Health Payer Intelligence April 3, 2024
The rule expanded the special enrollment period to allow consumers with household incomes at or below 150 percent of the federal poverty level to apply for marketplace coverage outside open enrollment.
CMS has finalized policies to increase access to marketplace coverage and expand essential health benefits (EHBs) in the HHS 2025 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters final rule.
“Access to affordable, quality health care options remain a concern across the country and a top priority for CMS,” CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure said in the press release. “This rule includes groundbreaking ways to access health care services – such as addressing barriers for routine adult dental coverage for the first time and including considerations for how far people travel to...