Bulletin: Opportunity For States To Participate In A Wellness Program Demonstration Project To Implement Health-Contingent Wellness Programs In The Individual Market

On September 30, 2019, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released this informational bulletin on the opportunity for states to participate in a wellness program demonstration project to implement health-contingent wellness programs in the individual market. The bulletin announces that participating states may implement nondiscriminatory health-contingent wellness programs in the individual market, and outlines the participation requirements; the criteria HHS, in consultation with the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Department of the Treasury (the Treasury Department), will use to evaluate applications; instructions on application submissions and appeals . . .