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The Trump administration is freezing a critical Affordable Care Act (ACA) insurance payment program that discourages insurers from cherry picking healthier enrollees by compensating them for sicker ones.
The suspension of some payouts under the program, known as risk adjustment, could come in the wake of a recent decision by a federal judge in New Mexico, who ruled that part of its implementation was flawed and hadn’t been adequately justified by federal regulators, people familiar with the plans said.
CMS argues the ruling prevents it from making further collections or payments in the risk adjustment program, including amounts for the 2017 benefit year which amount to $10.4 billion, until the litigation is resolved.