HHS has established a new Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) within CMS to help implement health care reform’s requirements. The new office replaces HHS’s Office of Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (OCIIO) and is responsible for ensuring compliance with the new insurance market rules (e.g., the prohibitions on rescissions and preexisting condition exclusions for children). Like OCIIO, CCIIO will oversee the new medical loss ratio rules, assist states in reviewing insurance rates, and provide guidance and oversight for the state-based insurance exchanges. It will also administer the temporary high-risk pool program (known as the Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan) and the early retiree reinsurance program, and will compile and maintain data on insurance options.

EBIA Comment: The new CCIIO website will be another place to look for regulations, guidance, and other health care reform information from HHS. As part of the change, the OCIIO website is no longer being updated and has been archived. However, its content has been transferred to the CCIIO website. For detailed coverage of health care reform’s requirements for employer-sponsored health coverage, see EBIA’s Health Care Reform manual. You may also be interested in our recorded web seminars on health care reform topics (visit http://www.ebia.com/WebSeminars/HealthCareReform).

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