New York Health Benefit Exchange: Reducing Health Disparities
Health disparities are differences between populations in rates of disease, health outcomes, and access to quality care.
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New York Health Benefit Exchange Study: Employer Health Insurance Preference Research
To inform the design and development of the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) Exchange, New York retained Wakely Consulting to interview a sampling of the state’s small employers regarding health insurance coverage issues.
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Medicaid Benchmark Benefits under the Affordable Care Act: Options for New York
This report, prepared by Health Management Associates, examines four options for New York’s Medicaid benchmark plan selection.
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New York Health Benefit Exchange Study: Healthy New York and the Family Health Plus Employer Buy-In
This report, prepared by Deloitte, provides an overview of the impact of health reform on the Healthy New York (HNY) and Family Health Plus-Employer Buy-In (FHP-EBI) programs. Both programs were designed to provide health insurance coverage to segments of the population at risk for going un
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New York Health Benefit Exchange SHOP Policy Study
KPMG conducted an analysis to assess the needs of employers, producers, insurers, employees and the Small Business Health Options (SHOP) Exchange to assist in planning for the design, implementation, and operation of a successful SHOP Exchange in New York State.
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New York Insurance Markets and the Affordable Care Act
This study, prepared by Health Management Associates (HMA), describes the current state of New York’s individual and small group insurance markets, including the market concentration of insurers, geographic distribution of enrollment, cost sharing and actuarial value of plans offered, and t
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Essential Health Benefits for the New York Health Benefits Exchange
This report was prepared by Milliman, Inc. This report identifies the issues around the selection of the essential health benefits (EHB) benchmark and discusses the implications that the EHB choice will have on consumers, businesses, an
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Benefit Standardization Study for the State of New York
This report describes the small group products available in New York today, how these products align to the requirements of the ACA, and presents options for consideration to standardize products within the Exchange.
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Risk Adjustment and Reinsurance under the ACA New York State Recommendations
This report provides recommendations for New York's approach to addressing the ACA's risk adjustment and reinsurance requirements and implementing these programs.
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The Role of Producers and Other Third Party Assistors in New York's Individual and SHOP Exchanges
This report explores the critical interactions that third party assistors have with buyers and sellers of insurance in the New York market and presents various models for incorporating and compensating producers and other intermediaries in the New York Health Benefit Exchange.