Company: ELV
Filing Date: 2025-10-21
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001156039-25-000136
Chunk: 85

Company: Elevance Health, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-10-21
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 2
Chunk 85
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 (the “CVS Agreement”) with the current contractual term extending through December 31, 2027. We can elect to have CVS continue to provide services to us for a three-year extension period on the same terms and conditions as in the current CVS Agreement in the event of a termination or non-renewal by either party.

For additional discussion regarding business trends, see Part I, Item 1, “Business” included in our 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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Regulatory Trends and Uncertainties

The federal budget reconciliation legislation, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “OBBBA”) was signed into law on July 4, 2025. The OBBBA contains a variety of provisions that could impact our business and operations including: changes to Medicaid renewal and eligibility rules, such as more frequent redeterminations for beneficiaries receiving coverage through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, as amended, (collectively, the “ACA”), and a requirement for certain adults made eligible under the ACA, to meet work or community engagement standards; changes to federal requirements regarding Medicaid state directed payments and provider taxes, including taxes on managed care organizations; delays in the implementation of Medicaid final regulations on certain eligibility and enrollment provisions; application of cost sharing to certain services for adults made eligible under the ACA’s Medicaid expansion; reduction of the allowable home equity asset threshold for members seeking eligibility for Medicaid long term care services; authorization of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) to approve certain state home and community-based services waivers; elimination of the repayment limit for excess advanced premium tax credits under the ACA;  modification of the rules regarding Health Savings Account eligible plans under the ACA and a permanent extension of the safe harbor first established under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, allowing pre-deductible coverage of telehealth services for HSA eligible high-deductible health plans; and establishment of a new Rural Health Transformation program, among other provisions. Additional federal and state guidance is being issued to implement these OBBBA provisions, most of which have effective dates in 2027 and 2028, although some states may look to implement certain of these provisions in 2026.

In addition, in June 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) finalized the Marketplace Integrity and Affordability Regulation which modifies the ACA exchange open enrollment period beginning in plan year 2027 and eligibility for