On the Record

HHS's final rule on Association Health Plans "provides an opportunity for health plans participating in the small group market, particularly if AHPs can be defined as single employer, bona fide group plans under ERISA. Once they get that classification, that gives them potential benefit flexibility.…That's the upside. The downside is the possibility for fraud."

— Sean Creighton, vice president in the policy practice at Avalere Health, tells Health Plan Weekly about insurers' prospects for success with Association Health Plans