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News & Analysis as of May 18, 2013

What Employers Need to Know about Health Care Reform

Health Reform + Related Health Policy News - May 2013

by Jane Arnold, Colleen M. Faddick, Sara Iams, Matthew Murer, Alan K. Parver, Tennille Syrstad | Polsinelli on 5/13/2013

In This Issue: - Top News ..HHS Releases Hospital Pricing Data in Transparency Effort; Results Show Significant Variation ..States Divided on Medicaid Expansion ..CMS Issues FY 2014 Proposed Rules for...more

Affordable Care Act: Navigators Get Clarified and Standardized in CMS's Latest Proposed Rule

by Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &... on 5/1/2013

On Friday, April 5, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule (45 CFR Part 155) that clarifies and implements standards for providers of consumer-related assistance under the...more

Health Care Reform Implementation Update - April 26, 2013

by Mark Alderman | Cozen O'Connor on 4/26/2013

Marilyn Tavenner received bipartisan support from members of the Senate Committee on Finance in her confirmation hearing to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) though a full Senate vote is being held up,...more

Health Care Reform Update -- April 2, 2013

by Joseph P. Hammang, Alexander Hecht, Kevin M. Kappel, Tom Koutsoumpas, Jeremy Rabinovitz, Robert C. Skinner | Mintz Levin - Health Law on 4/3/2013

In This Issue: Implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA); Other HHS and Federal Regulatory Initiatives; Other Congressional and State Initiatives; Other Health Care News; and Hearings and Mark-Ups...more

HEALTH REFORM: Federally Facilitated Exchanges Are Almost Ready

by Linda Tiano | Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. on 4/1/2013

On March 1, 2013, the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (“CCIIO”) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released lengthy and detailed draft guidance regarding the federally facilitated...more

Health Care Reform Update -- March 4, 2013

by Gary Bacher, Joseph P. Hammang, Alexander Hecht, Kevin M. Kappel, Tom Koutsoumpas, Jeremy Rabinovitz, Robert C. Skinner | Mintz Levin - Health Law on 3/5/2013

In This Issue: Implementation of the Affordable Care Act; Other HHS and Federal Regulatory Initiatives; Other Congressional and State Initiatives; Other Health Care News; and Hearings and Mark-Ups...more

President Obama Issues Sequestration Order, CMS Has Yet to Publish Implementation Instructions

by King & Spalding on 3/5/2013

On March 1, 2013, President Obama issued a sequestration order directing the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to administer across-the-board cuts to federal spending. Concurrently, OMB issued a report to Congress...more

Health Care Reform Implementation Update - February 19, 2013

by Mark Alderman | Cozen O'Connor on 2/19/2013

Last week another marketplace deadline came and went, Illinois became the 21st state approved to operate a health insurance marketplace, and U.S. senators pressed the HHS official responsible for the bulk of exchange...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

Health Reform + Related Health Policy News Update - February 6, 2013

by Colleen M. Faddick, Bruce A. Johnson, Matthew Murer, Alan K. Parver | Polsinelli on 2/7/2013

In This Issue: - Top News ..CMS Announces Round 2 Competitive Bidding Single Payment Amounts ..CBO Lowers SGR Repeal Cost by $100 Billion ..Republicans Press HRSA on 340B Audits ..HHS Proposes...more

CMS and IRS Publish Proposed Rules on Exemption to Individual Mandate Financial Penalty

by King & Spalding on 2/7/2013

CMS and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued two proposed rules on January 30, 2013 setting forth the exemptions an individual may satisfy to avoid financial penalties associated with the Patient Protection and...more

Health Care Reform Implementation Update - January 23, 2013

by Mark Alderman | Cozen O'Connor on 1/23/2013

In the past week, the health insurance exchanges were rebranded as “health insurance marketplaces;” HHS extended the deadline for states to opt into administering their own marketplaces and announced $1.5 billion in new...more

Health Care Reform Implementation Update - December 27, 2012

by Mark Alderman | Cozen O'Connor on 12/27/2012

The extended deadline for states to submit plans to run their own insurance exchanges is now behind us. A total of 18 states submitted blueprints to run their own exchanges. The 32 remaining states have until February 15,...more

Birmingham Medical News: 2012 Health Care Year In Preview

by Howard E. Bogard | Burr & Forman on 12/6/2012

The health care events of 2012 can be properly divided into "Before" and "After": Before the Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act and President Obama's re-election and After. Before these two events, the viability...more

CMS and OPM Issue Proposed Rules Governing Insurance Exchanges and Multi-State Plans

by King & Spalding on 12/4/2012

On Friday, CMS issued a proposed rule offering further details on the operations of the health insurance exchanges established under the health reform law (Exchanges) including the parameters related to the risk adjustment,...more

Health Reform + Related Health Policy News - November 28, 2012

by Colleen M. Faddick, Bruce A. Johnson, Matthew Murer, Alan K. Parver | Polsinelli on 12/3/2012

In This Issue: - CMS Releases FY 2012 Financial Report; Misses Target forReductions in Improper Payments - CMS Releases Guidance on Medicaid/CHIP Issues - HHS Secretary Extends Deadline for Decision on...more

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