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Compliance

This section focuses on health care compliance and regulations – both national and state – including the ACA. It includes changes in health care law, regulation, and court decisions and their impact on health insurance professionals, employers, and individuals.

Midsize Businesses Seek Relief From Federal Health Law

Employer groups and insurers are pushing to keep businesses with 51 to 100 workers exempt from a provision of the federal health law that they say could significantly increase their costs.

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Medicaid Expansion Helps Cut Rate of Older, Uninsured Adults From 12 to 8 Percent

The health law's expansion of Medicaid coverage to adults with incomes over the poverty line was key to reducing the uninsured rate among 50- to 64-year-olds from nearly 12 to 8 percent in 2014, according to a new analysis.

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146K Sign Up During ObamaCare Extension

Nearly 150,000 people signed up for health insurance during ObamaCare's extra enrollment period this spring, the federal government announced Tuesday.

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CBO’s ‘Dynamic Scoring’ Could Affect ACA, Other Health Programs

On Tuesday, the Congressional Budget Office said that it will use a different type of economic analysis to study federal spending policies' effects, particularly in regard to health care, Modern Healthcare reports.

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More People Able to Pay Medical Bills Under ObamaCare

A new study finds that since ObamaCare went into effect, more people are able to pay their family medical bills.

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Health Insurance Makes Big Shift to Managed-Care Regulator

A big shift in the individual health insurance market in 2014 gave the California Department of Managed Health Care the most enrollment in all three sectors of commercial insurance.

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Individual Enrollment Tops Small-Biz Health Coverage in California

The number of Californians with health coverage through small employers dropped below enrollment in the individual market for the first time, a new study shows.

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Multi-Carrier Private Exchange Eclipses California SHOP

Covered California's Small Employer Health Options Program (SHOP) is growing, but a private-sector competitor to the state-run HIX is growing even faster.

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Senate Panel Launches Probe Into ObamaCare Subsidies

A Senate panel announced an investigation Thursday into ObamaCare insurance subsidies, which Republicans claim have been improperly paid out without verification.

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GOP Lawmaker Presses House Leaders for ObamaCare Alternative

Another Republican lawmaker is warning House GOP leaders that they need to come up with a fully fledged plan in case the Supreme Court rules against ObamaCare next month.

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