In early 2021, the president signed into law legislation that will promote fair competition in health insurance markets with the removal of a 75-year-old exemption that allowed companies to avoid federal antitrust laws. The Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (H.R....
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ACA Coalition Fights for Provider Reimbursement Fairness
The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) collaborated recently with the Patient Access to Responsible Care Alliance (PARCA), a coalition of non-MD healthcare providers, in submitting a letter to federal regulators urging them to enforce a rule that requires group health plans...
New Rule on AHPs Could Lead to a ‘Race to the Bottom’ Market for Health Plans
On June 19, the U.S. Department of Labor released a long-awaited final rule expanding the availability of alternative insurance plans that do not need to meet the 2010 Affordable Care Act’s benefit requirements. The rule was handed down despite deep...
Blues Plans Issuing Denials for Certain Modifiers
ACA has recently heard from members in a few states that some Blue Cross Blue Shield plans are automatically denying claims that contain the -25 and -59 modifiers. The states we have heard from to date include Illinois, Oklahoma and...
