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Health Insurance Exchange

A Look at Healthcare Reform Readiness for 2012

Infosys Public Services surveyed health plans and provider organizations about their thoughts on key imperatives for health reform readiness in 2012. The results are displayed [...]

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ACA 101: Vocabulary Primer

What is cost sharing and how will it change under health reform? What are health insurance exchanges and how will they affect me? How will [...]

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Essential Health Benefits: What Does the New HHS Guidance Mean for Behavioral Health?

On December 16, 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services issued an information bulletin outlining its first proposed guidance on how states and health [...]

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Institute of Medicine Releases Essential Benefits Package Report

On Friday, October 7, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released its highly anticipated report outlining the criteria and process by which the Department of Health [...]

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New Debt Reduction Proposal Targets Medicaid, Health Insurance Subsidies

House Appropriations Committee member Dennis Rehberg (R-MT) has proposed a new idea for how the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction can reach its $1.2 [...]

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Institute of Medicine to Release Recommendations on Determining Essential Health Benefits

On Friday morning, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) will release the results of its study on the criteria and methods that should be used in [...]

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CMS Extends Comment Period for Exchange Regulations to Oct. 31, 2011

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced it is extending the public comment period on its proposed rulemaking for the establishment of state [...]

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NAMI to Host Oct. 6 Webinar on Essential Health Benefits

Essential Health Benefits and Mental Health in Insurance Exchanges Thursday, Oct. 6 from 1-2:00 p.m. EDT (12:00 pm central, 11:00 pm mountain, 10:00 pm pacific) [...]

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Coalition for Whole Health Urges Inclusion of Comprehensive Substance Use and Mental Health Services in Essential Benefits

The Coalition for Whole Health, a national coalition of addictions and mental health organizations of which the National Council is a member, has submitted recommendations [...]

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State-Based Coverage Solutions: The California Health Benefit Exchange

California was the first state to create its own health insurance exchange after the passage of the Affordable Care Act. Now, a new report from [...]

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