Insurance Exchanges

For this presentation, consultants from Milliman, Inc. reviewed the federal guidance on essential health benefits, state options for selecting a benchmark plan, and their approach to analyzing this issue for New York.

New York held a stakeholder meeting to discuss findings from a research study by Wakely Consulting on the New York broker market. Consultants from Wakely presented policy options for the state to consider, and a range of state-based groups shared their perspectives on broker and navigator strategies with state officials.

The Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange has released a Request for Information (RFI) for Exchange IT and Business Processes.

The Data Advisory Work Group (DAWG) of the Colorado Health Benefit Exchange (COHBE) released a report that describes the process used by the DAWG to select the metrics for evaluating the exchange.

This report describes the results of an analysis by consultants PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) for the Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services and the Virginia Health Reform Initiative of the potential benchmark health benefit plans, using the bulletin released by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), to determine the extent to which they provide coverage of the essential health benefits defined under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as well as their coverage of Virginia's mandated benefits.