Federal Register

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  CMS to offer records to emergency aid authorities

  By Allison Bell  |  April 22, 2013

  Officials hope database access will help health authorities locate individuals who need extra help.

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  Feds: Brokers can be HHS exchange navigators

  By Allison Bell  |  April 3, 2013

  Stop-loss issuers and stop-loss issuer subsidiaries should not be navigators, CMS says.

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  Feds draft group plan waiting period, exclusion regs

  By Allison Bell  |  March 19, 2013

  What if you lost your leg before you joined your employer's plan?

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  Federal exchanges hope to register 254,095 producers

  By Allison Bell  |  February 6, 2013

  A Web-based system will provide HIX training and exams.

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  PPACA and her sister: IRS posts tax proposals

  By Allison Bell  |  December 3, 2012

  Regulators propose regulations for collecting a new investment tax and a new Medicare payroll tax.

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  CMS posts risk-management proposals

  By Allison Bell and Elizabeth Festa  |  November 30, 2012

  Federal exchange plans would have to offer similar commissions on and off the exchanges.

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  Feds propose PPACA multi-state plan regs

  By Allison Bell and Elizabeth Festa  |  November 30, 2012

  OPM officials say they might exempt the new MSPs from some state laws.

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  CMS to public: What's "quality"?

  By Allison Bell  |  November 26, 2012

  Officials say they want to help health coverage shoppers consider factors other than price.

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  PPACA: Feds Set Health EFT Regulations

  By Allison Bell  |  August 7, 2012

  The interim final rule could affect how doctors and hospitals connect with insurers' systems.

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  PPACA: IRS Releases Final Health Tax Credit Regulations

  By Allison Bell  |  May 18, 2012

  HSA and HRA contributions won't affect affordability; workers with affordable, self-only group coverage might get credits for family members.