The Medicare
marketing rule officially takes effect tomorrow, October 1. NAHU has created a Medicare Marketing Rule Resources page on our website that contains all information
and guidance we have to date.
For the first time
in a decade, CMS announced that premiums for Medicare Part B beneficiaries will
be lower than the previous year: Part B premiums will decrease to $164.90. The
annual Part B deductible will also dip to $226 from $233. The administration
also announced decreased premiums for Medicare Advantage and Part D plans.
The NAIC is
currently reviewing a model state regulation to address improper marketing of
insurance plans and unscrupulous actors in the health insurance market. NAHU
submitted a comment letter this week in response to proposed
changes to the NAIC’s Unfair Trade Practices Model Act, a law that regulates
each state's insurance industry.
In a move that will likely impact healthcare consumers in Illinois and Iowa, Trinity Health's MercyOne and Genesis announced that the health systems will be entering a "strategic partnership" with one another.
The Nevada Department of Health and
Human Services released a preliminary version of an actuarial study on the state’s new
“public option" as the Battle Born State takes the next steps in implementing the program.
