Archive for the ‘Everybody’ Category
What exactly are the issues that the Supreme Court will decide in its review of the Affordable Care Act? The best summary I’ve found is here.
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Changes in Medigap policies
Many Medicare beneficiaries who can afford to do so purchase “Medigap” insurance policies to cover many of the self-pay portions of standard Medicare. Since 1992, federal law has required these policies to offer one of several defined packages of benefits. Under the Affordable Care Act (the government’s new name for the consolidated health reform statutes), […]
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Tags: health reform, healthcare reform, Medigap insurance
The House Office of Legislative Counsel has published an integrated version of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. 111-148, known as “PPACA”), incorporating the changes made by both Article X of the PPACA and the subsequently-enacted Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (“HCERA”). You can see it here. Thanks to […]
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Enacted (totally)
The Senate has passed the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 (H.R. 4872), with two minor tweaks not affecting the healthcare portions of the bill. Last night, the House of Representatives concurred in the revised version. For a version of the health reform law that incorporates the Reconciliation Act’s provisions, click here. […]
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Nursing home posts updated
I have updated the following posts to focus on changes for nursing homes that are contained in the newly enacted health reform statute – Improving quality and regulatory compliance in nursing homes Making it easier for the public to understand about quality of care in nursing homes
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Tags: health reform, healthcare reform
Enacted (subject to revision)
While we all watch and wait to see if the Reconciliation Bill passes the Senate, I’m going to focus on what’s in the legislation that has been enacted so far — H.R. 3590 (formerly called the “Senate Bill”), which has passed both chambers of Congress. At the risk of verging into the political sphere, it […]
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Tags: health reform
With the obvious intent to improve access to primary care for Medicaid recipients, the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 will increase Medicaid payment rates to at least the level of the Medicare rates for Evaluation & Management (E&M) codes in 2013 and 2014. The new rates will be available to all […]
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Tags: Healthcare reconciliation bill
The House reconciliation bill sweetens appropriations for community health centers to the tune of $2.5 billion over the next five years. Total appropriations will be — $1 billion for federal fiscal year 2011 $1.2 billion for 2012 $1.5 billion for 2013 $2.2 billion for 2014 $3.6 billion for 2015 For more of what this means […]
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Tags: community health centers, FQHC, health reform, Healthcare reconciliation bill, healthcare reform
Reconciliation bill posted
I’ve added a link to the new 153-page House reconciliation bill. See it here. I’ve also updated the House tab and added a Table of Contents for the new bill. Watch here for substantive commentary on its provisions.
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Tags: health reform, healthcare reform, house bill
Current status – March 18, 2010
See this post in The Hill for current status of the reconciliation bill in the House of Representatives.
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Tags: health reform, healthcare reform, house bill
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