them to actuarial-bids@cms.hhs.gov. If you have technical questions about your resubmissions, please contact the HPMS Help Desk at 1-800-220-2028 or hpms@cms.hhs.gov.

Volunteering to Waive the De Minimis Amount - Action by 11:59 PM PDT on Tuesday, August 12, 2025 Part D sponsors of eligible plans must actively inform CMS of their intent to participate in the de minimis program. Sponsors can inform CMS of their intent to participate starting Friday, August 8, 2025, until 11:59 PM PDT on Tuesday, August 12, 2025. The mechanism to volunteer for de minimis can be found at the following path in HPMS: HPMS Home > Plan Bids > Bid Submission > CY 2026 > Review Plan Data > Voluntary De Minimis The ‘Voluntary de minimis’ link will be available at the left navigation bar. The default value will be unchecked (i.e., “No”), and eligible plans must select the checkbox to indicate that they want to volunteer to participate. Please send any questions about de minimis to PartDPaymentPolicy@cms.hhs.gov.