Healthcare Finance News April 4, 2024
The rule will standardize certain operations across the marketplaces with an eye toward increasing reliability and consistency, says HHS.
New policies for Affordable Care Act Marketplaces, announced by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, are intended to make it easier for low-income people to enroll in coverage, the agencies said this week.
In addition, HHS said the policies provide states the ability to increase access to routine adult dental services and set network adequacy standards for the time and distance people travel for appointments with in-network providers.
Finally, the rule will standardize certain operations across the marketplaces with an eye toward increasing reliability and consistency.
WHAT’S THE IMPACT?
CMS has...