CMS PROPOSES SHORTER ACA ENROLLMENT PERIOD

The CMS recently proposed a number of rules related to the Affordable Care Act, including one that would shorten and shift the open enrollment period. Open enrollment for the 2016 plan year would run from Oct. 1 through Dec. 15, 2015, under the proposal. Another rule would allow exchanges to automatically enroll current subscribers in the lowest-priced plan of the same tier unless the subscriber chooses otherwise.