All healthcare practitioners/providers or staff who render healthcare services to Medicare Advantage enrollees or who administer the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug benefit, must complete Fraud, Waste and Abuse (FWA) Training by December 31, 2010 and annually there after.

The training must be documented by the healthcare providers and captured by The Health Plan as well as other health plans with Medicare Advantage plans.

The training is to be completed once per year by December 31. The training will be accepted if taken on the CMS MedLearn website, or FWS training provided through your organization. If you or your staff have completed Fraud, Waste and Abuse Training through another healthcare provider or entity, this will suffice. All healthcare practitioners/providers and employees that have taken the training need to attest to the completion of the training by completing The Health Plan Attestation Form.

Once you and your staff have completed your training, complete the 2010 Health Plan - Fraud, Waste and Abuse Training Attestation Form. Please understand, CMS, The Health Plan and/or other health plans may require addition information to substantiate the completion of the training.

• Access the CMS online training module for Fraud, Waste and Abuse Training (please select web-based training module from list)
• The Health Plan 2010 Attestation Form

We have also included a Slide Presentation on FWA, a testing tool and answer key if you choose to measure the training by you and your staff. This is NOT a requirement and does not need to be returned to The Health Plan. please see the below attachments to access this important and helpful information.