New Mexico Co-Op Sues To Stop CMS' Interim Rule For 2017 Risk Adjustment

The New Mexico co-op health plan, which previously sued CMS on the grounds its budget-neutral risk adjustment payment methodology discriminated against the Affordable Care Act's smaller, co-op plans, on Monday sued the agency a second time for relying on the same methodology in an interim final rule that resumed the 2017 risk adjustment payments. New Mexico Health Connections (NMHC) claims CMS' violated the Administrative Procedures Act by issuing the regulation without a chance for public comment. The New Mexico plan...