Amid the ObamaCare Supreme Court decision watch, the Department of Health and Human Services announced the initial calculations of medical loss ratios (MLR) for the nation’s insurance companies. Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, insurers must spend at least 85% of their premium income on paying benefits (80% in the individual and small
HHS Health Insurance Exchange Regulations Made Public
By Keith A. Ashmus on
Posted in Health Care
HHS has made its final (in some cases “interim final”) Exchange regulations under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”) public. They are to be formally published in the Federal Register on March 27. The 644 pages of the HHS Regulations Final Rule on Health Plan Exchanges 032712.pdf cover standards for states to follow…