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New Medicaid Fact Sheets from CMS

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CMS has just released or updated several fact sheets intended to be used with consumers and helping them understand their options under Medicaid. Fact sheets are broken in to two categories to assist those doing enrollment in states that have expanded Medicaid and those in states that have not expanded Medicaid. An explanation of these fact […] Read More »

New Resources on the NDNRC

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As a follow-up to last week’s Enroll America Conference, we’ve added several resources to the NDNRC website. These include Enroll America’s “State of Enrollment Report,” “Certified Application Counselor Program: Early Lessons” issue brief and “Fast-Track Medicaid Enrollment Saves States Money” issue brief. Another new resource is an issue brief from Georgetown University’s Health Policy Institute […] Read More »

State Restrictions on Navigators and the New CMS Regulations

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If you have questions regarding restrictions that states are placing on navigators and other in-person assisters, be sure to check out the recent blog post from the Commonwealth Fund. There are currently 22 states which either have restrictions on navigators or are considering restrictions on navigators. This blog post written by Georgetown University’s Justin Giovannelli, Kevin Lucia […] Read More »

Resources on New Marketplace Regulations

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In case you weren’t aware, CMS issued final regulations on the 2015 Marketplace last month. Previously, we posted a blog post providing a summary of the new final rules for the 2015 Marketplace. More recently, CMS released a copy of their presentation on the new final regulations. To download that presentation, click here. Read More »

New MAGI Resources

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Do you have questions about MAGI calculation for eligibility determinations? We recently added new resources to assist navigators and enrollment specialists understand MAGI and its effect on eligibility determinations for Medicaid, CHIP and Premium Tax Credits. CMS has released two flowcharts to assist with these determinations and they can be accessed here and here. Additionally, the […] Read More »

CMS Funding Opportunity for Navigators

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Today the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for navigators in both the federally facilitated marketplace as well as the state partnership marketplaces. The deadline for applications is July 10, 2014. To read CMS’s press release on the FOA, click here. To go to the FOA on grants.gov, click […] Read More »

Summary of Final Rules for 2015 Marketplace

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Last week, we referenced the new regulations that were released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Families USA has prepared a succinct explanation of how these roles impact navigators and enrollment specialists. Their explanation of the final regulations is as follows: Specifies several types of state requirements that would conflict with federal requirements […] Read More »

CMS Webinar on Health Insurance Literacy

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of Communications is hosting a special webinar tomorrow on health insurance literacy. It is designed to provide the information navigators and enrollment specialists need to educate consumers who have limited knowledge on what health insurance terms mean and how it works. The information from CMS for the webinar […] Read More »

CMS Issues Final Rules for Marketplace

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On Friday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued final rules for the marketplace for 2015. The rules address areas like standardizing notices to consumers, procedures for consumers to get prescription drugs when not covered by the consumer’s plan, quality standards for QHPs and clarification on what state regulations conflict with the federal navigator […] Read More »