Effective January 1, 2011, the Community Care Transitions Program will help high risk Medicare beneficiaries who are hospitalized, avoid unnecessary readmissions by coordinating care and connecting patients to services in their...
The law establishes a new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation that will begin testing new ways of delivering care to patients. These methods are expected to improve the quality of care, and reduce the rate of growth in health care costs for Medicare,...
The Affordable Care Act provides certain free preventive services such as annual wellness visits and personalized prevention plans for seniors on Medicare. This became effective on January 1, 2011.
Effective January 1, 2011, seniors who reach the coverage gap will receive a 50% discount when buying Medicare part D covered brand-name prescription drugs. Over the next ten years, seniors will receive additional savings on brand-name and generic drugs until the...
Courtney Smith, Access Coordinator for Children’s Health Insurance Connection was chosen as one of the Post Star’s 20 Under 40. To read more about it, click here.
Beginning in 2010, the Affordable Care Act includes new funding to support the construction of and expand services at community health centers, allowing these centers to serve some 20 million new patients across the...
Beginning April 1, 2010, states will be able to receive matching federal funds for covering some additional low-income individuals and families under Medicaid for whom federal funds were not previously available. If the state chooses to do so, this will make it...
The Affordable Care Act allows states that have, or plan to implement, measures that require insurance companies to justify their premium increases will be eligible for $250 million in new grants. Insurance companies with excessive or unjustified premium exchanges may...
To strengthen the availability of primary care, there are new incentives in the law to expand the number of primary care doctors, nurses, and physician assistants. These include funding for scholarships and loan repayments for primary care doctors and nurses working...
Too often, Americans who retire without employer-sponsored insurance before they are eligible for Medicare, see their life savings disappear because of high rates in the individual market. Through the new Health Insurance Exchanges, employers can preserve coverage...