CMS Compliance Report Tells Plans To Improve Before 2016 Enforcement

CMS is putting Healthcare.gov issuers on notice that its "good faith" approach to enforcing marketplace compliance is nearly over, urging them to formalize FFM-specific policies or face sanctions based on the severity and scope of their violations. The agency has so far held off on penalizing issuers for not playing by Healthcare.gov rules as a way of recognizing that plans faced hurdles in the exchange's bumpy launch. But a survey of those selling coverage in 2014 found nearly every issuer...