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Take it freeBlueprint is pre-configured with Alabama’s 67 counties, CMS MA time-distance thresholds, and HSD specialty categories. Your adequacy score runs on day one.
Alabama at a Glance
67
Counties tracked
13
MA plans competing
October 1 – March 31
Filing window
The Alabama Adequacy Challenge
Alabama is a Birmingham and Huntsville metros with deep rural Black Belt counties state. MA plan sponsors operating here must satisfy CMS time-distance standards across all 67 counties — a task that demands accurate county classifications and pre-loaded specialty categories. Getting it wrong means adequacy gap notices and potential filing rejections.
Alabama's Black Belt counties (Greene, Perry, Sumter, Wilcox) have among the lowest physician-to-population ratios in the country — good-faith effort documentation is required for virtually every specialty category
Key Specialties to Monitor in AL
How Blueprint Handles It
No setup needed for the county map. Every Alabama county is pre-loaded with the correct urban, suburban, and rural classifications Blueprint uses for adequacy scoring.
Time-distance thresholds, urban/suburban/rural county classifications, and HSD specialty requirements are all loaded. No manual configuration required.
Blueprint automatically flags counties that need waiver or good-faith effort documentation — so your team knows where to focus before the filing window closes.
Quick Reference
| County classification | Birmingham and Huntsville metros with deep rural Black Belt counties |
| Top specialty gaps | Primary Care, Cardiology, OB/GYN, Behavioral Health |
| Rural strategy | Alabama's Black Belt counties (Greene, Perry, Sumter, Wilcox) have among the lowest physician-to-population ratios in the country — good-faith effort documentation is required for virtually every specialty category |
| Filing window | October 1 – March 31 |
Customer Story
“Teams building MA networks in Alabamause Blueprint to catch adequacy gaps at Week 4 — not Week 14.”
Ready to build in Alabama?
All 67 Alabama counties, CMS MA rules, and rural gap detection are pre-loaded. Schedule a demo and your adequacy score runs before the call ends.