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Federal appeals court says HHS doesn’t have to make ACA risk corridor payments


Federal appeals court says HHS doesn’t have to make ACA risk corridor payments

Date Posted: Thursday, June 14, 2018

 

A federal appeals court ruled the federal government does not have to make risk corridor payments, dealing a blow to insurers that claim they are owed billions in payments under the Affordable Care Act.

In a closely watched case brought by Moda Health Plans, the three-judge panel for the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a decision by the Court of Federal Claims, ruling that the Department of Health and Human Services is not obligated to make risk corridor payments to insurers under the ACA.

The payments were built into the ACA as a way to protect insurers from extreme gains or losses on the ACA exchanges in a market that was still untested by insurers.

Source: fiercehealthcare.com

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