Departments Investigate ACA Contraceptives Noncompliance; Updated HRSA Guidelines | Practical Law
The Departments of Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS), and Treasury have issued FAQ guidance addressing coverage, without cost-sharing, of colonoscopies and contraceptives under the Affordable Care Act's (ACA's) preventive health services rules. The FAQs address coverage of follow-up colonoscopies after a positive stool-based or direct visualization screening test under US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations. The FAQs also announce the Departments' efforts to investigate and enforce reported noncompliance with the ACA's contraceptives mandate, which generally requires coverage of contraceptives that are approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).