Insurance Exchanges

Minnesota's Health Insurance Exchange Small Employer and Employees Work Group has drafted proposed recommendations on the inclusion and interface of tax savings or tax credit programs for the small employer within the Minnesota Health Insurance Exchange.

Minnesota's Plan Certification Work Group has recommended a proposed set of Qualified Health Plan (QHP) certification standards for the Minnesota Health Insurance Exchange.

On September 5, 2012, Colorado's Governor’s Office, the Department of Insurance, and the Colorado Health Benefit Exchange issued a preliminary recommendation that Kaiser Permanente, Colorado's largest small‐group health‐insurance plan, serve as the Essential Health Benefits benchmark plan. 

This template, prepared by Manatt Health Solutions, was developed in order to help drive state decisions and is based on the eligibility business functions that state Exchanges and Medicaid agencies are required to support pursuant to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), and related federal implementation regulations.

Manatt Health Solutions with support from the State Network, developed this workplan which identifies critical state-based exchange implementation tasks to aid states in achieving state-based exchange certification by the November 16th, 2012 Blueprint application submission deadline.

Maryland’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene developed a white paper that outlines the continuity of care issues individuals will face as they transition between Medicaid and the Exchange.

This memorandum, prepared at the request of the California Health Benefit Exchange, examines the impact of a Basic Health Program (BHP) on coverage in California.

This Commonwealth Fund analysis illustrates the out-of-pocket costs that might result from health insurance plans with various plan designs and actuarial values.

This report, prepared by the National Academy for State Health Policy, highlights the progress of six states on their initial Exchange navigator program development.

Preliminary recommendations from the California Health Benefit Exchange to the Board of Directors regarding provider networks within Qualified Health Plans (QHPs).