Exchanges Can Work With Private Entities To Hike Enrollment In Qualified Health Plans, Final Rule Confirms

HHS is giving exchanges the discretion to let outside web-based entities help enroll people, including those who qualify for the health reform law's premium tax credits and cost-sharing subsidies, into qualified health plans, according to the department's final rule on the establishment of exchanges and qualified health plans released Monday (March 12). Allowing certain companies to work alongside state exchanges to enroll subsidy-eligible individuals into QHPs was a policy strongly pushed by existing online health insurance broker eHealth as well...