{"id":33103,"date":"2018-04-13T18:45:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-14T00:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/?p=33103"},"modified":"2018-04-13T18:50:40","modified_gmt":"2018-04-14T00:50:40","slug":"state-and-federal-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/connectforhealthco.com\/es\/state-and-federal-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"State and Federal Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>To Our Valued Stakeholders,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday the governor signed into law a bill that will allow brokers to charge a fee when assisting a customer buying a health plan that does not include a broker commission.<\/p>\n<p>Brokers have played an important role in assisting our customers throughout our history and we expect that to continue. We also continue to work to inform our customers on the full cost of their coverage and will incorporate this change in future communications.<\/p>\n<p>The Division of Insurance will develop rules on implementing the law. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/leg.colorado.gov\/bills\/sb18-136\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read more<\/a> on the legislation, including the text of the bill.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In the News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) this week released its Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2019. We are reviewing the 523-page document, which is broad in scope.<\/p>\n<p>CMS released an accompanying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cms.gov\/Newsroom\/MediaReleaseDatabase\/Fact-sheets\/2018-Fact-sheets-items\/2018-04-09.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fact sheet<\/a> along with the <a href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/public-inspection.federalregister.gov\/2018-07355.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">full text<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Post also summarized some of the highlights of the rules in its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/health-science\/trump-administration-rewrites-aca-insurance-rules-to-give-more-power-to-states\/2018\/04\/09\/94b738fa-3c0f-11e8-a7d1-e4efec6389f0_story.html?_hsenc=p2ANqtz--MWYVVKvogpJ55gd5L8b1K9LXUehSJshWkSfjZgyoV9H7Z3we-xE15TBhS7vJI_O2XehCNGmS1uQ0pLTvkpW0gNEt64kpTj7hZvUc5N0g-OTXSmp0&amp;_hsmi=61981964&amp;noredirect=on&amp;utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20Daily%20Health%20Policy%20Report&amp;utm_content=61981964&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_term=.7a827a57a467\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coverage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We will keep you informed of any impact this guidance will have on our customers or our operations.<\/p>\n<p>Take care,<\/p>\n<p><em>Kevin Patterson, MURP, MPA <\/em><br \/>\n<em>Chief Executive Officer <\/em><br \/>\n<em>Connect for Health Colorado<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To Our Valued Stakeholders, Yesterday the governor signed into law a bill that will allow brokers to charge a fee when assisting a customer buying a health plan that does&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/connectforhealthco.com\/es\/state-and-federal-changes\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>State and Federal Changes &#8226; 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