On April 28, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the final 2023 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters. See the Press Release here and the Fact Sheet here. In a statement, HHS Secretary Becerra said that “[b]y including new standardized plan [...] Read More
On April 30, 2021, the Biden administration released the final rule HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2022 and Pharmacy Benefit Manager Standards. This is the second final rule released that includes policies for the health insurance exchanges in 2022. The first rule was released in the final days of the Trump administration [...] Read More
CMS has announced that the agency will halt payments to health plans under the Affordable Care Act’s risk adjustment program, pending a current court case in New Mexico District Court. The agency was scheduled to disburse $10.4 billion in payments to plans for the 2017 benefit year in the fall. The Saturday afternoon announcement drew […]
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