by Girish Anand | Dec 17, 2016 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which administers the health insurance marketplaces and regulates the provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), on Friday threw down the gauntlet to President-elect Donald Trump and his incoming administration...
by Girish Anand | Nov 16, 2016 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS
About 53,000 more individuals than last year signed up for health insurance policies during the first 12 days of open enrollment this year, which commenced Nov. 1 and runs through Jan. 31, despite the election of Donald Trump as president and his vow to “repeal...
by Girish Anand | Aug 31, 2016 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its proposed annual Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2018, which proposes additional steps to strengthen the Health Insurance Marketplace. CMS said it is issuing this rule earlier in the...
by Girish Anand | Jul 25, 2016 | CHIP, CMS
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it has approved Arizona’s plan to allow new enrollment in the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) after enrollment was frozen for several years. Now all states provide CHIP coverage to...
by Girish Anand | Jul 14, 2016 | CMS, HHS
Health care spending will hit $3.35 trillion this year, or $10,345 per man, woman and child in the United States, a record high, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced July 13. The agency also predicted that growth in health care spending will...
by Girish Anand | Apr 26, 2016 | CHIP, CMS, Health Care Reform, HHS, Medicaid
On Monday the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule to overhaul managed care in the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) systems. The final rule has four key goals, according to HHS: (1) supporting states’ efforts...