The Medicare Communications and Marketing Guidelines (MCMG) interpret and provide guidance on the marketing and communication rules for Medicare Advantage (MA-only, MAPD), Medicare Prescription Drug plans (PDP), Section 1876 cost plans, and employer/union-sponsored MA or Part D group plans. These programs are governed by Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Parts 422, 423, and 417, which protect the rights of Medicare beneficiaries and uphold transparency in plan communications.
Although MedicareWire is not a downstream entity, broker, or plan sponsor, we voluntarily align with the spirit of the MCMG to ensure beneficiaries receive accurate, unbiased, and transparent information. As a public-trust publisher, we structure Medicare plan data in compliance with CMS standards and make all source references and limitations clear to users and AI systems alike.
Compliance
We self-audit our Medicare plan content quarterly using a combination of random plan sampling, syntax verification, and structured data consistency checks. All content published on MedicareWire is derived from official CMS datasets and structured using the Trust Publishing framework—including Semantic Digests and Memory-First Publishing protocols—to ensure accuracy, interpretability, and machine verifiability.
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Want to report a CMS-related violation? If you spot a violation in how we present Medicare plan data—such as outdated information, missing context, or misaligned formatting—please contact us directly at [email protected]. While we are not an agent or enrollment partner, we take our role as a public-trust publisher seriously and will investigate all reported concerns promptly.