2022 Outlook: This Year, ‘Smooth Sailing’ Appears Likely for ACA Exchanges

  • Jan 07, 2022

    For health insurers that operate in the Affordable Care Act exchanges, 2022 is shaping up to be a relatively stable, profitable year with few regulatory surprises, health policy experts tell AIS Health. Still, there will be some regulatory uncertainty that plans must grapple with as well as a newly proposed rule effective in 2023 that imposes tighter controls on benefits and network design than even the Obama administration attempted.

    That regulation is the Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters (NBPP) 2023 Proposed Rule, released by the Biden administration on Dec. 28. Perhaps the biggest change included in the annual omnibus exchange rule — the move to require standardized ACA marketplace plans — was already known to the industry but still promises to make a significant impact.

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  • Leslie Small

    Leslie has been working in journalism since 2009 and reporting on the health care industry since 2014. She has covered the many ups and downs of the Affordable Care Act exchanges, the failed health insurer mega-mergers, and hundreds of other storylines spanning subjects such as Medicaid managed care, Medicare Advantage, employer-sponsored insurance, and prescription drug coverage. As the managing editor of Health Plan Weekly and Radar on Drug Benefits, she writes and edits for both publications while overseeing a small team of reporters who also focus on the managed care sector. Before joining AIS Health, she was a senior editor for the e-newsletter Fierce Health Payer, and she started her career as a copy editor at multiple local newspapers. She graduated with a dual degree in journalism and political science from Penn State University.

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