HHS Requests Feedback On ACA Regulations; Evidence On Effect Of CSR Payment Uncertainty Continues To Mount

On June 8, 2017, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services posted a request for information at the Federal Register entitled “Reducing Regulatory Burdens Imposed by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act & Improving Healthcare Choices to Empower Patients.” (press release )
The request is made pursuant to President Trump’s Executive Order of January 20, 2017, which ordered the departments in charge of implementing the Affordable Care Act to take steps to afford the states more flexibility and control, reduce regulatory and fiscal burdens, and increase the openness of interstate markets for health care services and insurance and options for consumers.
What The Request For Information Says
The request states that it is the goal of the Department of Health and Human Services to:
determine whether each rule [promulgated under Title I of the ACA] advances or impedes HHS priorities of stabilizing the individual and small group health insurance markets; empowering patients and promoting consumer choice; enhancing affordability; and returning regulatory authority to the States. We seek public input on changes that could be made, consistent with current law, to existing regulations under HHS’s jurisdiction that would result in a more streamlined, flexible, and less burdensome regulatory structure, including identifying regulations that eliminate jobs or inhibit job creation; are outdated, unnecessary, or ineffective; impose costs that exceed benefits; or create...

Source: Health Affairs Blog - June 9, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Timothy Jost Tags: Following the ACA 1332 waivers AHIP American Hospital Association American Medical Association Blue Cross Blue Shield Association cost-sharing reduction payments National Association Of Insurance Commissioners United States Chamber of Comm Source Type: blogs