The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a notice of proposed rulemaking for the nondiscrimination provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Section 1557 of the ACA provides that an “individual shall not … be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under, any health […] Read More »

Earlier today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the list of organizations who will serve as navigators in the federally facilitated marketplaces for the 2015-2016 open enrollment period. These awards extend beyond this open enrollment as CMS announced previously that the awards will be for 3 years. To read the CMS press release, […] Read More »

Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Eligibility Determinations and Enrollment Report from May 2015. To read the report from CMS, click here. The report can also be found on our Resources & Links page under “Enrollment Statistics.” Read More »

Earlier this month, the Kaiser Family Foundation published a survey of assister programs entitled “2015 Survey of Health Insurance Marketplace Assister Programs and Brokers.” Similar to last year’s report, the survey reviews who makes up the assister programs, who they help and what challenges the assisters face. This year the survey also looks at the role […] Read More »

Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released data on the enrollment of individuals in qualified health plans (QHP) as a result of special enrollment periods (SEPs) from February 23 through June 30, 2015. During that time period, over 940,000 individuals enrolled in a QHP. It should also be noted that these numbers are […] Read More »

If you want to learn more about the “Medically Frail” status in Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), there’s a new issue brief that has been released by the National Council for Behavioral Health and Community Catalyst entitled “Promoting Effective Identification of Medically Frail Individuals Under Medicaid Expansion.” The Medically Frail designation was something added […] Read More »

Last month, the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) released a brief which looks at the ACA experiences in the State-Based Marketplaces (SBMs). The brief is entitled “The State-based Marketplaces: A Focus on Innovation, Flexibility, and Coverage” and it demonstrates how the SBMs are using their flexibility to operate and bring about a greater reduction in the […] Read More »