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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Clean Up on Aisle 12! The Obamacare Pop-Up Store is Open but Stocks are Limited

The fifth Open Enrollment period under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) started on November 1st, and will continue for a scant 45 days ending on December 15, 2017. This year, not only has the Open Enrollment been cut in half,...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

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

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

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - May 2017 #3

Governors pen bipartisan letter to Congress urging five-year extension of funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP); new analyses find Medicaid funding cuts under the AHCA would disproportionately affect...more

Winstead PC

Changes to Stabilize HealthCare.gov Have Implications for Employer Sponsored Health Plans

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We learn early on that for any action there is a reaction. On Friday, the Department of Health and Human Services released “Market Stabilization” final regulations that will impact group health plans as they plan for 2018....more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - October 2016 #2

Kentucky receives final approval from CMS to transition its Marketplace to the HealthCare.gov platform; Ohio puts a prescription drug price ceiling on its November 2017 ballot; and a new study links Medicaid expansion to...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - October 2016

Vermont moves closer to launching the country’s first all-payer ACO; CMS approves Arizona’s 1115 waiver extension but rejects the State’s proposed work requirement and premiums for those earning below the FPL; and CMS issues...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - August 2016 #5

A federal report finds that Marketplace premiums are lower in expansion states; Massachusetts and Pennsylvania launch prescription drug monitoring systems; and Kentucky submits a slightly modified Medicaid expansion waiver to...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - August 2016 #4

HealthCare.gov plans an open enrollment pilot that will let consumers compare provider network breadth; new Medicaid enrollees reduce out-of-pocket spending on prescription drugs by nearly 60%; and Kansas’s Governor announces...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Liberating Data to Enable Healthcare Market Transparency: A Guide for Regulators and Policy Makers

The federal and state Marketplaces established by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have made it easier for consumers to compare their health insurance options, but data are still not fully available for consumers to understand...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - January 2016 #2

Minnesota's Task Force recommends maintaining their State-based Marketplace while Oregon considers bringing back theirs; CMS narrows the criteria for special enrollment periods; and President Obama seeks an extension of full...more

Balch & Bingham LLP

HHS 2017 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters

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This is the annual hodge-podge of changes to the risk adjustment, reinsurance, and risk corridors programs, cost sharing parameters, cost-sharing reductions, and Healthcare.gov user fees, usually filling hundreds of Federal...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - December 2015

CMS concludes no QHPs can be certified as comparable to CHIP coverage; California's Marketplace plans to connect consumers to vision coverage issuers; and states react to CMS's proposed HealthCare.gov user fee....more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - November 2015

Montana receives approval to expand Medicaid beginning 2016; California’s $6.2 billion Medicaid waiver receives pre-approval; and HHS proposes broadening circumstances under which states receive enhanced federal matching...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - October 2015 #4

HHS announces average premium price increases of 7.5% across HealthCare.gov; Michigan and Illinois launch the country’s first joint cloud-based, real-time Medicaid information management system; and the Marketplace carrier...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

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

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, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - October 2015

Congress passes a bill to give states greater flexibility in defining “small businesses”; South Dakota seeks to offset Medicaid expansion costs in part with increased use of the fully federally-funded Indian Health Service;...more

Balch & Bingham LLP

Healthcare.gov: No 2015 Employer Subsidy Notices

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On September 18, 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a set of “Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the Federally-Facilitated Marketplace’s (FFM) 2016 Employer Notice Program.”...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

A First Step on a Long Road: CMS Begins Implementation of ACA Transparency Standards

On August 11, 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) posted for public comment notice of a new required data collection for health insurers. Its purpose is to begin the implementation of section 1311 of...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - August 2015

Increased plan choice on HealthCare.gov is linked to lower premium growth; Arizona seeks changes to Medicaid expansion; and California and New York release detailed Marketplace and Medicaid enrollment reports....more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - July 2015 #4

CMS offers a special enrollment period for HealthCare.gov enrollees whose incomes were miscalculated due to system error; California Marketplace announces two new insurers; and Connecticut’s budget reduces eligibility levels...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Health Update - July 2015

Lessons From the Frontlines: Strategies for Supporting Informed Consumer Decision-Making in the Health Insurance Marketplace - Editor's Note: As marketplaces prepare for the third open enrollment period, consumers are...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - July 2015 #3

In quick succession, governors in Alaska and Utah announce Medicaid expansions this week; Iowa is transitioning its expansion away from the Marketplace to Medicaid managed care, for now; and, HHS extends its exception to...more

Balch & Bingham LLP

Budgeting for Employer Mandate Tax Assessments

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For October 1 fiscal year employers, it’s budget season. Calendar year employers aren’t far behind. Those doubting their employer mandate compliance need to accrue reserves for non-deductible assessments that the IRS may...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - June 2015 #3

With the King v. Burwell ruling expected by the end of the month, Congressional Republicans continue to offer contingency plans in the event of a ruling for the plaintiffs; and the Mississippi Insurance Commissioner proposes...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - April 2015 #4

CMS releases new redetermination regulations and links uncompensated care funds to expanding Medicaid, and New York becomes the second state to launch the Basic Health Program. ...more

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