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CMS Releases Proposed 2014 Star Ratings Methodology

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 12.12.12

November 30, CMS released its proposed methodology for 2014 Star Ratings for Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Plans, also referred to as Plan Ratings. It also includes some potential changes for the 2015 Star Ratings and beyond to give plans advance notice. Comments are due January 3, 2014.


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Client Alert | 3 min read | 07.10.26

Federal Circuit Clarifies Application of Blue & Gold: Proposal Submission Deadline, Not Award, is the Operative Time for Filing

In Utech, Inc. v. United States, No. 24-1586 (Fed. Cir. June 24, 2026), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit clarified that in most cases, a pre-award protest must be filed before the proposal submission deadline to avoid the Blue & Gold waiver rule.  This decision, while nonprecedential, is in line with U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) precedent, which has long held that pre-award protests must be filed before the proposal submission deadline....