NEW COVID SEP ANNOUNCED Yesterday, the Biden administration announced that it would be opening up the health insurance marketplace (healthcare.gov) for a Special Enrollment Period (SEP) stating that the SEP “will give Americans that need health care coverage during this global pandemic the opportunity to sign up.” The SEP will run from February 15 – […] Read More »
Archives for January 2021
New COVID SEP Announced
Today, the Biden administration announced that it would be opening up the health insurance marketplace (healthcare.gov) for a Special Enrollment Period (SEP) stating that the SEP “will give Americans that need health care coverage during this global pandemic the opportunity to sign up.” The SEP will run from February 15 – May 15, 2021. You can […] Read More »
CHRIL Seeks 2021 Survey Participants
PARTICIPANTS NEEDED 2021 National Survey on Health and Disability Share how access to health care, insurance and the COVID-19 pandemic affects your life The NIDILRR-funded Collaborative on Health Reform and Independent Living (CHRIL) at the University of Kansas is looking for adults with disabilities to complete an online survey about health insurance, health care access […] Read More »
January 22, 2021
FINAL NBPP PARTIALLY RELEASED One of the final acts of the Trump administration was the release of part of the final Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters (NBPP). At the end of November, we had a news item on the proposed NBPP and in a prior newsletter, we highlighted a comment letter which AAHD joined […] Read More »
CMS Releases Partial Final NBPP
One of the final acts of the Trump administration was the release of part of the final Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters (NBPP). At the end of November, we had a news item on the proposed NBPP and in a prior newsletter, we highlighted a comment letter which AAHD joined expressing concerns about some […] Read More »
January 15, 2021
CMS ISSUES FINAL ENROLLMENT SNAPSHOT With the completion of Open Enrollment Year 8 (OE8) for the federally facilitated marketplace, CMS has issued its final enrollment snapshot for the 2021 plan year. This snapshot indicates that over 8.2 million people receive coverage through the federally facilitated marketplaces. To learn more about what this number means or […] Read More »
CMS Issues Final Enrollment Snapshot
With the completion of Open Enrollment Year 8 (OE8) for the federally facilitated marketplace, CMS has issued its final enrollment snapshot for the 2021 plan year. This snapshot indicates that over 8.2 million people receive coverage through the federally facilitated marketplaces. This is approximately the same amount that received coverage for 2020, although the 2020 […] Read More »
January 8, 2021
NEW YEAR, NEW MEDICAID OUTREACH PROJECT AAHD is excited to announce a new project in partnership with Community Catalyst and funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. This project is aimed at conducting Medicaid outreach to raise awareness about the potential enrollment in the program for individuals without health insurance. At AAHD, we recognize that […] Read More »
Maryland Opens COVID SEP
Previously, we did a blog post which outlined which state-based marketplaces (SBMs) have extended open enrollment periods. While AAHD’s home state of Maryland does have a SBM, it did not have an extended open enrollment period. However, the Maryland SBM has recently announced that they are allowing additional enrollments through a Coronavirus Special Enrollment Period […] Read More »
New Year, New Medicaid Outreach Project
AAHD is excited to announce a new project in partnership with Community Catalyst and funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. This project is aimed at conducting Medicaid outreach to raise awareness about the potential enrollment in the program for individuals without health insurance. At AAHD, we recognize that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a […] Read More »