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Focus on Health Care Reform: What Credits and Taxes Might Affect Me?
The Affordable Care Act is funded through a number of taxes and fees collected from the health care sector, employers and some taxes on high-income individuals. See a brief synopsis of the fees and credits that may impact you and your practice.
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Focus on Health System Reform: New Registration Requirements for Billing Agents & Clearinghouses
As part of a broader effort to reduce fraud and abuse in Medicaid, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act prompts each State to require “any agent, clearinghouse, or other alternate payee that submits claims on behalf of a health care provider must register with the State and the Secretary [of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services].” See what this could mean to you.
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Focus on Health Care Reform: Drug Sample Reporting
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act places many new disclosure requirements on pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers from such companies to physicians or teaching hospitals. Beginning on April 1, […]
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Focus on Health System Reform: Medical Loss Ratio, pt. 2
Late last week, the NAIC officially adopted its model regulation for submission to the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sibelius. With the NAIC’s recommendations now complete, it will now be up to the Secretary to decide whether she will promulgate the model regulation as is, or make changes.
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Focus on Health Care Reform: New Administrative Offices
Review a a list of new key offices within HHS and CMS that were created by the Affordable Care Act.
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Focus on Health Care Reform: Program Integrity
Read on to learn more about several initiatives being undertaken by DHHS to implement the program integrity provisions found in the Affordable Care Act.
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Focus on Health Care Reform: NAIC “Blanks Form” for Reporting Medical Loss Ratio
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires insurers to report annually to the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) the percentage of health care premium dollars spent to reimburse providers for health care services and on quality improvement measures, known as the Medical Loss Ratio.
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Focus on Health System Reform: Community Based Collaborative Care Networks
The Community Based Collaborative Care Network (CCN) program was authorized by Section 10333 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) to provide grants to a team of health care providers with joint governance and who provide comprehensive and coordinated health care services for low-income populations.
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Focus on Health Care Reform: Six Months Later
The Affordable Care Act was enacted six months ago on March 23, 2010. Here are the reform measures that kicked-in this week on September 23rd – six months from the day of enactment:
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Focus on Health System Reform: National Quality Improvement Strategy
The Affordable Care Act requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a national strategy to improve the delivery of health care services, patient outcomes and general population health. The first national strategy document must be submitted to Congress by January 1, 2011.
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