by Gretchen Harders, Daly D.E. Temchine, and Joseph J. Kempf, Jr.
On December 7, 2011, final rules on the medical loss ratio (“MLR”) requirements for insured health plans (and an interim final rule for non-federal governmental plans) were issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The MLR requirements are effective January 1, 2012, and any issuer who does not meet the MLR requirements for the 2011 MLR reporting year must pay rebates by August 1, 2012. This alert will address who should get a rebate and what we should expect to see under the MLR rules.
Tags: CMS, Cost of Health Care, HHS, medical loss ratio, MLR, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, PPACA