AHIP Statement on MLR
For Immediate Release
November 23, 2010
Contact:
Robert Zirkelbach
(202) 778-8493
Washington, D.C. – America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) President and CEO Karen Ignagni released the following statement today on the medical loss ratio (MLR) regulations issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS):
“HHS today issued MLR regulations that track closely with the recommendations state insurance commissioners offered following a substantive, collaborative process. These regulations acknowledge the potential for individual insurance market disruption and take a first step toward minimizing such disruptions. The potential for disruption to employer-provided coverage should also be acknowledged and addressed. In addition, more consideration needs to be given to the cost of federally mandated investments in modernizing claims coding and the value of health plans’ programs to prevent fraud.”
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