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CMS schedules PPACA risk-adjustment clash
By Allison BellExchange plan issuers with low-risk-score enrollees are supposed to send cash to competitors.
January 08, 2016
Obama vetoes Republican bill repealing parts of PPACABackers need to get two-thirds majorities in the House and Senate to overturn the veto.
January 08, 2016
Gross says tough time for bonds if Fed relies on jobsGross thinks the Fed may raise rates just twice this year.
January 08, 2016
Fewer fevers, aches in mild flu season help health insurersThe calm could be hard on drug makers and drug stores.
January 08, 2016
Payrolls surge, U.S. jobless rate at 5 percent as workforce growsTemporary help services and health care accounted for many of the new hires.
January 08, 2016
Medicaid changes sought by ArkansasOne of the most striking deviations from the federal vision for Medicaid expansion came in Arkansas. Now, the state is looking to get even more ambitious.
January 07, 2016
Watchdogs to CMS: Cut subsidies for exchange deadbeatsCMS says the IRS and issuers are in charge of tracking subsidy payments.
January 07, 2016
What if you owe the PPACA 3R’s programs money?CMS recently gave insurers reinsurance, risk corridors and risk-adjustment invoice training.