HealthLeaders Media May 7, 2020
Jack O'Brien

The final payment notice also maintains lower fee rates for issuers participating in the exchange platform created by last year’s payment notice.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final payment notice for the 2021 coverage year Thursday afternoon.

Under the 2021 payment notice, issuers can offer “high-value services” to patients with “zero cost sharing,” according to a CMS press release. Additionally, individual market issuers may offer “wellness incentives” to consumers by recognizing incentives like quality improvement activities.

The final payment notice also maintains lower fee rates for issuers participating in the exchange platform created by last year’s payment notice.

“When the Trump Administration took office, the individual market was in crisis,” CMS Administrator Seema Verma, said...

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