# Medicare Advantage plan launches and exits

**Use case:** 

Detect new Medicare Advantage plans, discontinued plans and county service-area entries and exits between CMS monthly releases.

## Input

```json
{
  "outputMode": "signals",
  "signalScope": "plan",
  "signalTypes": [
    "NEW_PLAN",
    "PLAN_EXIT",
    "NEW_COUNTY",
    "COUNTY_EXIT"
  ],
  "currentPeriod": "2026-08",
  "previousPeriod": "2026-07",
  "organizations": [
    "Humana",
    "UnitedHealth Group"
  ],
  "contractIds": [
    "H0028",
    "H4513"
  ],
  "planIds": [
    "009"
  ],
  "states": [
    "TX",
    "FL"
  ],
  "counties": [
    "48201"
  ],
  "snpOnly": false,
  "planUniverse": "medicare-advantage",
  "minEnrollmentChangePercent": 10,
  "minEnrollmentChangeAbsolute": 25,
  "minMarketShareChangePp": 0.5,
  "deltaMode": "all",
  "stateStoreName": "ma-launch-exit-monitor",
  "skipWhenNoNewCmsPeriod": true,
  "initializeStateOnly": false,
  "emitRemovedRecords": true,
  "includeStarRatings": true,
  "includeSnpDetail": true,
  "includeEmployerGroupPlans": false,
  "includeSuppressedRows": false,
  "debug": false
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "signalScore": {
    "label": "Score",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "signalType": {
    "label": "Signal",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "headline": {
    "label": "What happened",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "parentOrganization": {
    "label": "Carrier",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "organizationName": {
    "label": "Organization",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "contractId": {
    "label": "Contract",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "planId": {
    "label": "Plan ID",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "planName": {
    "label": "Plan",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "planType": {
    "label": "Plan type",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "signalGrain": {
    "label": "Level",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "stateCode": {
    "label": "State",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "county": {
    "label": "County",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "countyFips": {
    "label": "County FIPS",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "currentEnrollment": {
    "label": "Enrollment",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "previousEnrollment": {
    "label": "Enrollment (prev)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "enrollmentChange": {
    "label": "Change",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "enrollmentChangePercent": {
    "label": "Change %",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "marketSharePercent": {
    "label": "Market share %",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "previousMarketSharePercent": {
    "label": "Market share % (prev)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "marketShareChangePp": {
    "label": "Share change (pp)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "countyRank": {
    "label": "County rank",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "previousCountyRank": {
    "label": "County rank (prev)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "starRating": {
    "label": "Star Rating",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "previousStarRating": {
    "label": "Star Rating (prev)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "starRatingChange": {
    "label": "Star change",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "dataPeriod": {
    "label": "CMS period",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "previousDataPeriod": {
    "label": "Compared with",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "monitoringChangeType": {
    "label": "Since last run",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "recordId": {
    "label": "Record ID",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

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