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The Massachusetts Marketplace takes steps to ease consumer confusion by reducing choice among QHPs; North Carolina appears poised to pass Medicaid reform legislation; and bipartisan support is gaining for defining businesses...more
The advent of federally subsidized private pay health insurance under the Affordable Care Act has the potential to expand the application of the federal anti-kickback statute beyond just Medicare, Medicaid, and Tricare. The...more
In a May 21, 2014, letter to the President of the American Hospital Association (AHA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius confirmed HHS’s position that private, not-for-profit...more
Congress held several hearings last week ranging from Sylvia Burwell’s nomination for Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), to Medicare payment oversight, to post-acute care in Medicare. The Centers...more
In This Issue: - Top News ..HHS Gives Mixed Messages Regarding Federal Health Care Program-Status of Qualified Health Care Plans (QHPs) ..HHS Issues Health Insurance Marketplace Enrollment Report Snapshot ...more
As the healthcare community readies itself for patients securing health coverage through the exchanges, various techniques are being considered to encourage and facilitate patient enrollment in a health plan. One question...more
Recent seemingly contrary determinations by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have fueled industry speculation regarding whether qualified health plans (QHPs) available on the health insurance exchanges...more
Following last week's declaration that Qualified Health Plans (QHPs) on HealthCare.gov are not "Federal health care programs," and thus are not subject to the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, CMS released additional guidance...more
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced that qualified health plans (QHPs) established by the Affordable Care Act (ACA)—which include federally-facilitated insurance exchanges and federal...more
In an October 30th letter addressed to Congressman Jim McDermott, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, left little to interpretation: Qualified health plans (QHPs) purchased through...more
In a letter to Rep. Jim McDermott dated Oct. 30, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius clarified that qualified health plans (“QHPs”) available on the health insurance exchanges under the...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently announced that Qualified Health Plans (sold on and off the Exchanges) are not “Federal health care programs” for purposes of the federal anti-kickback statute. The...more
In a surprising move late last week, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that qualified health plans (QHPs) purchased through the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) insurance exchanges are not “federal health care programs”...more
The proposed rule imposes new requirements on health insurance issuers offering Qualified Health Plans through Health Insurance Exchanges and clarifies other obligations for various market reforms and the Premium...more
On June 14, 2013, HHS released a proposed rule containing many provisions aimed at oversight of federally-facilitated exchanges (FFEs), state health insurance exchanges (State Exchanges), qualified health plan (QHP) issuers,...more
Clearing up the Rumors around Health Reform Delays: What Really Happened, What Won’t and Steps Employers and Insurers Can Take Now - Rumors are flying in health policy circles that the Obama Administration might delay...more
On March 11, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a proposed rule that would amend an earlier final rule related to health insurance exchanges and, more specifically, the Small Business Health...more