CMS Bid Boot Camp | A RISE Health Conference

The CMS Bid Boot Camp

Critical Steps and Strategies to Optimize Your CMS Bid

Product managers, actuaries, and other CMS bid stakeholders come together each year for an interactive exploration of timelines, critical steps, and strategies to optimize their CMS bid at the CMS Bid Boot Camp. Over 200 health care organizations have benefited from the vast knowledge that is shared at this boot camp.

Hear from industry experts as they discuss significant pharmacy benefit reforms that impact revenue, the new risk score model (V28), the evolving CMS Star Ratings program, and CMS updates to the Health Plan Management System (HPMS) and Plan Benefit Package (PBP) tools for bid submissions.

As the only conference in the market dedicated to covering the entire bid process from start to finish, you will leave with confidence in creating, updating, and executing your own CMS bid roadmap to set your organization up for plan growth year after year. 

Stay tuned for details on next year's event.

This conference is designed to bring together product managers and other CMS bid stakeholders, especially those involved in:

Revenue Management and Analysis
Actuarial Work and Risk Adjustment
Product Design and Development
Government Programs Compliance
Operations
Special Needs Plans
Medicare Part D
Formulary Design
Pharmacy Benefits
Quality and Star Ratings
Sales and Marketing
Network Development
Care Management

Attendees from our last event were able to:

Get step-by-step guidance on how to build a bid that not only passes muster with CMS but also helps your plan stand out from the competition
Hear about the future of the CMS VBID model and new reporting requirements
Learn how to navigate massive pharmacy benefit reforms from the Inflation Reduction Act
Discover innovative supplemental benefits that will meet your members’ needs and address social determinants of health
Take away strategies for member retention and growth when budgets are tight
Implement project management strategies that will optimize your bid
Gain insight into how the new V28 risk score model will impact the bid
Leverage the bid to improve Star ratings while meeting new requirements
Explore SNPs and determine whether they are right for your market

“I really enjoyed the conference. I am overseeing the entire Medicare Advantage product at our plan, so all topics were relevant and helpful as I am learning about Medicare Advantage. Would recommend to anyone learning or in the early stages of Medicare Advantage.”

Director - Medicare Advantage, Blue Cross Blue Shield Kansas

“Very good mix of technical and business topics specific to Medicare Advantage and Part D. Great progression of presentation topics and excellent selection of speakers. They were very knowledgeable and experts in the field.”

Actuary, Florida Blue

“ Very informative and learned a lot that will positively impact our bid preparation.”

Senior Project Manager, Johns Hopkins

“ As a career professional in the Medicare Advantage product space, I find the conference valuable to any team member gaining knowledge in the Medicare Advantage industry.”

Senior Director Medicare Products, Elderplan

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“I really enjoyed the conference. I am overseeing the entire Medicare Advantage product at our plan, so all topics were relevant and helpful as I am learning about Medicare Advantage. Would recommend to anyone learning or in the early stages of Medicare Advantage.”

“Very good mix of technical and business topics specific to Medicare Advantage and Part D. Great progression of presentation topics and excellent selection of speakers. They were very knowledgeable and experts in the field.”

“ Very informative and learned a lot that will positively impact our bid preparation.”

“ As a career professional in the Medicare Advantage product space, I find the conference valuable to any team member gaining knowledge in the Medicare Advantage industry.”