GAO reviewed the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) new rule on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; program integrity: exchange, premium stabilization programs, and market standards; amendments to the HHS notice of benefit and payment parameters for 2014. GAO found that (1) the final rule outlines financial integrity and oversight standards with respect to Affordable Insurance Exchanges, qualified health plan (QHP) issuers in federally-facilitated exchanges (FFEs), and states with regard to the operation of risk adjustment and reinsurance programs. It also establishes additional standards for special enrollment periods, survey vendors that may conduct enrollee satisfaction surveys on behalf of QHP issuers, and issuer participation in an FFE, and makes certain amendments to definitions and standards related to the market reform rules. This final rule also amends and adopts as final interim provisions set forth in the Amendments to the HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2014, an interim final rule related to risk corridors and cost-sharing reduction reconciliation; and (2) CMS complied with applicable requirements in promulgating the rule.
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