The law implements the second phase of the small business tax credit for qualified small businesses and small non-profit organizations. In this phase, the credit is up to 50% of the employer’s contribution to provide health insurance for employees. There is...
Beginning January 1, 2014, tax credits to make it easier for the middle class to afford insurance will become available for people with incomes between 100% and 400% of the poverty line who are not eligible for other affordable coverage. (In 2010, 400% of the poverty...
Insurers will be prohibited from dropping or limiting coverage because an individual chooses to participate in a clinical trial. This applies to all clinical trials that treat cancer or other life-threatening diseases. Effective January 1,...
The law prohibits new plans and existing group plans from imposing annual dollar limits on the amount of coverage an individual may receive. This will be effective January 1, 2014.
Beginning January 1, 2014, the law will implement strong reforms that prohibit insurance companies from refusing to sell coverage or renew policies because of an individual’s pre-existing condition. Also, in the individual and small group market, the law...
The Affordable Care Act establishes a national pilot program to encourage hospitals, doctors, and other providers to work together to improve the coordination and quality of patient care. Under payment “bundling”, hospitals, doctors, and providers are paid...
As Medicaid programs and providers prepare to cover more patients in 2014, the Act requires states to pay primary care physicians no less than 100% of Medicare payment rates in 2013 and 2014 for primary care services. The increase is fully funded by the federal...
To expand the number of Americans receiving preventive care, the Affordable Care Act provides new funding to state Medicaid programs that choose to cover preventive services for patients at little or no cost. This will become effective January 1,...
The new law provides incentives for physicians to join together to form “Accountable Care Organizations”. These groups allow doctors to better coordinate patient care and improve the quality, help prevent disease and illness, and reduce unnecessary...
Heath care remains one of the few industries that relies on paper records. The new law will institute a series of changes to standardize billing and requires health plans to begin adopting an implementing rules for secure, confidential, electronic exchange of health...
