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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

New guidance issued on “fixed indemnity” insurance benefits under Affordable Care Act

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 18 2013

When the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) was enacted in 1996, it exempted coverage of “excepted benefits” from its

BCBS of MI antitrust case dropped

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 2 2013

On March 25, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the State of Michigan agreed to dismiss an antitrust case against Blue Cross Blue Shield of

HHS ups Medicaid expansion payments funding

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 2 2013

On March 29, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule under which the federal government will pay the entire cost

Sequester to squeeze Medicare payments; CMS announces new participants in community-based care program

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 12 2013

The automatic spending cuts that went into effect on March 1 under the Budget Control Act, also known as the sequester, included 2 cuts to provider

Supreme Court blocks Georgia hospital merger

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 25 2013

On February 19, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Federal Trade Commission's decision to block a Georgia hospital merger as a violation of federal

HHS releases "market reform" rule and report

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 25 2013

On February 22, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a final rule to implement several key provisions of the Patient Protection

Federal government to operate exchanges in 26 states

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 25 2013

February 15 was the deadline for each state to elect whether to operate its own health insurance exchange (or "marketplace," the term that the

HHS releases "Essential Health Benefits" rule

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 25 2013

On February 20, HHS released a final rule entitled "Standards Related to Essential Health Benefits, Actuarial Value, and Accreditation" which