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CCIIO issues broker guidelines for exchanges

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 7 2013

On May 1, the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO), a part of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), issued

HHS releases new exchange application forms

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 7 2013

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released revised, more user-friendly application forms for use by consumers who apply for

White House issues health reform progress report

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 23 2012

In a January 18, 2012 report, the White House stated that all states have “taken some action to implement health reform,” and that 28 states and the District of Columbia are “on their way toward establishing their own Affordable Insurance Exchange.”

Last week in DC: the healthcare reform debate

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 28 2009

After months of behind the scenes negotiations, the Senate Finance Committee began debating healthcare reform on the record last week, as its long-awaited markup got underway

Healthcare news from Capitol Hill and the Department of Health and Human Services

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 14 2010

In early June, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a first round of grants to allow states to strengthen their insurance rate review processes

News from Capital Hill and the Department of Health and Human Services

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 17 2010

The first steps in implementing the new healthcare reform law - Public Laws (PL) 111-148 and 111-152 - were in full swing at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and other federal agencies by mid-May

Providers express lukewarm reactions to recent ACO rule

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 19 2011

The recently-released proposed rule on ACOs (discussed by our team on April 4, April 5, and April 7) has been met with tepid reactions among various physician groups and hospitals

President signs repeal of 1099 provision into law

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 19 2011

Following House and Senate passage earlier this year, the President on April 14 signed into law legislation that repeals an onerous business tax reporting requirement in PPACA

FY 2012 budget news

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 19 2011

Once Congress and the White House came to an agreement on current Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 spending and averted a looming government shutdown, attention turned to the FY 2012 budget and the issue of deficit reduction

Healthcare news from Capitol Hill and the Department of Health and Human Services - February 7, 2011

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 7 2011

On January 25, lawmakers in both the House and Senate introduced companion bills that would immediately repeal the $20 billion tax on medical devices that was included in the new healthcare reform law - the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA