CMS Changes Rate Filing Deadlines, Lets Plans Submit Rate Increases With Less Scrutiny

CMS pushed back the 2019 rate filing deadline to July 25 for states with a rate review program and kept it at June 1 for the handful of states without a rate review program, and also approved a new rule allowing insurers to submit new, higher rates for insurance plans without government oversight, changing the rate review threshold from 10 to 15 percent, but the agency says it still intends to post all preliminary rates on Aug. 1. For plan...