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HHS Issues Proposed Rule to Provide Clarity on Rights of Conscience in Healthcare

Healthcare Law Blog

The ACA also allows states to prohibit abortion coverage in their qualified health plans, but requires that such plans provide notice to potential enrollees of the exclusion of abortion coverage. The 2019 Final Rule was therefore vacated in its entirety and HHS has been operating under the 2011 Final Rule since its adoption.

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Reduced Co-Insurance for Screening Colonoscopies

Medisys Compliance

Section 4104 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) defined the term ‘preventive services’ to include ‘colorectal cancer screening tests’ and, as a result, it waives any coinsurance that would otherwise apply under Section 1833(a)(1) of the Social Security Act for screening colonoscopies. Background for Reduced Co-Insurance.