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This section details the position of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on new issues relating to the applicability of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).

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• HIPAA Enforcement Is Not Preempted By COBRA; Non-HIPAA-Related State Insurance Law Is Not Preempted By Public Sector COBRA - Bulletin 04-01
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• How Selling Coverage Exclusively Through Bona Fide Associations Affects an Issuer's Guaranteed Renewability Obligations Under Title XXVII of the PHS Act - Bulletin 02-05 PDF
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• Characteristics of Bona Fide Associations, and How Selling Coverage Exclusively Through Them Affects an Issuer's Guaranteed Availability Obligations Under Title XXVII of the PHS Act - Bulletin 02-04 PDF (60K)
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• The Obligations Health Insurance Issuers Have to Association Members and Associations Under Title XXVII of the PHS Act With Respect to Guaranteed Renewability of Coverage - Bulletin 02-03
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• Application of Group and Individual Market Requirements Under Title XXVII of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act When Insurance Coverage is Sold To, or Through, Associations - Bulletin 02-02
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• How to Apply the "Product Withdrawal" and "Market Exit" Exceptions to the Guaranteed Renewability Requirements of Title XXVII of the PHS Act - Bulletin 02-01
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• Identifying Federally Eligible Individuals in States Electing to Use Alternative Mechanisms to Comply with Guaranteed Availability Requirements under Title XXVII of the PHS Act--Bulletin 01-02
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• Guaranteed Renewability of Conversion Policies--Bulletin 01-01
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• Circumstances Under Which Health Insurance Regulated As "Individual" Coverage Under State Law Is Subject To The Group Market Requirements Of The Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act Of 1996 (HIPAA)--Bulletin 00-06
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• Guaranteed Availability Under Title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act - Applicability of Group Participation Rules--Bulletin 00-05
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• State "Succeeding Carrier" or "Extension of Benefits" Laws and an Issuer's Obligation Under HIPAA to Enroll an Eligible Individual Who is Disabled - Bulletin 00-04
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• The Relationship of Certain Types of State Laws to the Application of the Guaranteed Availability Requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) in the Small Group Market - Bulletin 00-03 Text     PDF (21K)
  
  
• Issue Related to Eligible Individual Status Under Section 2741(b) of the Public Service Act - Bulletin 00-02
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• Imposing Nonconfinement Clauses on Eligible Individuals - Bulletin 00-01
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• Group Size Issues under Title XXVII of the Public Health Services Act - Bulletin 99-03
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• Issues Related to Eligible Individual Status Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 – Bulletin 99-02
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• Secondary Coverage and Continuing Coverage – Bulletin 99-01
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• Agent Commissions and Application Processing Delays – Bulletin 98-01
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