On May 15, 2017, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that it was planning to essentially end the Federally Facilitated SHOP exchange, which covers 33 states, as of the end of 2017 ...

On Tuesday, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Marilyn Tavenner indicated the ObamaCare SHOP exchange website for small business owners would be delayed again – potentially ...

After nearly two years in operation and millions of dollars spent in development, the small business health insurance exchange created by the Affordable Care Act is struggling to catch on. Nationally, ...

On November 27, 2013, just as the nation headed out for the holiday, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that online enrollment in the federal SHOP exchange for small businesses ...

Last month HHS proposed regulations that would delay implementation of the employee choice requirement in SHOP Exchanges until 2015. We’ve received a number of calls asking what the delay means. The ...

Workshops to be held by Maryland health officials regarding the state’s SHOP exchange for small-business employers have been canceled, leading many to believe that the small business exchange will be ...

DSS has hired over 100 new staff members to help with Medicaid unwinding. The agency is also ramping up the number of contracted staff to support its shared operations with Access Health CT, including ...

Many insurers are concerned that the new small business health option program (SHOP) could lead to adverse selections and an unfair disadvantage for payers competing in the marketplaces, reported the ...

The recently released “Navigator’s Manual” is an interesting read. It provides the foundation for how the Navigators will direct consumers in using the new health insurance marketplace. There are some ...

Can the SHOP (Small Business Health Options Program) be saved? Originally developed by Senator Dick Durbin, the SHOP came with many promises. Having operated in a state that has had a small employer ...