For too long, too many hard-working Americans paid the price for policies that handed free rein to insurance companies and put barriers between patients and their doctors. The Affordable Care Act gives hardworking families in New York the security they deserve. The...
Under the Affordable Care Act, if you have Original Medicare, you may qualify for a yearly wellness visit and many preventive services for free. Medicare provides preventive benefits to keep you healthy including a yearly wellness visit, tobacco use cessation...
The proposed rules also implement changes in the Affordable Care Act that increase the maximum permissible reward under a health-contingent wellness program from 20 percent to 30 percent of the cost of health coverage, and that further increases the maximum reward to...
In order to protect consumers from unfair practices, the proposed regulations would require health-contingent wellness programs to follow certain rules, including: -Programs must be reasonably designed to promote health or prevent disease. To be considered reasonably...
Implementing and expanding employer wellness programs may offer our nation the opportunity to not only improve the health of Americans, but also help control health care spending. The Affordable Care Act creates new incentives and builds on existing wellness program...
The following are preventive services that are covered for children under the Affordable Care Act. -Alcohol and Drug use assessments for adolescents -Autism screening for children at 18 and 24 months -Behavioral assessments for children of all ages -Blood Pressure...
Continuing on the topic of Preventive Care Under the Affordable Care Act, below are covered services for women and pregnant women. For the new prevention-related health services marked with an asterisk (*) must be covered with no cost-sharing in plan years starting on...
Continuing on the subject of Preventive Care and the ACA, below you will find a clist of covered Preventive Services for Adults Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm – a one-time screening for men of specified ages who have never smoked Alcohol Misuse screening and...
Under the ACA, many people are now able to access preventive health services without any cost-sharing. This means that you can get these services without having to pay a co-payment, coinsurance, or a deductible (when you see an in-network provider). If you receive...
Watch and listen for the Children’s Health Insurance Connection’s media advertisements. You can see or hear them if you: *Attend a movie at Regal Cinema 7 at the Aviation Mall or Regal Champlain Centre Stadium 8; *Ride the Greater Glens Falls Transit;...
