Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment Period
An opportunity to ensure your Medicare Advantage plan meets your needs.
What is Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment Period?
Many people who are enrolled in Medicare are aware of the Annual Enrollment Period, which runs from Oct. 15 to Dec. 7 each year, when they can switch plans. However, those enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan have an additional opportunity to make a one-time change during the Open Enrollment Period, which runs January through March.
For example, someone may have missed the Annual Enrollment Period and still wants to compare plans. Others may discover that their new Medicare Advantage plan isn’t the right fit—maybe a preferred doctor or hospital isn’t in network, or a prescription isn’t on the plan’s formulary.
Whether your current Medicare Advantage plan no longer fits your needs or budget, or you would like to change how you access your Medicare benefits, OEP is your chance to make a change.
Who is eligible for the Open Enrollment Period?
To be eligible to make a change during the Open Enrollment Period, you must already be enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan.
What changes can I make during the Open Enrollment Period?
- Switch from one Medicare Advantage plan to another Medicare Advantage plan, with or without drug coverage
- Drop your current Medicare Advantage plan and return to Original Medicare (Part A and B only). In this case, you will also be able to join a separate Medicare drug plan
- You cannot change from one Part D prescription drug plan to another one during OEP
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