by Girish Anand | Jul 10, 2017 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS, Health Care Reform
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced that 141 individual market qualified health plan (QHP) issuers had submitted initial applications to offer coverage using the federally-facilitated exchange eligibility and enrollment platform...
by Girish Anand | Jun 28, 2017 | ACA, Health Care Reform, Medicare
At the same time that it issued its assessment of the Senate’s new health care plan, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a related report comparing physician and hospital costs when paid by private insurers and when paid by Medicare and Medicare...
by Girish Anand | May 4, 2017 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform
On the narrowest of margins, the House of Representatives on May 4 passed the American Health Care Act (AHCA) in its effort to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare). The measure now goes to the Senate, which has vowed to rewrite...
by Girish Anand | Apr 14, 2017 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) yesterday announced a set of limited “fixes” to the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare) going forward. “While these steps will help stabilize the individual and small group markets, they are not a...
by Girish Anand | Mar 29, 2017 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, HHS, Obamacare
Testifying before Congress today, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price pledged to uphold the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare) so long as it is “the law of the land,” including the individual and employer mandates. “So long as the law is on...
by Girish Anand | Oct 4, 2016 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, HHS
The final Affordable Care Act (ACA) rule on the statute’s section 1557 requires that all health care providers receiving federal funds post in a conspicuous public space in their offices a “Notice of Nondiscrimination” prior to this coming Oct. 17,...