Marketplace MLR Rebates Likely to Drop After Record Highs
June
10
Health insurers will likely issue about $1 billion in medical loss ratio (MLR) rebates this year, according to data from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) and Mark Farrah Associates. That amount is a drop from both 2020 and 2021, which set the all-time highs for MLR rebates disbursed since the Affordable Care Act came into effect. Experts tell AIS Health, a division of MMIT, that the dropoff in rebates is related to pandemic utilization and a more stable policy environment for the individual marketplace.
Health plans selling insurance on the individual, small group and fully insured large group markets are required to return any premium revenue that is not spent on care (or care quality improvements) to members.
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