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Emergency regulation to enforce medical loss ratio in Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009 made permanent

  • Barger & Wolen LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 10 2012

On Thursday February 9, 2012, California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced that he had obtained approval from the California Office of Administrative Law to make permanent the emergency regulation issued in 2011 allowing the Department of Insurance (the “Department”) to enforce the medical loss ratio guidelines in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009 (“PPACA”

Health care rate regulation bill stalls in state Senate

  • Barger & Wolen LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 1 2011

Controversial California Assembly Bill 52 (“AB 52”), which, among other things, granted the California Department of Insurance (“CDI”) and the California Department of Managed Health (“DMHC”) the authority to reject or modify any proposed rate or rate change by a health insurer or health care service plan, has stalled out in the California Senate

Draft guidance 2470, concerning review of complaints concerning health insurance policy rescission or cancellation, released by California Department of Insurance

  • Barger & Wolen LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 10 2011

On May 26, 2011, the California Department of Insurance (“CDI”) released a second draft of its Guidance 2470, which is designed to implement various provisions of AB 2470

Rate Regulation Bill applicable to health care service plans and health insurers passed by California assembly

  • Barger & Wolen LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 6 2011

On June 1, 2011, the California State Assembly passed AB 52, which was initially introduced in December 2010

California Department of Managed Health Care releases draft guidance concerning SB 1163

  • Barger & Wolen LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 26 2011

On April 22, 2011, the California Department of Managed Health Care ("DMHC") released draft Letter No. 8-K, which is designed to provide health care service plans with guidance concerning SB 1163

Concerned about excessive rates, California Insurance Commissioner requests rate filings from medical malpractice carriers

  • Barger & Wolen LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 25 2011

On February 17, 2011, California Insurance Commissioner David Jones announced in a press release that the California Department of Insurance had contacted several unnamed medical malpractice insurers to raise concerns about excessive rates and request that these insurers submit rate filings with the CDI to reduce their rates

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009 declared unconstitutional and void

  • Barger & Wolen LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 31 2011

On January 31, 2011, United States District Judge Roger Vinson, sitting in the Northern District of Florida, ruled that the Minimum Essential Coverage Provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009 ("PPACA"), recently enacted by Congress, violated the United States Constitution

Emergency regulations to enforce PPACA medical loss ratio guidelines granted to California Department of Insurance

  • Barger & Wolen LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 26 2011

On Monday January 24, 2011, newly elected California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced in a press release that he had obtained approval from the California Office of Administrative Law to issue an emergency regulation allowing the Department of Insurance (the "Department") to enforce the medical loss ratio guidelines in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009 ("PPACA"

Court invalidates new regulations issued by Department of Insurance concerning underwriting and rescission of health insurance policies

  • Barger & Wolen LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 6 2011

On December 30, 2010, Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Michael Kenny invalidated several recently issued regulations by the California Department of Insurance ("CDI") in response to a challenge filed by the Association of California Life & Health Insurance Companies ("ACLHIC"

Provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009 requiring individuals to purchase health insurance declared unconstitutional

  • Barger & Wolen LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 13 2010

On December 13, 2010, United States District Judge Henry Hudson, sitting in the Eastern District of Virginia, ruled that the Minimum Essential Coverage Provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009 ("PPACA") recently enacted by Congress violated the United States Constitution