The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a list of 10 facts healthcare providers “need to know” about the online health insurance exchanges, or marketplaces, created by healthcare reform. The publications include the following must-know information:

• The exchanges are “a new way to shop for health coverage,” and allow customers to compare private insurance plans in terms of cost, quality and benefits.
• Each state will have its own marketplace; some of these will be run by the state, others by the federal government and others by a partnership between the two.
• Open enrollment in the exchanges will last… Continue reading →