Updates by Reed Smith on U.S. legislative & regulatory developments affecting the health care industry
The Obama Administration has recently published additional regulations addressing various Affordable Care Act (ACA) insurance reforms, including:
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Under the ACA, certain insurance plans, including those participating in new purchasing exchanges, must cover, at a minimum, a package of items and services that the Secretary has defined as essential. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has released recommendations to HHS on a process to define what benefits should be included in the “essential health…
HHS is extending until October 31, 2011 the comment period on two proposed rules published July 15, 2011 to implement provisions of the Affordable Care Act. The first rule would implement the ACA’s “Affordable Insurance Exchanges,” which are state-based health insurance markets for individuals and small employers. The second proposed rule would implement standards…
On August 12, 2011, the Obama Administration made a series of announcements related to implement of Affordable Insurance Exchanges (Exchanges) under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Exchanges, which will become operational by January 1, 2014, are designed to provide competitive marketplaces for individuals and small employers to directly compare available private health insurance options…
On July 15, 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a proposed rule to implement the ACA’s "Affordable Insurance Exchanges" (“Exchanges”), which are state-based health insurance markets for individuals and small employers that are scheduled to become operational by January 1, 2014. Specifically, the proposed rule: (1) sets forth the federal requirements that …
