Fierce Health Payers May 7, 2020
Robert King

The Trump administration finalized a slew of regulatory changes for the Affordable Care Act’s exchanges, including a key change that insurers do not have to count copay assistance from drug companies to out-of-pocket cost-sharing and deductibles.

But the administration backed down from any changes to automatic enrollment, after flirting with the idea in a proposed rule back in January.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released on late Thursday the final Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters rule that outlines the regulations for ACA plans for 2021.

The agency gave insurers another week extension for the certification of a qualified health plan and the rate review timeline to give insurers more time to assess the impact of COVID-19. Insurers...

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Topics: ACA (Affordable Care Act), CMS, Govt Agencies, Insurance, Patient / Consumer, Payer, Provider, Public Exchange
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