NDNRC AT THE AIRS CONFERENCE This week, the NDNRC is at the Alliance of Information & Referral Systems (AIRS) Conference in Dallas, TX. If you are at the conference, you’ll want to check out our presentation today entitled “Health Insurance Jeopardy in Year 2 of Open Enrollment: Double Jeopardy.” For anyone who has seen our […] Read More »
Archives for May 2015
May 22, 2015
HHS PROVIDES NEW GUIDANCE ON COVERAGE OF PREVENTIVE SERVICES Do you get inquiries from consumers about what preventive services are covered by plans at no cost to them? HHS has released a set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) which provides some guidance on some of the more complex scenarios. Be sure to check out our […] Read More »
New York Lifts Prosthetic Coverage Limitation
For those of you who have followed the NDNRC and participated in our “Jeopardy” webinars, you know that we highlight the fact that some qualified health plans only cover 1 prosthetic limb per lifetime for consumers. Such a limitation can obviously cause major problems for someone who loses one or more limbs, especially if it’s […] Read More »
New Policy Brief on Plan Availability in Rural Areas
A new policy brief from the Rural Policy Research Institute looks at the availability of plans in rural states and compares the changes in plans offered and premiums from year one to year two. It provides a thorough analysis of the number of plans offered and how that impacts premium rates. Perhaps more importantly is […] Read More »
HHS Releases Guidance on Coverage of Preventive Services
Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) along with the Labor and Treasury Departments issued some guidance on what preventive services qualified health plans are required to cover. The guidance was done in the form of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and covers topics such as genetic testing and counseling for breast cancer, […] Read More »
May 15, 2015
NEW BRIEF ON HEALTH INSURANCE LITERACY Last week we told you about an issue brief from Enroll America on scheduling (that can be downloaded by clicking here). This week we added a new resource from Enroll America on health insurance literacy. The brief is entitled “A Framework on Health Insurance Literacy for the Outreach and […] Read More »
NHeLP Publishes Briefs on EHBs and Prescription Drugs
The National Health Law Program (NHeLP) has published two fact sheets aimed at explaining some of the new HHS requirements for essential health benefits (EHBs). These two fact sheets focus on those new rules as they relate to prescription drugs. The first is entitled “Essential Health Benefits Prescription Drug Standard: Issue No.1 – Formulary Transparency” and addresses […] Read More »
Commonwealth Fund Issues Report on Medicaid Benefit Design
The Commonwealth Fund has issued a report on Medicaid benefit design. The brief entitled “Medicaid Benefit Designs for Newly Eligible Adults: State Approaches” looks at the Medicaid benefit designs in all 27 states that have expanded Medicaid plus DC to determine how they have used the flexibility within the ACA to create a benefit design in that […] Read More »
Enroll America Releases Brief on Health Insurance Literacy
Enroll America has released an issue brief on health insurance literacy entitled “A Framework on Health Insurance Literacy for the Outreach and Enrollment Community.” It explains the importance of health insurance literacy and the lack of it among consumers. This makes for an effective case for the role that consumer assistance programs can fill in bridging this knowledge gap. […] Read More »
May 8, 2015
NEW RESOURCE ON MENTAL HEALTH AND ENROLLMENT Last week, we mentioned that we had recently published some news items on mental health parity on our AAHD site. (That news items can be accessed in here.) If you’re still looking for more resources on mental health and enrollment, be sure to check out a new resource […] Read More »