Newsletter Articles | June 1, 2012
Medicaid Managed Care: How States’ Experience Can Inform Exchange Qualified Health Plan Standards
Medicaid Managed Care: How States’ Experience Can Inform Exchange Qualified Health Plan Standards
State Affordable Insurance Exchanges (exchanges) are at the core of the coverage reform in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), establishing a marketplace in which individuals and small employers can compare and select among affordable, quality health insurance options. The ACA charges exchanges with making Qualified Health Plans (QHPs) available to consumers and small businesses within the parameters of proposed ACA implementation guidance released on July 15, 2011.1 State exchanges may go beyond these federal minimums and require QHP issuers to meet additional criteria . . .