Final HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2016: Brief Summary of Key Provisions for the 2016 Plan Year

On February 27, 2015, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published the Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2016 Final Rule, which included several provisions pertaining to form review. This analysis, prepared by the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute’s Center on Health Insurance Reforms, provides a brief summary of the key provisions specific to form review and other notable provisions specific to the 2016 plan year. Included in the final rule are provisions on enrollment periods, definition of habilitative services, meaningful access to coverage materials, annual update to cost-sharing limits, pediatric age, and the drug exceptions process.