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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPAC), also known as Obamacare, is a United States federal statute passed in March of 2010. The Act creates a nationwide insurance system and provides federal... more +

Latest Challenge to Affordable Care Act Arises in Idaho

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 2/16/2018

The decision of Blue Cross of Idaho to offer health insurance plans that appear to violate federal law begins the latest chapter in the continuing saga of the Affordable Care Act’s increasingly tenuous existence. Blue Cross...more

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - May 2017 #5

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 6/1/2017

CBO says the House repeal and replace bill could destabilize the individual insurance market in some states; Indiana posts a work requirement amendment to its Medicaid expansion waiver application; and states allow insurers...more

For Health Insurers, Court Decisions Continue to Complicate Risk Corridors Program Payments

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 5/4/2017

For health insurers concerned about when they may receive government payments through the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) risk corridor program, court decisions have provided little clarity. An April 18 decision by Judge Griggsby...more

Health Care Newsmakers J. Bradley Wilson & Michael M. Dudley

Williams Mullen on 4/6/2017

We are fortunate to have two industry leaders, J. Bradley Wilson, President and CEO, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, and Michael M. Dudley, President and CEO of Optima Health and Senior Vice President of Sentara...more

News from the Vermont State House - An analysis from DRM's Government & Public Affairs Team - February 2017 #3

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC on 2/28/2017

Act 188 Plans On Hold as New Chemical Bill is Introduced - Nearly three years after the legislature passed a law to regulate children’s products containing chemicals of high concern, a web site intended to inform the...more

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - August 2016

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 8/3/2016

Oregon’s hospitals see improved financial performance following the ACA; CMS denies Indiana’s request for an additional lockout period in the Medicaid expansion program; and a new Manatt Health report details Medicaid funding...more

Maryland Co-Op Claims Risk Adjustment Formula Discriminates Against Smaller Insurers

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 6/24/2016

Maryland’s Evergreen Health Cooperative has filed for an injunction against the federal government to halt payment by the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (co-op) of the $22 million it owes to CareFirst BlueCross...more

Issue 96: Happy Holidays - Cadillac Tax is Delayed!

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/23/2015

This is the ninety-sixth issue in our health care reform series of alerts for employers on selected topics in health care reform. This series of Health Care Reform Management Alerts is designed to provide a more in-depth...more

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - October 2015 #2

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 10/14/2015

Iowa's largest insurer joins the State's Marketplace for coverage year 2017; carrier changes are announced for Marketplaces in Kentucky, Oklahoma and Wyoming; and South Dakota's Governor convenes the Health Care Solutions...more

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - September 2015 #5

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 9/30/2015

New study shows Marketplace premiums parallel the employer market; Montana likely to select a private insurer to administer benefits to its Medicaid expansion population; and Washington’s Exchange customers will begin paying...more

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - September 2015

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 9/4/2015

CMS permits states to use income information from other means-tested benefit programs for Medicaid eligibility determinations; Alaska’s Medicaid expansion is given the green light to launch today; and Washington State submits...more

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