HHS Delays Transparency Reporting For Non-QHPs; More on Leasing

HHS on Tuesday (Aug. 11) called for public comment on the Affordable Care Act's transparency provisions, asking for information from qualified health plan (QHP) issuers who sell in the federally run marketplace or in states that use the Healthcare.gov platform. Other reporting requirements will be proposed later for non-exchange coverage like group plans, non-QHP individual coverage and non-grandfathered group plans including large-group and self-insured plans, HHS said. The ACA's transparency provisions require issuers to report enrollment, claims denials and cost-sharing...