EFFECTIVE DATE FOR APPLICATION OF MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MEDICAL. POLICIES TO FACILITY BUSINESS. This bulletin (MAPROV-2-12-003-C) notifies facility providers of the effective date for application of Medicare. Advantage medical policies to services rendered to a Highmark Medicare Advantage member by a facility or.
Dwarf planets as 'plutoids'. Pluto, Eris, Haumea and Makemake are all known as  plutoids , unlike the asteroidal dwarf planetoid Ceres. A plutoid is a dwarf planet with an orbit outside that of Neptune.Plutoids are sometimes also referred to as  ice dwarfs  due to their diminutive size and cold surface temperatures.ris. When it was first discovered, Eris was thought to be the largest of the dwarf planets, with a mass 27 percent larger than that of Pluto and a diameter of approximately 1,400 to 1,500 miles (2,300 to 2,400 km).
Pluto and its dwarf planet brethren have a new friend. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) announced the name of a new dwarf planet to join the existing four in the solar system. The object previously known as 2003 EL61 is now named Haumea, after the goddess of childbirth and fertility in Hawaiian mythology.aumea joins Ceres, Pluto, Eris and Makemake as the fifth dwarf planet in our solar system. Pluto was re-classified from planet to dwarf planet in 2006, following the discovery of Eris. The new dwarf planet has the same diameter as Pluto, but is much thinner, and contains about 32 percent of Pluto's mass.