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Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - September 2016 #3

Study finds that Marketplace premiums are lower than employer-based premiums, even without federal subsidies; New York regulators move to shield insurers from outsized federal risk adjustment payments; and Missouri will seek...more

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Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - September 2016

The national uninsurance rate hits a record low; Georgia’s Chamber of Commerce outlines three Medicaid expansion proposals; and California legislation targets surprise medical bills. FEDERAL AND STATE MARKETPLACE NEWS: ...more

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

The President voices support for a public option; Vermont selects a Medicaid ACO; and Alabama ends enhanced primary care reimbursements....more

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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

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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

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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

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Outside Counsel Should Handle Healthcare.gov Subsidy Appeals

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Here’s the coming dilemma: let IRS assess employer mandate taxes based on errant Healthcare.gov subsidy certifications or appeal those errors to prevent those assessments.  “Where’s the dilemma?” you say.  Here:  once you...more

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Top Ten Healthcare.gov Subsidy Counties in Each SEC State

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Why should you care? Subsidy certification of even one applicant claiming to be a full-time employee not offered affordable, qualifying 2015 coverage can cause the IRS to assess a non-deductible tax against the applicant’s...more

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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

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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

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King v. Burwell: What to Expect From the Supreme Court Argument

On Wednesday, March 4, 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States will hear argument in King v. Burwell, a case involving premium tax credits under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Among its many provisions, the ACA includes...more

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Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights: November 2014 #2

With the conclusion of the midterm elections last week and open enrollment just around the corner, this week’s news highlights both renewed pledges from the opposition and a flurry of implementation activity in the states....more

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Supreme Court Will Hear Case on ACA Health Insurance Tax Credits

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On Nov. 7, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will hear the case of King v. Burwell, one of multiple challenges to the validity of the premium tax credits provided under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to...more

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Supreme Court will hear King v. Burwell

On November 7, the Supreme Court announced it would hear its second significant legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). King v. Burwell, expected to be heard this spring and ruled on by the end of June, is a direct...more

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