Agent skill

Ma Bid Cycle

by hh-health-AI in hh-health-AI/healthcare-equity

This skill should be used when the user asks about the "MA rate notice", "Medicare Advantage bid cycle", "Star Ratings impact", "V28 phase-in", "benchmark growth for [year]", or how the annual MA…

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Install Ma Bid Cycle

skills CLI

$ npx skills add hh-health-AI/healthcare-equity --skill ma-bid-cycle -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install hh-health-AI/healthcare-equity ma-bid-cycle --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/hh-health-AI/healthcare-equity.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/modules/cms-reimbursement/skills/ma-bid-cycle .claude/skills/ma-bid-cycle && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "ma-bid-cycle" agent skill from https://github.com/hh-health-AI/healthcare-equity/tree/main/modules/cms-reimbursement/skills/ma-bid-cycle into .claude/skills/ma-bid-cycle/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ma-bid-cycle", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/hh-health-AI/healthcare-equity/tree/main/modules/cms-reimbursement/skills/ma-bid-cycle

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add hh-health-AI/healthcare-equity --skill ma-bid-cycle -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install hh-health-AI/healthcare-equity ma-bid-cycle --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/hh-health-AI/healthcare-equity.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/modules/cms-reimbursement/skills/ma-bid-cycle .agents/skills/ma-bid-cycle && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "ma-bid-cycle" agent skill from https://github.com/hh-health-AI/healthcare-equity/tree/main/modules/cms-reimbursement/skills/ma-bid-cycle into .agents/skills/ma-bid-cycle/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ma-bid-cycle", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add hh-health-AI/healthcare-equity --skill ma-bid-cycle -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install hh-health-AI/healthcare-equity ma-bid-cycle --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/hh-health-AI/healthcare-equity.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/modules/cms-reimbursement/skills/ma-bid-cycle .cursor/skills/ma-bid-cycle && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "ma-bid-cycle" agent skill from https://github.com/hh-health-AI/healthcare-equity/tree/main/modules/cms-reimbursement/skills/ma-bid-cycle into .cursor/skills/ma-bid-cycle/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ma-bid-cycle", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/hh-health-AI/healthcare-equity.git --path modules/cms-reimbursement/skills/ma-bid-cycle

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add hh-health-AI/healthcare-equity --skill ma-bid-cycle -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install hh-health-AI/healthcare-equity ma-bid-cycle --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/hh-health-AI/healthcare-equity.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/modules/cms-reimbursement/skills/ma-bid-cycle .gemini/skills/ma-bid-cycle && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "ma-bid-cycle" agent skill from https://github.com/hh-health-AI/healthcare-equity/tree/main/modules/cms-reimbursement/skills/ma-bid-cycle into .gemini/skills/ma-bid-cycle/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ma-bid-cycle", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install hh-health-AI/healthcare-equity ma-bid-cycle

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add hh-health-AI/healthcare-equity --skill ma-bid-cycle -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/hh-health-AI/healthcare-equity.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/modules/cms-reimbursement/skills/ma-bid-cycle .github/skills/ma-bid-cycle && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "ma-bid-cycle" agent skill from https://github.com/hh-health-AI/healthcare-equity/tree/main/modules/cms-reimbursement/skills/ma-bid-cycle into .github/skills/ma-bid-cycle/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ma-bid-cycle", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add hh-health-AI/healthcare-equity --skill ma-bid-cycle -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install hh-health-AI/healthcare-equity ma-bid-cycle --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/hh-health-AI/healthcare-equity.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/modules/cms-reimbursement/skills/ma-bid-cycle .opencode/skills/ma-bid-cycle && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "ma-bid-cycle" agent skill from https://github.com/hh-health-AI/healthcare-equity/tree/main/modules/cms-reimbursement/skills/ma-bid-cycle into .opencode/skills/ma-bid-cycle/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ma-bid-cycle", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: ma-bid-cycle
GitHub stars: 101
Token cost: ~490 tokens
SKILL.md length: 213 words
Files: 2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo: 72
Repo updated: Oct 8, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

This skill should be used when the user asks about the "MA rate notice", "Medicare Advantage bid cycle", "Star Ratings impact", "V28 phase-in", "benchmark growth for [year]", or how the annual MA…

Works in 6 steps: Anchor on the cycle stage (see the… → Run the SUB-SVC-02 prompt in… → Decompose the rate components… → …
Asks about the MA rate notice
Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
Medicare Advantage bid cycle

What it does

Ma Bid Cycle is an agent skill from hh-health-AI/healthcare-equity. This skill should be used when the user asks about the "MA rate notice", "Medicare Advantage bid cycle", "Star Ratings impact", "V28 phase-in", "benchmark growth for [year]", or how the annual MA cycle affects payor names like UNH, HUM, ELV, CVS.

Its SKILL.md is about 490 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/prompts.md`).

The repository describes itself as: Synthesis engine for buy-side healthcare equity research. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

Asks about the MA rate notice
Medicare Advantage bid cycle
Star Ratings impact
Benchmark growth for [year]

Example prompts

“MA rate notice”
“Medicare Advantage bid cycle”
“Star Ratings impact”
“/ma-bid-cycle”

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

Anchor on the cycle stage (see the calendar in the ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/CLAUDE.md): Advance Notice (Jan/Feb) → comments → Final Rate…
Run the SUB-SVC-02 prompt in ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/ma-bid-cycle/references/prompts.md: rate-notice components → industry…
Decompose the rate components explicitly: effective growth rate, risk-model revision phase-in (V28), Star Ratings/quality-bonus changes…
Connect Stars to the two-year-forward bonus revenue and rebate capacity; note contract-level concentration (a single large contract…
Distinguish rate evidence from utilization evidence: the rate cycle sets revenue; the MLR bridge (in healthcare-equity earnings) sets…
End with the EVIDENCE BRIEF block; feed dated milestones to the catalyst calendar and model deltas to healthcare-equity.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 6c7bda8. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Ma Bid Cycle loads about 490 tokens when it runs, and up to ~727 if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 65 tokens; SKILL.md has 213 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~65
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~490
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them: ~727

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from hh-health-AI/healthcare-equity at commit 6c7bda8, republished under its MIT licence (© hh-health-AI). 213 words, ~490 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/ma-bid-cycle/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.

name: ma-bid-cycle
description: This skill should be used when the user asks about the "MA rate notice", "Medicare Advantage bid cycle", "Star Ratings impact", "V28 phase-in", "benchmark growth for [year]", or how the annual MA cycle affects payor names like UNH, HUM, ELV, CVS.
metadata.version: 0.1.0

Medicare Advantage Bid Cycle

Track the annual MA rate/bid cycle through each milestone and translate it into payor-name implications.

Workflow

Anchor on the cycle stage (see the calendar in the ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/CLAUDE.md): Advance Notice (Jan/Feb) → comments → Final Rate Notice (early Apr) → June bids → October Stars release → AEP (Oct–Dec) → January membership. State which stage the analysis sits in and what is still unknown.
Run the SUB-SVC-02 prompt in ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/ma-bid-cycle/references/prompts.md: rate-notice components → industry benefit-design response → bid aggressiveness by issuer → preliminary AEP indicators → final AEP results → next-year implications by name.
Decompose the rate components explicitly: effective growth rate, risk-model revision phase-in (V28), Star Ratings/quality-bonus changes, normalization factor — and map each to issuer-level revenue PMPM. Pull the notice itself from cms.gov; use KFF and issuer commentary for triangulation.
Connect Stars to the two-year-forward bonus revenue and rebate capacity; note contract-level concentration (a single large contract slipping below 4 stars is a name-specific event).
Distinguish rate evidence from utilization evidence: the rate cycle sets revenue; the MLR bridge (in healthcare-equity earnings) sets cost. Do not let a favorable rate notice masquerade as margin recovery — per the managed-care scenario row, the discriminator is reserve-normalized current-year MCR.
End with the EVIDENCE BRIEF block; feed dated milestones to the catalyst calendar and model deltas to healthcare-equity.

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in modules/cms-reimbursement/skills/ma-bid-cycle of hh-health-AI/healthcare-equity.

SKILL.md
references/prompts.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6c7bda8

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Questions about Ma Bid Cycle

What does Ma Bid Cycle do?

This skill should be used when the user asks about the "MA rate notice", "Medicare Advantage bid cycle", "Star Ratings impact", "V28 phase-in", "benchmark growth for [year]", or how the annual MA…. Ma Bid Cycle is an agent skill from hh-health-AI/healthcare-equity. This skill should be used when the user asks about the "MA rate notice", "Medicare Advantage bid cycle", "Star Ratings impact", "V28 phase-in", "benchmark growth for [year]", or how the annual MA cycle affects payor names like UNH, HUM, ELV, CVS.

When should I use Ma Bid Cycle?

Ma Bid Cycle fits situations like: asks about the MA rate notice; medicare Advantage bid cycle; star Ratings impact; benchmark growth for [year].

How do I install Ma Bid Cycle in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add hh-health-AI/healthcare-equity --skill ma-bid-cycle -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (modules/cms-reimbursement/skills/ma-bid-cycle in hh-health-AI/healthcare-equity) into .claude/skills/ma-bid-cycle in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Ma Bid Cycle in Codex?

Run `npx skills add hh-health-AI/healthcare-equity --skill ma-bid-cycle -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (modules/cms-reimbursement/skills/ma-bid-cycle in hh-health-AI/healthcare-equity) into .agents/skills/ma-bid-cycle in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Ma Bid Cycle in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add hh-health-AI/healthcare-equity --skill ma-bid-cycle -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/ma-bid-cycle, .gemini/skills/ma-bid-cycle, .github/skills/ma-bid-cycle and .opencode/skills/ma-bid-cycle in your project.

What does Ma Bid Cycle need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Ma Bid Cycle is instructions for the agent only.

Does Ma Bid Cycle access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Ma Bid Cycle safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Ma Bid Cycle use?

Ma Bid Cycle is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Ma Bid Cycle use?

About 490 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 237 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Ma Bid Cycle?

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Who maintains Ma Bid Cycle?

hh-health-AI (a GitHub user) maintains it in hh-health-AI/healthcare-equity, which has 101 GitHub stars. The repository holds 72 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

Source: hh-health-AI/healthcare-equity on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install Ma Bid Cycle

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Medicare Advantage Bid Cycle

Workflow

Files

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Questions about Ma Bid Cycle