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1. Projecting The Impact Of The Affordable Care Act On California The Affordable Care Act is the most fundamental legislative transformation of the US health care system in forty years. This analysis estimates that the act will provide health insurance for an additional 3.4 million people in California in 2016. This will mean that nearly 96 percent of documented residents of California under age sixty-five will be insured. […]...
2. Share of Cost: 6 Short Videos Discuss Affordable Care Act Changes Coming in 2014 The California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF) has put together a series of 6 short, under 5-minute videos on what changes to expect from the Affordable Care Act in the next 2 years. Some highlights of the changes happening by 2014 include: Government-funded health insurance (Medi-Cal) will expand to cover 2 to 3 million more Californians who […]...
3. Fact Sheet on Affordable Care Act & Americans with Disabilities This fact sheet from HealthCare.gov describes what the Affordable Care Act means for Americans with disabilities. The Act will stop insurance company discrimination based on a preexisting condition.  Beginning in 2014 the law will prohibit insurance companies from denying coverage or charging more to a person based on their medical history. It will also provide new choices for long-term supports and […]...
4. Nudging small business to provide health care, share of cost Much of the landmark Affordable Care Act won’t kick in until 2014, but one big component starts this year: federal tax credits for small businesses that provide their employees health care.  Mike Colias of Crain’s Chicago Business relays a report by the D.C-based Families USA that 159,900 companies in Illinois are eligible for a federal […]...
5. Millions of Americans with a Pre-existing Condition Could Be Denied Coverage without Affordable Care Act Protections Millions of Americans with a Pre-existing Condition Could Be Denied Coverage without Affordable Care Act Protections ...
6. Share of Cost Health Care Reform – What’s Ahead in 2011? Share of Cost Health Care Reform - What's Ahead in 2011?...
7. Share of Cost, Employment Research & Statistics Update: January 2011 Disability Employment Statistics Released Share of Cost, Employment Research & Statistics Update: January 2011 Disability Employment Statistics Released...
8. Accountable Care Organizations: The Case For Flexible Partnerships Between Health Plans And Providers Under the Affordable Care Act, the new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation will guide a number of experimental programs in health care payment and delivery. Among the most ambitious of the reform models is the accountable care organization (ACO), which will offer providers economic rewards if they can reduce Medicare’s cost growth in their […]...
9. Analyzing Shifts In Economic Risks To Providers In Proposed Payment And Delivery System Reforms [Payment & Delivery] A key consideration in implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 will be changing Medicare payments to providers to slow the growth in costs and spur improvements in health care delivery. In addition to the technical feasibility of new payment models, a crucial issue will be the capacity of the health care […]...
10. Building Regulatory And Operational Flexibility Into Accountable Care Organizations And ‘Shared Savings’ The Affordable Care Act created accountable care organizations (ACOs), which will be a new part of Medicare as of January 2012, together with a “shared savings program” that will modify how these organizations will be paid to care for patients. Accountable care organizations have the potential to lower costs, improve the quality of care, facilitate delivery […]...
11. Long Term Care Share of Cost Providers receiving an eligibility verification message (see following example) that indicates a subscriber has an LTC SOC should not  clear the SOC online.  Subscribers with aid codes 13, 23, 53 and 63 must have their LTC SOC cleared on the claim.  The LTC facility  includes the LTC SOC amount for Medi-Cal-covered services on the  Payment […]...
12. Where Can I Find an Affordable Dental Insurance Plan According to the National Association of Dental Plans, approximately half of the U.S. population does not have an affordable dental plan. The cost for affordable dental insurance can vary. Therefore, it is important to understand all your options in obtaining the most affordable dental plan coverage. The company where you work may provide the most affordable […]...
13. Reuters Examines Foreign Aid’s Prospects In New Congress; Foreign Policy Looks At Clinton’s State Dept. Staff Memo Reuters examines how the efforts of “budget-minded lawmakers [in the new U.S. Congress who will] seek to curb costs without undercutting military operations” could impact U.S.-backed aid programs, including those in Afghanistan....
14. Share of Cost, Medicare Doesn’t Work As Well For Younger, Disabled Beneficiaries As It Does For Older Enrollees [Web First] Medicare is not working as well for its eight million disabled beneficiaries under age sixty-five as it is for its older beneficiaries. We report on a 2008 survey that found significant differences between the two Medicare populations, with the younger group experiencing more problems of cost and access. Even with the Medicare Part D prescription […]...