Health Reform

From Inside Health Insurance Exchanges - HHS’s decision to delay elements of the health reform law is prompting renewed speculation that the feds will push back the start of federally facilitated exchanges (FFEs). Others, however, caution that delay rumors are nothing new, and point to inaccurate predictions that the Supreme Court last June, and the presidential elections last fall, would delay or derail exchanges. In March, HHS indicated that a key feature of the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) would be delayed by one year in federally facilitated and state-partnership exchanges (HEX 4/4/13, p. 6). Read more

From ACO Business News - As more provider organizations seek out accountable care partnerships with insurers, those nascent ACOs say they are bumping up against a sometimes unexpected but very real problem: The data the payers are able to provide them with isn’t always high enough quality to be usable. This has led to struggles as the ACOs attempt to reconcile their internal data with the data provided by insurers, and to difficulties getting data on… Read more

Health Reform Blog

By Steve Davis - May 17, 2013
If Oregon’s recent decision to publish proposed rates is any indication, public insurance exchanges could force health plan operators to be more competitive — or at least spend more time cross-checking their math. Proposed prices for Bronze-level individual coverage ranged from $169 to $422,...
By Steve Davis - April 23, 2013
Over the past month, HHS pushed some insurance exchange elements to the back burner — or off the stove completely — until 2015. Given tight deadlines to start up exchanges and the federal data hub, it’s not surprising that HHS is focusing on just that — and delaying some nonessential elements. But...
By Neal Learner - April 22, 2013
Some states have told CMS they lack legal authority, or are otherwise unwilling, to enforce the Affordable Care Act’s market-reform provisions that kick in next year. AIS’s Health Reform Week (HRW) discussed the situation with Katie Keith, J.D., assistant research professor at the Georgetown...

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