What is the PCORI Fee? The Affordable Care Act established the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to explore the effectiveness, risks and benefits of medical treatments. The fees were originally scheduled to be collected for plan years and policy...
Employers who provide prescription drug coverage to those who are or may become eligible for Medicare Part D, must notify both plan members and CMS on whether the coverage provided is deemed “creditable” or “non-creditable” per the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) of...
What is the PCORI Fee? The Affordable Care Act established the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to explore the effectiveness, risks and benefits of medical treatments. The fees were originally scheduled to be collected for plan years and policy...
CMS will once again allow small employers and individual health plans an extension of transitional (grand-mothered) coverage. Transitional relief allows employers to continue to use their health plans that don’t meet requirements of the Affordable Care Act. If...
Small employers may yet again, see transition relief through the 2018 calendar year for states and carriers that have agreed to the extension according to recent CMS guidance. While Congress debates changes in the law, transition relief allows employers to continue...
