Adviser network strengthens individual market capabilities
Benefit Advisors Network partners with exchange firm to help clients get coverage for benefit-ineligible employees.
Health insurance exchanges
Benefits Think Getting the runaround on HIX re-enrollment
Commentary: Re-enrolling in a health insurance plan isn't easy even with advice from your broker, one Covered California participant finds.
CO-OPs growing pains could trigger liquidation
The winter holidays werent so merry for CoOportunity Health, whose health plans were pulled in both the individual-market and SHOP exchanges in Iowa and Nebraska for 2015 as regulators review the startups financials.
Despite lack of knowledge, public supports ACA subsidies
Although the industry anxiously awaits the Supreme Courts decision on the legality of providing subsidies to people buying health insurance through the federal marketplace, few Americans have heard of the case that is set to go before the high court in March.
ACA penalty to be owed by as many as 6 million taxpayers
As many as 6 million U.S. taxpayers will have to pay a penalty of as much as 1 percent of income because they went without health insurance in part or all of 2014, the Treasury Department said.
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Alex Wayne
Hawaii exchange head speaks candidly on HIX value proposition
In an EBA exclusive, the leader of Hawaiis public health care exchange pinpoints failures and shares why its a business imperative that no one be left out of the system.
ACA fine to be owed by as many as 6 million taxpayers
As many as 6 million U.S. taxpayers will have to pay a penalty of as much as 1 percent of income because they went without health insurance in part or all of 2014, the Treasury Department said.
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Alex Wayne
ACA costs federal government less than anticipated
The Affordable Care Acts coverage provisions are now estimated to cost the government 20% less than originally estimated for the five-year period ending 2019, according to updated analysis from the Congressional Budget Office and Joint Committee on Taxation.
What brokers say is wrong with the ACA
Brokers cite rate increases, increased complexity and poor plan quality as top concerns with the health care law.
Tech startups look for piece of employer health care market
While employers deal with ACA reporting requirements and communication campaigns that explain the public health insurance exchanges, some have turned to health care technology startups in hopes of elevating the open-enrollment experience for their employees.
CMS adds security tools to Healthcare.gov
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is adding security tools to Healthcare.gov after reports last week raised concerns about personal information shared on the governments website to buy health insurance.
Group confirms Healthcare.gov shares personal health info with third parties
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a technology policy advocacy group, says it has confirmed that the federal government's Healthcare.gov is sharing personal data, including ZIP code, income level, smoking status, pregnancy status, and more, with at least 14 third parties.
CMS doles out grants to develop state exchanges
Several state-run public exchanges got a shot in the arm from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which awarded $187 million in grants to help develop their respective operational visions before federal funding runs out.
Homeland Security warns of phishing attempts on Healthcare.gov
The Department of Homeland Security has issued a warning that cybercriminals are using phishing e-mails that appear to come from Healthcare.gov ahead of the upcoming final deadline to apply for coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
Backend issues remain for Healthcare.gov, other health issues on horizon
Potential fixes to Affordable Care Act exchange enrollment and tweaks to the law itself are recommended by industry insiders at Washington panel.
Tavenners successor at CMS positive sign for brokers
The Department of Health and Human Services announced Friday that Andrew Slavitt, the second-ranking official at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, will take over the role of administrator of CMS in an acting capacity following the resignation of Marilyn Tavenner.
Employers grapple with key ACA compliance requirements
Mid-sized and larger organizations are still struggling with at least three key ACA compliance requirements: exchange notice management, annual health care reporting and penalty management.
HHS partners with digital platforms to promote enrollment
More than a year after technical glitches on Healthcare.gov emboldened Affordable Care Act critics and fueled late-night talk show jokes, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has since forged partnerships with four digital platforms to help promote the current open-enrollment period.
Employers eye private exchanges for pre-Medicare retirees
The advent of private and public health care exchanges has expanded employers horizons to consider subsidizing pre-Medicare eligible retiree health benefits through the individual market.
Private exchanges: ‘A proxy for an industry-wide revolution’
Benefitfocus' Shandon Fowler shares about his company, which provides the technology behind the private exchange offerings of top players like Aetna and Mercer.