CMS Approves Oregon Reinsurance Waiver After Earlier Mixed Signals

CMS on Thursday (Oct. 19) approved Oregon's 1332 waiver request allowing pass-through federal funding to support a state reinsurance program starting in 2018, which state officials say has already lowered rates by 6 percent. Stakeholders were keeping a close eye on the agency's response to the waiver as CMS officials had recently sent mixed messages when responding to similar requests. “We are pleased that CMS has quickly approved Oregon's 1332 State Innovation Waiver application enabling Oregon to establish its reinsurance...