States, Insurers Upset By HHS Proposal To Streamline Rate Reviews

State regulators and insurers oppose an attempt by HHS to regulate and standardize states' health insurance rate review processes, including a plan to publish all final rates at the same time ahead of the first day of open enrollment, as laid out in several sections of the department's proposed rule on 2016 benefits and payment parameters. The stakeholders argue that HHS' proposal would stifle states' ability to run rate reviews, delay the filing review process for on- and off-exchange markets,...