Counihan: CMS Will Hold Exchange Sustainability Symposium In May

CMS insurance oversight chief Kevin Counihan said the agency will hold a symposium in May focusing on self-sustainability strategies for state-based marketplaces (SBMs). Counihan provided no further details in remarks at America's Health Insurance Plans conference last week, and a CMS spokesperson only confirmed that the meeting will take place later this year. The Affordable Care Act provided unlimited funding for states to set up their exchanges, but required that all SBMs be self-sustaining as of Jan. 1, 2015 --...