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CMS Turns Back On Network Adequacy, Adopts Standardized Plans, Punts On Third-Party Payments

By Amy Lotven / February 29, 2016 at 10:49 PM
CMS on Monday finalized a proposal to let issuers offer standardized health plans in 2017 and also moved forward on changes to the Affordable Care Act's risk adjustment program, but reversed course on a plan to require each state meet a minimum time and distance standard for network adequacy and punted on requiring issuers accept third-party payments from non-profit charities. The new policies are part of a 2017 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters (NBPP) rule that sets wide-ranging policy...


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