On May 15, 2017, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that it was planning to essentially end the Federally Facilitated SHOP exchange, which covers 33 states, as of the end of 2017 ...

DSS has hired over 100 new staff members to help with Medicaid unwinding. The agency is also ramping up the number of contracted staff to support its shared operations with Access Health CT, including ...

Last month HHS proposed regulations that would delay implementation of the employee choice requirement in SHOP Exchanges until 2015. We’ve received a number of calls asking what the delay means. The ...

On November 27, 2013, just as the nation headed out for the holiday, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that online enrollment in the federal SHOP exchange for small businesses ...

Many insurers are concerned that the new small business health option program (SHOP) could lead to adverse selections and an unfair disadvantage for payers competing in the marketplaces, reported the ...

The recently released “Navigator’s Manual” is an interesting read. It provides the foundation for how the Navigators will direct consumers in using the new health insurance marketplace. There are some ...

Small business owners in Maryland waiting to shop online for health-care plans via the state-run exchange will have to wait some more. Confirming recent reports, last week the Maryland Health Benefit ...