Resources from the Federal Government

On November 29, 2011 Alabama, Arizona, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Nebraska, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and Vermont received federal funding to help establish state-based health insurance excahnges.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services approved Georgia’s request for an adjustment to its Medical Loss
Ratio (MLR).

Michigan's request for an adjustment of the Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) standard

This GAO report recommends that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services needs to determine the feasibility of doing more to make the costs of health care services available to consumers and determine the next steps it needs to take in this area.

This 2011 Secretary's Report, outlines the several activities undertaken by CMS to update information on the quality of care children receive in Medicaid/CHIP.

The essential health benefits package specifies the services that all Qualified Health Plans will be required to cover if they are to participate in any state’s health insurance exchange.

National Center for Health Statistics at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a study that found that one million more young adults had health insurance in the first quarter of 2011 than in the same period of 2010 because of the health care reform law.

Resources from the September 19-20, 2011 State Exchange Grantee Meeting.

The purpose of this white paper is to begin the consultation process around the development of the federally-certified risk adjustment methodology developed by HHS and provide context for individuals to submit comments regarding the Standards Related to Reinsurance, Risk Corridors and Risk Adjustment Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) (45 CFR Part 153), issued July 15, 2011.

This report describes to date what states have accomplished under their Rate Review Grants.