CMS Provides Leeway On Insurance Discontinuation Notices Ahead Of 2015 Enrollment

CMS won't take enforcement action against insurers that fail to send individual plan discontinuation notices to enrollees 90 days before their coverage is canceled, potentially pushing until after the mid-term elections additional controversy about consumers having their plans discontinued. The agency told insurers about the leniency in recent guidance . If insurers had to comply with the statutory 90-day discontinuation notice requirement, for 2014 plans that were effective at the start of the year the notices would have to be...