Effective January 1, 2020, the Medicare Advantage Desenrollment Period (MADP) that currently takes place annually from January 1st through February 14th is being replaced with a Medicare Advantage Enrollment Period (OEP) that will take place from January 1st through March 31st annually.
The new Medicare Advantage OEP allows individuals enrolled in a Medicare Advantage (MA) plan, including newly MA-eligible individuals using the MA OEP to make a one-time election to go to another MA plan or Original Medicare. Individuals using MA OEP to make a change may make a coordinating change to add or drop Part D coverage.
Please note: This changes does not affect the Medicare Annual Election Period, which will continue to take annually from October 15th to December 7th.