Regulatory,Legislative & Tax Issues

• NAIC Waiting for CMS Antifraud Guidance

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  September 29, 2011

  The National Association of Insurance Commissioners and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are still in the preliminary stages of developing antifraud measures required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.

• NAIC Panel Thinks Internationally

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  September 29, 2011

  An arm of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has agreed to add a discussion of the differences between the U.S. approach to corporate governance regulation and various international approaches to a key draft document.

• The Broccoli Case: Obama Administration, PPACA Opponents Ask Supreme Court to Rule

  By Allison Bell  |  September 29, 2011

  The U.S. Department of Justice and groups that want to block implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 are calling for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether the act is constitutional.

• Dodd-Frank: Principal Blasts Swap Margin Proposal

  By Allison Bell  |  September 28, 2011

  A life insurer is asking federal financial services regulators to revise a proposed regulation that could sharply restrict the types of assets it could use to meet margin requirements.

• Finance Firm Receives Warrant

  By Staff Writer  |  September 28, 2011

  A finance firm that focuses on the life settlement and structured settlement sectors says it received a search warrant Tuesday.

• PPACA: HHS Seeks Carriers for Primary Care Investment Project

  By Allison Bell  |  September 28, 2011

  The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services wants to try teaming up with public and private health plans to invest in modernizing primary care medical practices.

• Kaiser-HRET: PPACA is Here

  By Staff Writer  |  September 27, 2011

  The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 is starting to have noticeable effects on group health coverage, researchers say.

• Dodd-Frank: FSOC Gets Its Voting Member with Insurance Expertise

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  September 27, 2011

  The Senate has used a unanimous consent process to confirm the nomination of Roy Woodall to serve a 6-year term as the independent member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council with insurance expertise.

• Consumers on Health Exchanges: ?

  By Staff Writer  |  September 27, 2011

  Millions of U.S. residents are supposed to pour into new health insurance distribution exchanges in 2014, but only 3% say they are very or extremely familiar with the exchange concept.

• HHS Extends Exchange Plan Risk Management Deadline

  By Staff Writer  |  September 27, 2011

  The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is giving members of the public until Halloween to comment on any dangers that may be haunting a health insurance exchange proposal and a health insurance risk management proposal.