MSA News - Medicare Will Start Using New Life Tables Beginning March 31, 2014

On January 29, 2014, CMS announced they will begin using the Center for Disease Control (CDC) 2009 Life Tables on March 31, 2014.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will begin referencing the CDC's Table 1: Life Table for the total population: United States, 2009, for WCMSA life expectancy calculations on March 31, 2014. For a link to the CDC's 2009 Life Tables, please click here.