On April 26, 2024, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule (press release, fact sheet, FAQs) reinterpreting Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which prohibits discrimination on the...more
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On February 6, 2024, the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a set of frequently asked questions (FAQs) related to Medicare Advantage (MA) coverage criteria and utilization management (UM) requirements....more
On July 7, 2023, the US Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury (collectively, the departments) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) and Fact Sheet that proposes to revise the definition of...more
On January 6, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule regarding Contract Year 2023 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit...more