WASHINGTON BUREAU — Joel Ario, director of the Office of Insurance Exchanges at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), seems to be leaving that post.

Steve Larsen, the director of the Center for Consumer Information & Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) at HHS, will work with Ario's deputy, Tim Hill, to manage the exchange development effort, according to a copy of what appears to be an internal memo sent by Larsen to CCIIO employees.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA) requires state and federal agencies to set up the exchanges by 2014. The exchanges are supposed to help individuals and small employers use new tax credit programs created by PPACA to buy health coverage.

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