Annual Open Enrollment Periods

30.5 - Annual Open Enrollment Periods (Rev. 111, 05-03-13, Effective: 05-03-13, Implementation: 05-03-13) CMS has waived the requirement to comply with the Medicare annual coordinated election period described in 42 CFR 422.62(a)(2)(iii) for employer/union group health plan-sponsored enrollments in EGWPs or individual MA plans. Thus, employer/union group-sponsored enrollments in EGWPs or individual MA plans may have different annual open enrollment periods. However, such plans must accept valid requests for disenrollment at any time.