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AHA Video: How the U.S. Supreme Court Vacancy Could Affect Health Care Cases
AHA General Counsel Melinda Reid Hatton and acclaimed appellate litigator Cate Stetson, a partner at law firm Hogan Lovells, discuss Justice Ginsburg’s contribution to the Supreme Court and justice in America, the legal challenges facing the Affordable Care Act, and lawsuits that could affect hospitals and health systems.
GAO study examines marketing practices of ACA-exempt health plans
Government Accountability Office agents made 31 covert phone calls to selected sales representatives in five states between November 2019 and January 2020, posing as individuals needing to purchase health insurance to cover pre-existing conditions to see whether the representatives engaged in deceptive practices.
Court blocks HHS changes to ACA non-discrimination rule
A federal district court in New York blocked the Department of Health and Human Services from revising a 2016 rule implementing nondiscrimination protections for patients under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act.
Appeals court upholds order to pay ACA cost-sharing reductions
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a 2019 court order requiring the federal government to reimburse insurers for unpaid cost-sharing reductions provided through the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance exchanges in 2017 and 2018.
N.H. receives waiver to implement reinsurance program
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Department of the Treasury approved a Section 1332 waiver for New Hampshire to implement a five-year reinsurance program for its individual health insurance market beginning in 2021.
Administration Asks Supreme Court to Overturn ACA
The Trump administration submitted a brief last week asking the Supreme Court to overturn the Affordable Care Act (ACA). If successful, the request would discontinue health care coverage for up to 23 million Americans, eliminate protections for preexisting conditions and end the expansion of Medicaid.
Administration reverses ACA protections against gender discrimination
The Trump administration finalized a rule this week that would remove provisions in Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which were designed to prevent discrimination.
HHS finalizes proposed changes to ACA non-discrimination rule
The Department of Health and Human Services finalized proposed revisions to a 2016 rule implementing nondiscrimination protections for patients under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act.
Statement on HHS final rule to revise non-discrimination provision under the Affordable Care Act
Statement on HHS final rule to revise non-discrimination provision under the Affordable Care Act from AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack.
CMS to resume risk adjustment transfers for 2014-2016 benefit years
CMS next month will begin collecting and distributing risk adjustment payments in the permanent risk adjustment program for benefit years 2014-2018, the agency announced yesterday.