The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today that the average premiums for second lowest cost silver plans (SLCSP) available on the Exchanges will drop by 1.5% in 2019. This is the first year-to-year drop in average premiums since the Exchanges became operational in 2014. The data released today includes plans sold on [...] Read More
Late on Thursday, the Trump administration announced that they will end the cost-sharing reductions (CSR) subsidies to plans sold on ACA exchanges. Health insurers selling plans on state and federal exchanges are required to offer plans with reduced deductibles and copayments, and the ACA provides for insurers selling these plans to receive CSR payments to […]
Read MoreOn July 13, 2017, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Revisions to Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2018 proposed rule. The proposed rule updates payment policies, payment rates, and quality provisions for services furnished under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule on […]
Read MoreOn January 24, 2017, the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing to consider President Trump’s nominee for the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Representative Tom Price. This was Representative Price’s second time appearing before a Senate Committee as he already had a courtesy hearing with the Senate Committee on […]
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