Essential Health Benefits, Health Insurance Exchanges

ACA Affordable Insurance Exchanges and Qualified Health Plans

by Robert Hill, Debra McCurdy, Joseph Metro, Elizabeth Doyle O'Brien | Reed Smith on 3/15/2013

In This Issue: Exchanges and Types of Plans To Be Offered Through Exchanges; Essential Health Benefits; Premiums; Cost Sharing Reductions; and Other Issues. Excerpt from Exchanges and Types of Plans To Be...more

Monthly Benefits Update - February 2013

by Andrew Malahowski | Franczek Radelet P.C. on 3/1/2013

The Department of Health and Human Services issued final regulations on the Affordable Care Act’s standards for essential health benefits, actuarial value, and accreditation. While these regulations primarily affect...more

Proposed And Final Rules Released Regarding The ACA's Individual Mandate

by Terry Brooks, Fred Entin, Ryan McAteer, Aaron Perry | Polsinelli on 2/28/2013

In This Issue: - Minimum Essential Coverage ..HHS Proposed Rule - Shared Responsibility Payments and Exemptions ..HHS Proposed Rule ..IRS Proposed Rule ..IRS Final Rule - Essential Health Benefits ...more

Health Care Reform Implementation Update - February 27, 2013

by Mark Alderman | Cozen O'Connor on 2/27/2013

As Washington and the rest of the country brace for cuts from the sequester to kick in on March 1, Florida Gov. Rick Scott surprised many and confirmed others' predictions by announcing his state will expand its Medical...more

HHS Publishes Final Rule Regarding Essential Health Benefits and Actuarial Values Applicable to Certain Individual, Small Group...

by King & Spalding on 2/26/2013

Beginning in 2014, all non-grandfathered health insurance coverage in the individual and small group markets, Medicaid benchmark and benchmark-equivalent plans, and Basic Health Programs (if applicable) must cover essential...more

Health Care Reform Implementation Update - February 13, 2013

by Mark Alderman | Cozen O'Connor on 2/13/2013

In the past week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released an updated federal budget to account for new regulations from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS),...more

Implementing the Affordable Care Act: Countdown to 2014 - Affordable Care Act

by Cozen O'Connor on 1/25/2013

The countdown to the 2014 implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has begun. Each week, administrative decisions, guidance, rules and regulations are coming from the federal and state governments to make ACA a...more

HHS Issues Comprehensive “Essential Health Benefits” Proposed Regulations

by Gary Bacher, Alden J. Bianchi | Mintz Levin - Employment, Labor & Benefits on 12/15/2012

Commencing in 2014, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Act) requires that health insurance coverage provided in the individual and small group markets, including coverage offered through American Health Benefit...more

HHS Releases First Round of Post-Election PPACA Guidance

by Stacy H. Barrow, James R. Napoli, Lata P. Nott | Proskauer Rose LLP on 12/10/2012

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the first guidance issued on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) since the 2012 presidential election....more

What Every Employer Should Know About the Affordable Care Act (ACA)

by Thomas Barker, Robert A. Fisher | Foley Hoag LLP on 11/13/2012

After months of uncertainty, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the federal healthcare reform law known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA). What does this landmark law mean for employers now and in the near and distant future?...more

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