Religious Fraternal Society (RFB) Plans

30.1 – Religious Fraternal Society (RFB) Plans (Rev.124, Issued: 11-10-16; Effective: 11-10-16; Implementation: 11-10-16) RFB plans are MA plans that are offered by an RFB society; the RFB society must limit enrollment exclusively to members of the RFB society (42 CFR 422.57) and may be approved to offer any MA plan type (e.g., HMO, PPO, PFFS). An RFB society is an organization that is described in §501(c)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, is exempt from taxation under §501(a) of that code and is affiliated with, carries out the tenets of, and shares a religious bond with, a church or convention or association of churches or an affiliated group of churches. See section 1859(e)(3)(A) of the Act; 42 CFR 422.2.