by Girish Anand | Dec 15, 2015 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS, Health Care Reform, HHS
As consumers count down to today’s enrollment deadline for Jan. 1 coverage, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that new HealthCare.gov consumer decision support features piloted earlier this enrollment season are now fully deployed...
by Girish Anand | Dec 11, 2015 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS, Health Care Reform, Obamacare, PPACA
Though critics claim the goal of 900,000 new Obamacare sign-ups by Dec. 15 was modest to begin with, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced this week that the state and federal exchanges have already secured 1 million new enrollees. In all,...
by Girish Anand | Nov 20, 2015 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS
As part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Congress included a provision called the “risk corridors program” that collects money from insurance companies making money and then distributes it to companies losing money. The program is set to run through 2016,...
by admin | Nov 3, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, CMS, Health Care Reform, HHS
Beginning today, HealthCare.gov is piloting a new beta feature that allows consumers to search plans by their preferred provider or health facility. Some consumers will be part of a pilot that allows them to use the beta Doctor Lookup feature as they compare their...
by admin | Oct 8, 2015 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) thave released final rules that simplify requirements and add new flexibilities for providers to make electronic health information...
by admin | Sep 8, 2015 | ACA, CMS, Health Care Reform, Obamacare, PPACA
With Marketplace Open Enrollment set to begin on Nov. 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have announced grant awards totaling $67 million to support outreach efforts designed to connect people with local help as they seek to understand the...