UPDATE: On October 5, 2021, the sanctions imposed on Imperial Insurance Companies' Medicare Advantage plans in Arizona were lifted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Imperial can once again market and enroll Medicare beneficiaries into their Medicare Advantage plans (H2793).
Read the CMS release notice:
https://www.cms.gov/files/document/imperialazsanctionrelease10072021.pdf
On June 17, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) gave notice to Imperial Insurance Companies, Inc. ("Imperial") that CMS has made a determination to immediately impose an intermediate sanction on the following Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug Plan (MA-PD) Contract: H2793. The intermediate sanction will consist of the suspension of enrollment of Medicare beneficiaries into Imperial’s contract. These intermediate sanctions will go into effect at 11:59 p.m. EDT, June 17, 2021.
From the CMS notification letter:
On May 27, 2021, the Arizona Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions (AZ DIFI) and Imperial entered into a consent order requiring Imperial to "immediately cease from enrolling any new members into any of its Arizona HMO Medicare Advantage plans. Arizona took this action after determining that Imperial was operating without a proper certificate of authority.
Pursuant to 42 C.F.R. §§ 422.504(a)(1) and 423.505(b)(2), organizations that contract with CMS to offer MA-PD contracts must agree to accept new enrollments as provided in 42 C.F.R. Parts 422 and 423, Subpart B. Because Imperial is not permitted to accept new enrollments under its license with the state of Arizona, it is non-compliant with CMS' contract requirements.
The intermediate enrollment sanction will remain in effect through the duration of the contract year.
Read the CMS notice:
https://www.cms.gov/files/document/imperialazsanctionnotice06172021.pdf