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CCIIO issues broker guidelines for exchanges

Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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USA
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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
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USA
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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
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USA
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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
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USA
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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

Federal government to operate exchanges in 26 states

Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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USA
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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

Supreme Court decision affirms Affordable Care Act requirements

Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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USA
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September 7 2012

In perhaps the most widely anticipated Supreme Court decision since Bush v. Gore in 2000, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was upheld on June 28 in a narrow 5 to 4 decision

CMS delays data collection under Sunshine Act; new rules to ease burdens on providers; MA bills target healthcare costs; CMS proposes Medicaid payment increase; New bill proposes repeal of SGR

Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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USA
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May 15 2012

In a May 3 notice on its official blog, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced that it will not require data collection under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, until January 1, 2013

New York Governor issues Executive Order for Health Exchange

Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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USA
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April 17 2012

On April 12, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo issued an Executive Order establishing a statewide Health Exchange

HHS proposes delaying ICD-10 compliance deadline, adopts unique health plan identifier

Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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USA
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April 17 2012

On April 9, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a proposed rule that would delay the compliance deadline for the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10) diagnostic code set from October 1, 2013 to October 1, 2014

HHS issues final rules on Medicaid expansion and insurance plan coverage

Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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USA
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March 19 2012

On March 16, HHS released a final rule (CMS-2349-F) to implement PPACA provisions that replaced existing Medicaid eligibility categories with a fixed income-based standard of 133 of the federal poverty level