by admin | Feb 26, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, CMS, Health Care Reform, Obamacare
Of the 4.7 million persons who obtained insurance coverage from HealthCare.gov in 2014, about 1.2 million of them shopped around and switched plans for 2015. Another 1 million did comparison shopping but stuck with their 2014 plans. The unexpected shopping spree was...
by admin | Feb 26, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, CMS, Health Care Reform, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have issued the Final HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2016. This rule seeks to improve consumers’ experience in the Health Insurance Marketplace and to ensure their coverage options are...
by admin | Jan 26, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, CMS, HHS
After the Associated Press (AP) reported that HealthCare.gov was unwittingly providing customer privacy information to third-party companies and individuals, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it was adding new layers of security to the...
by admin | Jan 21, 2015 | CMS, Health Care Reform, HHS, Obamacare
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) yesterday released results of its review of the 60 “Federal Marketplace contracts” for HealthCare.gov awarded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services...
by admin | Jan 17, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, CMS, HHS, Obamacare
Though not subject to the scathing public indictment that Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sibelius faced for the Obamacare rollout, Marilyn Tavenner, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), is resigning a year after her boss...
by admin | Dec 22, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, CMS, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
A coalition of 279 patient advocacy groups calling itself “I Am (Still) Essential” has called on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to better define what is considered discrimination under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). “As part of the...