What do the HIPAA portability rules have to do with annual and lifetime limits?
A516. The new lifetime maximum provisions have been added to overall section of the law created for HIPAA portability. So, in general, any plan subject to the HIPAA portability rules is subject to the new lifetime maximum provision, and likewise any plan subject to the lifetime maximum provision is subject to HIPAA portability. The health care reform legislation not only added this new lifetime maximum provision into the HIPAA portability section, but made some changes to the rules defining which plans were exempt from HIPAA portability.
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