by Girish Anand | Sep 14, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS
Nevada, citing lack of consumer choice and availability of data to the state, is exiting the Affordable Care Act (ACA) online exchange — Healthcare.gov — in favor of setting up its own online exchange by 2020. Other states like Oregon, facing the technical...
by Girish Anand | Sep 12, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced a new, more streamlined way for consumers to claim a hardship exemption from the tax penalty imposed for not maintaining health coverage for 2018 on their federal income tax returns, making it easier...
by Girish Anand | Sep 12, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, HHS
Congress in 2010 passed legislation requiring transparency in drug pricing for a hospital program known as 340B, and the Obama administration issued a final rule (finally) in January 2017. Now, the Trump administration is delaying implementation at the cost of a...
by Girish Anand | Sep 12, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded $10 million in Navigator grants to 39 organizations that will serve as Navigators in Federally-facilitated Exchange states. These awards will support the work of organizations that offer assistance to...
by Girish Anand | Sep 10, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare
After double-digit increases for the past couple of years, premiums for health insurance policies purchased on the Obamacare exchanges for 2019 are expected to moderate — or even drop — in 41 states, while six states will see 10-percent-plus increases,...
by Girish Anand | Sep 6, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, IRS
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in late 2017 began issuing its first wave of Affordable Care Act (ACA) penalties to companies that failed to provide minimum essential health coverage to at least 70 percent of their employees in 2015. Now, the IRS is issuing a new...