2nd Circuit Grants HHS Extension In New York-ACA Risk-Adjustment Program Spat

Mealey's (March 7, 2019, 1:22 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 5 gave the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services until June to respond to its request for an opinion on how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s risk-adjustment program interacts and impacts a similar New York program in two insurers’ case challenging whether the state can take proceeds to which the companies were entitled under the federal law (UnitedHealthcare of New York Inc., et al. v. Maria T. Vullo, et al., No. 18-2583, 2nd Cir.)....