Insurance Exchanges

The Washington Health Benefit Exchange Board's draft Level II exchange grant request.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Maryland Health Benefit Exchange Board has gathered some useful materials from its latest meeting including: MOU’s with an outside research group for Level II application assistance and a take-up study; a chart outlining the handoff of exchange administration functions from the department to the public corporation; and a presentation on SHOP exchange technology enablement options.

This final rule implements standards for States related to reinsurance and risk adjustment, and for health insurance issuers related to reinsurance, risk corridors, and risk adjustment consistent with the ACA.

This toolkit is part of a series designed to share examples, templates, experiences, and lessons learned from Massachusetts’ implementation of health reform to help states plan, build, and implement elements of the Affordable Care Act.

Washington Governor, Christine Gregoire has signed a bill  authorizing the creation of a state based health insurance exchange.