CMS & HHS Issue RFI on Essential Health Benefits Under ACA; Comments Due January 31

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have published a request for information (RFI) seeking public comment on coverage of benefits in health plans subject to the Essential Health Benefits (EHB) requirements under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). These topics include: benefit descriptions in EHB-benchmark plan documents, the scope of benefits covered in typical employer plans, the review of EHB, coverage of prescription drugs, and substitution of EHB.