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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 +

Innovative 1332 Waivers Proceed in Colorado and Washington

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 6/29/2022

The Biden administration gave its stamp of approval last week to Colorado’s novel waiver under Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to require premium reductions in a public option program, a first-of-its-kind plan...more

Court of Federal Claims Finds HHS Offset Invalid Under Colorado’s Insurance Liquidating Priority Scheme

Carlton Fields on 10/31/2019

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (HHS) operates the reinsurance and risk-adjustments program for Colorado, including the application of the “netting rule” — a method...more

Maryland Obtains Waiver for Health Reinsurance Program

Locke Lord LLP on 8/24/2018

Maryland officials will formally announce Wednesday that the federal government has approved an ACA state innovation waiver intended to help shore up Maryland’s individual health insurance market, which has suffered from...more

New Jersey’s Pending 1332 Reinsurance Waiver

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 8/13/2018

At the end of July, CMS approved two Section 1332 State Innovation Waivers submitted by Wisconsin and Maine for the purpose of establishing state reinsurance programs. There has been a flurry of 1332 waiver activity recently...more

Recent 1332 Waiver and Reinsurance Activity

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 8/3/2018

States are increasingly looking for ways to improve stability in their individual insurance marketplaces. One way is through reinsurance programs – systems in which multiple insurance companies share risk by purchasing...more

State Reinsurance Programs: 1332 Waiver Considerations for States

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 3/29/2018

The Affordable Care Act was designed in part to help bring stability to the individual health insurance market. But faced with a fluid federal regulatory environment, many states continue to encounter challenges, including...more

Prospects for ACA Market Stabilization Measures Remain Uncertain

Baker Donelson on 3/23/2018

With ongoing uncertainty and turmoil in the individual health insurance market, Congress has spent weeks debating whether to include a bipartisan Affordable Care Act (ACA) stabilization measure as part of the "must pass"...more

Eighth Circuit Upholds Dismissal Of Claim Against Department Of Health & Human Services Under ACA Transitional Reinsurance Program...

Carlton Fields on 1/17/2018

Seeking reimbursement of fees paid, allegedly by mistake, under the transitional reinsurance program in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”), the trustees of the Twin City Pipe Trades Welfare Fund’s sued the...more

26 Days: Congress and Health Care as FY 2017 Comes to a Close

Epstein Becker & Green on 9/6/2017

Congress returns from August recess today, facing a daunting workload to complete before the end of the current fiscal year (FY) on September 30. Big picture issues include raising the national debt ceiling and passing a...more

1332 Edition: Alaska Reinsurance Proposal Approved by Federal Government

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 7/13/2017

On July 11, the federal government announced approval of Alaska’s waiver request under Section 1332 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act for funding in support of the Alaska Reinsurance Program (ARP). The ARP is...more

Technological and Information Concerns Highlight NAIC Spring 2016 National Meeting

Foley & Lardner LLP on 4/19/2016

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Spring 2016 National Meeting, which was held from April 3 – 6 in New Orleans, offered insight into numerous issues being considered by state commissioners nationwide....more

A&B Healthcare Week in Review

Alston & Bird on 3/18/2016

I. REGULATIONS, NOTICES, & GUIDANCE - On March 15, 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued voluntary guidelines entitled, “CDC Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain — United...more

Health Care Update - July 2015

Mintz - ML Strategies on 7/8/2015

In This Issue: - Medicare Releases Set of Payment Rules, Physician Fee Schedule on Deck - Implementation of the Affordable Care Act - Federal Regulatory Initiatives - Congressional Initiatives - Other...more

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

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 6/24/2015

This week...no clear consensus has emerged among congressional Republicans on how to manage potential King v. Burwell fallout; California will expand Medicaid to undocumented children; and New York is poised to become the...more

Washington Healthcare Update

McGuireWoods LLP on 6/23/2015

This Week: Leading Up to the SCOTUS King v. Burwell Decision... House Votes to Repeal the Medical Device Tax... CMS Announces It Will Bolster Transitional Reinsurance Payments... MedPAC Releases June Report to Congress....more

ACA Fees, and Forms, and Delays, Oh My!

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/24/2014

In the latest round of delays under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Employee Benefits Security Administration recently announced that the deadline for health plans to provide enrollment information to the transitional...more

HHS Extends November 17 Deadline to Submit Covered Lives Data under Reinsurance Program

Snell & Wilmer on 11/20/2014

The Health Care Reform Act created the transitional reinsurance program, which requires most self-insured health plans to make contributions to HHS for the 2014, 2015, and 2016 calendar years, in an attempt to stabilize...more

HHS Issues Proposed Regulations Implementing Reinsurance Fees Paid by Carriers and Group Health Plans Under the Affordable Care...

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 1/2/2013

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Act) fundamentally changes the way that health insurance is regulated in the United States. These changes are part of an ambitious statutory scheme that comprehensively reforms...more

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