Eligibility, Leasing Options Could Help Solve King, Cost Concerns

Separating eligibility determinations from the rest of state health insurance exchange functions could be the future of marketplace operations, exchange experts said this week at a National Health Insurance Exchange Summit. CMS recently signaled to state officials that it might lay out the parameters for states to lease federal eligibility functions through the rulemaking process, but a CMS spokesperson said Tuesday (May 12) that no further information is available on when leasing regulations might be issued. The idea of detaching...