Issuers Blast CMS Proposal Allowing States To Alter RA Transfers

The health insurance industry wants CMS to scrap -- or at the very least alter -- a proposal in the 2019 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters that would allow states to reduce by up to 50 percent risk adjustment transfer amounts in the small business market, arguing the policy would destabilize the market and result in segmentation. But a handful of state regulators praise the idea and the Alabama's insurance department has already told HHS that it plans to...