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October 06, 2014 at 10:40 AM
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) could be getting ready to change the public exchange plan provider network rules.
The office of the HHS Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) — an in-house HHS think tank — has been conducting a study on setting new rules, according to David Cusano of the Georgetown Health Policy Institute.
Cusano talked about the study at a recent meeting of the Health Insurance and Managed Care Committee, an arm of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). Cusano told state insurance regulators at the meeting that ASPE officials could base any proposals for network adequacy rules on the network standards that now apply to Medicare Advantage plans.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an arm of HHS, sets detailed standards for Medicare Advantage plans. It requires a Medicare plan to offer a minimum number of providers and set a maximum amount of time that an enrollee must travel to see an in-network provider.
