When mailing invitations to new Medicare beneficiaries for a marketing event, what is true about RSVPs?

• A. You may request RSVPs, but you are not permitted to require contact information.
• B. You must require contact information for RSVP.
• C. You may not request RSVPs.
• D. RSVPs are mandatory for all attendees.

Answer: (A)

The key idea here is how outreach to new Medicare beneficiaries can handle event RSVPs while respecting privacy rules. You’re allowed to ask people to RSVP so you can plan for attendance, seating, materials, and refreshments. But you cannot make providing contact information a requirement for that RSVP. In other words, you can request an RSVP, but you must not compel the beneficiary to share contact details as part of the RSVP process. This aligns with privacy and marketing guidelines that limit the collection of personal information in outreach to new beneficiaries.

So the option that describes you may request RSVPs without requiring contact information best fits these rules. Making contact information mandatory, or declaring RSVPs mandatory for all attendees, or prohibiting RSVPs altogether would cross those guidelines.