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Third Time is the Charm? Proposed Regulations Strengthen Nondiscrimination Protections for Health Insurance Enrollees

Stakeholder Perspectives on CMS’s 2023 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters: State Insurance Departments and Marketplaces

ACA Section 1557 as a Tool for Anti-racist Health Care

Unpacking Colorado’s New Guidance on Transgender Health

Amid Market Uncertainty, Trump Administration Retreats from Health Plan Oversight

Comparing Nondiscrimination Protections under the ACA

Regulatory Activity in Two States Restricts How Plans Structure Specialty Drug Coverage

Florida Complaint Should be Welcomed by Regulators and Advocates

New Report on State Approaches to Nondiscrimination under the Affordable Care Act

Some States Consider Nondiscrimination Requirements

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Third Time is the Charm? Proposed Regulations Strengthen Nondiscrimination Protections for Health Insurance Enrollees

2022-08-29 by CHIR Faculty

For the third time, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights has propos...

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CHIR, Implementing the Affordable Care Act, nondiscrimination, section 1557

Stakeholder Perspectives on CMS’s 2023 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters: State Insurance Departments and Marketplaces

2022-03-18 by Rachel Schwab

After the Biden administration issued the proposed 2023 “Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters,...

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Brokers, CHIR, essential health benefits, Implementing the Affordable Care Act, NBPP, network adequacy, nondiscrimination, notice of benefit and payment parameters, standardized benefit design

ACA Section 1557 as a Tool for Anti-racist Health Care

2021-12-17 by Katie Keith

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has narrowed racial and ethnic health disparities. But significant gap...

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CHIR, disparities, health equity, Implementing the Affordable Care Act, nondiscrimination, section 1557

Unpacking Colorado’s New Guidance on Transgender Health

2021-11-17 by Katie Keith

The Affordable Care Act improved insurance coverage of gender-affirming care, but insurers still imp...

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Implementing the Affordable Care Act, nondiscrimination, transgender, transgender exclusions

Amid Market Uncertainty, Trump Administration Retreats from Health Plan Oversight

2017-06-28 by CHIR Faculty

In mid-April, the Trump administration announced it would stop monitoring marketplace plans for comp...

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federal regulators, network adequacy, nondiscrimination, plan management, State of the States

Comparing Nondiscrimination Protections under the ACA

2016-06-07 by JoAnn Volk

HHS released the final Section 1557 rule, completing the suite of non-discrimination rules that cons...

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aca implementation, consumers, EHB, essential health benefits, health discrimination, Implementing the Affordable Care Act, nondiscrimination, pre-existing condition, section 1557

Regulatory Activity in Two States Restricts How Plans Structure Specialty Drug Coverage

2015-01-21 by CHIR Faculty

Two state insurance regulators, Florida and Montana, have taken recent regulatory action to address ...

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discriminatory benefit design, nondiscrimination, specialty tier drugs, State of the States

Florida Complaint Should be Welcomed by Regulators and Advocates

2014-06-03 by CHIR Faculty

A recent complaint filed with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Ri...

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aca implementation, affordable care act, federally facilitated marketplace, Implementing the Affordable Care Act, nondiscrimination

New Report on State Approaches to Nondiscrimination under the Affordable Care Act

2013-07-29 by Katie Keith

Today, CHIR released a new report exploring how private insurers and state regulators are incorporat...

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aca implementation, affordable care act, benchmark plan, benefit substitution, consumers, drug formularies, essential health benefits, Implementing the Affordable Care Act, narrow networks, nondiscrimination, section 1557, state regulators

Some States Consider Nondiscrimination Requirements

2013-03-25 by Katie Keith

In implementing the Affordable Care Act, state regulators may increasingly look for ways to ensure t...

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bulletin, colorado, discrimination, district of columbia, essential health benefits, nondiscrimination, sexual orientation, State of the States, States, transgender