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NY State of Health (NYSOH), the State’s official health plan marketplace, today released county level enrollment data on the nearly 1 million New Yorkers who enrolled in health plans from October 1, 2013 through April 15, 2014. This county level data compliments the state-level data that NYSOH previously released. The earlier report is available here. Zip code level enrollment data is available here.
On June 25, 2014, NY State of Health released demographic enrollment data on the nearly 1 million New Yorkers who enrolled in health plans from October 1, 2013 through April 15, 2014.
Producers who wish to sell, solicit or negotiate health insurance through the NY State of Health (NYSOH) Marketplace must complete the certification course(s) offered by the Department of Financial Services’ (DFS) network of approved continuing education (CE) provider organizations. Certification on the Small Business Marketplace (SBM) is a prerequisite for certification on the Individual Marketplace.
To view the course training schedule and list of approved vendors, click here.
On February 14, 2014, New York submitted a Level One application for the federal Exchange Establishment grant. The State received an award of $82.2 million for this grant on May 2, 2014. The project narrative is available below.
On April 25, 2014, NY State of Health issued its invitation to insurers to participate for the 2015 plan year. The invitation and related documents are listed below.
All questions about the application process should be directed to the Invitation Administrator at nyhxpm@health.state.ny.us. Answers to common questions that have been received are located in the "Questions and Answers" file listed below and posted on 11/24/14.
On January 13, 2014, the Senate Standing Committees on Health and Insurance held a public hearing on the implementation of NY State of Health. Donna Frescatore's, Executive Director of NY State of Health, testimony is attached here.
On January 13, 2014, NY State of Health released demographic enrollment data on the more than 230,000 New Yorkers who enrolled in health plans through December 24, 2013, the last day to enroll for coverage starting in January 2014. The report is attached here.
This document contains a list of commonly used health insurance terms and their definitions to help consumers better understand how health insurance coverage works. Additional terms are available through the Glossary page.
These terms and definitions are available in additional languages via this page.
This document contains a list of commonly used health insurance terms and their definitions to help consumers better understand how health insurance coverage works.
