Recent developments


Health care reform delay means limited plan choices for small businesses (04/2013)

Proposed rules released for Navigator role (04/2013)

Potential Health Insurance Exchange participants have until April 30 to apply (03/2013)

Basic Health Plan implementation delayed to 2015 (02/2013)

Health Insurance Exchange Updates (02/2013)

Health Insurance Exchange notice requirements delayed (01/2013)

For large employers, “pay or play” extends to dependent children (12/2012)

HHS responds to questions about key health care reform provisions (12/2012)

Regulators begin work on “navigator” licensing framework (12/2012)

Health Insurance Exchange implementation moves forward (12/2012)

Essential Health Benefits and other key features (11/2012)

Confusion about preventive coverage under health care reform (10/2012)

Study suggests PCIP may not be a sustainable solution for people with pre-existing conditions (09/2012)

Determining who's a full-time employee (09/2012)

Department of Labor provides new, temporary guidance on 90 day waiting period limit (08/2012)

Final Exchange Blueprint released (08/2012)

“Pay or play”: Employers prep for 2014 decision (08/2012)

Latest update on Essential Benefits data collection (07/2012)

Supreme Court upholds health care reform law (06/2012)

Changes to “Final” Summary of Benefits and Coverage (06/2012)

IRS and HHS issue new guidance on minimum value (06/2012)

Verification of access to employer-sponsored coverage bulletin (06/2012)

Reporting requirements for essential coverage (06/2012)

New HSA/HDHP/out-of-pocket maximums for 2013 (05/2012)

MLR rebates to top $1 billion (05/2012)

Update on MLR impact on brokers (05/2012)

High-risk pool ends broker fees (05/2012)

Blueprint for Exchanges is released (03/2012)

Actuarial value and cost-sharing update (03/2012)

Summary of Benefits and Coverage:
Helpful tips for employers and brokers
(03/2012)

Final summary of benefit coverage guidelines released (02/2012)

MLR guidelines impact broker commission, make employee rebates non-taxable (02/2012)

Large employer auto-enroll delayed (02/2012)

High-risk pool funds nearly exhausted (01/2012)

Federal rate reviews in progress (01/2012)

IRS releases additional W-2 reporting guidelines (01/2012)

Supreme Court sets hearings on PPACA (12/2011)

HHS proposal gives states say on essential benefits (12/2011)

Small business “Health Plan Finder” open for browsing (12/2011)

2.5 million young adults gain health coverage (12/2011)

Final MLR rules count broker fees as overhead (12/2011)

Employee communication rules delayed (12/2011)

Supreme Court to rule on health care reform (11/2011)

CLASS Act not viable (10/2011)

Medical Loss Ratio waivers: Keeping count (10/2011)

Waiting on the Supreme Court (10/2011)

Government releases new rules for employee communications (09/2011)

Preventive care requirements still evolving (09/2011)

Now active: New rules on rate “transparency” (09/2011)

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This site last updated on 04/24/2013 | Sources