Brooks-LaSure: ACA marketplace key to Medicaid redeterminations after COVID-19 PHE ends
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 24, 2021
Brooks-LaSure: ACA marketplace key to Medicaid redeterminations after COVID-19 PHE ends. Fri, 09/24/2021 - 09:57.
Record-breaking 16.3M people signed up for ACA coverage
Healthcare Dive
JANUARY 25, 2023
The enrollment numbers reflect a broader push in policy from the Biden administration aimed at increasing healthcare insurance coverage, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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CMS walks back limits on non-standardized plan options, finalizes marketplace standards
Healthcare Dive
APRIL 18, 2023
million Americans, spurred by COVID-19 incentives, signed up for ACA marketplace plans during 2023 open enrollment. The final rule comes as a record 16.3
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CMS tackles provider availability, exchange regulations in proposed rule
Healthcare Dive
DECEMBER 13, 2022
The regulation comes as the ACA exchanges, spurred by financial incentives during the COVID-19 pandemic, reached record enrollment numbers.
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Reflections on the United States Health Care System and the Right to Health
Bill of Health
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Despite the important enactment in 2010 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), which increases access to care by expanding Medicaid eligibility and protecting insurance coverage of people with pre-existing health conditions and disabilities, more than 25 million people remain uninsured. COVID-19 and the U.S.
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The Patient Is Still the Payor – And May Skip Paying for Prevention (Eyes on the ACA & Texas)
Health Populi
MARCH 8, 2023
would likely skip receiving preventive health care services if the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) coverage for them goes away, a Morning Consult survey found. One of the key benefits embedded in the ACA was “free” without co-pay shares for preventive care. Many health citizens in the U.S.
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Preparing for the Biggest Coverage Event Since the ACA: The Role of States as Medicaid Continuous Coverage Comes to an End
Center for Health Insurance Reform
MARCH 24, 2022
CHIR and our colleagues at the Center for Children and Families (CCF) have published two new resources examining state-level preparations for the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency and the redetermination of the Medicaid eligibility of close to 85 million people.
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KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The ACA Turns 12
Kaiser Health News
MARCH 24, 2022
But HuffPost’s Jonathan Cohn points out that key provisions could still face disruption in the coming year, including significant premium subsidies that Democrats added to the ACA in 2021. If that migration continues over the long term, the loss of healthy individuals from the ACA plans could undermine the risk pools for those insurers.
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Prison Health Care is Broken Under the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy
Bill of Health
JANUARY 26, 2022
Incarcerated individuals need health care more than ever in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has disproportionately affected those within correctional facilities. Currently, overburdened county and local jails provide inadequate care for incarcerated individuals with high rates of comorbidities, mental health issues, and COVID-19.
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The End of Public Health? It’s Not Dead Yet
Bill of Health
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
OSHA , which limited federal authority to regulate worker safety with COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Under the ACA, for instance, the health insurance exchanges must be implemented by HHS if states do not create them. The Court did so by building on decisions like National Federation of Independent Business v.
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End-of-Year Compliance Deadlines and Reminders
Compliance Now
DECEMBER 20, 2022
The good faith transition relief that formerly shielded employers from penalties for incorrect and/or incomplete ACA filings is no longer available. Employers must successfully e-File complete, accurate ACA filings by this deadline or risk exposure to information return penalties and employer mandate penalties.
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End-of-Year Compliance Deadlines and Reminders
Compliance Now
DECEMBER 20, 2022
The good faith transition relief that formerly shielded employers from penalties for incorrect and/or incomplete ACA filings is no longer available. Employers must successfully e-File complete, accurate ACA filings by this deadline or risk exposure to information return penalties and employer mandate penalties.
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Only in America: The Loss of Health Insurance as a Toxic Financial Side Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
Nearly 7 million Americans lost health coverage due to COVID-19, a national survey from Civis Analytics found, in The State of Health Insurance in COVID-19 America. Just weeks into the COVID-19 pandemic, cracks in the U.S. knew someone who died from COVID-19. Civis Analytics polled 13,000 U.S.
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KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Record ACA Enrollment Puts Pressure on Congress
Kaiser Health News
JANUARY 27, 2022
In its first full year, the Biden administration has had successes and failures dealing with the covid pandemic. Anna Edney: The AP’s “ How a Kennedy Built an Anti-Vaccine Juggernaut amid COVID-19 ,” by Michelle R. Among the successes is the effective distribution of vaccines.
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Bridging the Gap: Oregon’s Proposal to Ease Coverage Transitions at the End of Public Health Emergency
Center for Health Insurance Reform
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
At the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency, millions of people will lose Medicaid as states resume eligibility determinations.
50 Days Before the U.S. Elections, Voters Say Health Care Costs and Access Top Their Health Concerns — More than COVID-19
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
health care in terms of exposure to COVID-19 and subsequent outcomes, with access to medical care and mortality rates negatively impacting people of color to a greater extent than White Americans. The coronavirus pandemic has revealed deep cracks and inequities in U.S. Stay tuned! The post 50 Days Before the U.S.
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Mitigating Coverage Loss When the Public Health Emergency Ends: The Role of the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces
Center for Health Insurance Reform
APRIL 29, 2022
As many as 16 million people are expected to lose Medicaid once the COVID-19 public health emergency ends. One-third of these could be eligible for ACA marketplace plans.
Record Number of Americans Sign Up for ACA Health Insurance
Kaiser Health News
DECEMBER 23, 2021
As part of a covid-19 relief bill passed this year, Congress increased the subsidies consumers receive when they enroll in health insurance via the marketplace. The federal government is using four times the number of navigators, or insurance counselors, to help people sign up for insurance, said Xavier Becerra, secretary of the U.S.
Addressing Lives and Livelihoods with a Whole-of-Government Approach – The First Wave of Biden Health Policy
Health Populi
JANUARY 27, 2021
President Biden’s first few days on the job gave us a very clear view on how he sees conquering COVID: through a whole-of-government approach to public policies that bolster directly addressing the virus, along with the many forces shaping how we got here and how to come out of the pandemic era stronger. ” The plotline goes….
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Failures of Imagination in Public Health Policy
Bill of Health
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
Failing to anticipate litigation that challenges our efforts, such as with the ACA or the upcoming attempt to “codify Roe v. They brought at least five significant lawsuits designed to impede the Affordable Care Act, restricting the positive impact of the ACA’s Medicaid reforms and the use of the individual mandate.
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The 2022 US Health System Report Card: Pretty Terrific If You Live in Hawaii or Massachusetts
Health Populi
JUNE 22, 2022
Here for 2022, the second chart tracks the “stark toll” of the COVID-19 pandemic and the excess deaths experienced for each state since the pandemic emerged in February 2020. In previous years, of course, the coronavirus had not played a role in quantifying certain aspects of health system performance.
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Doctors’ Offices Morph into Bill Collectors As Patients Face Growing Out-Of-Pocket Costs
Health Populi
AUGUST 2, 2021
This gets to the affordability adjective, that first “A” in the acronym, “ACA.” One-third of people was worried about what they would owe in the medical bill, and just over one-fourth of people were concerned about exposure to COVID-19.
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DOL FAQs Address Coverage for Colonoscopies and Birth Control
Compliance Now
JANUARY 20, 2022
The ACA requires non-grandfathered health plans to pay for “preventive care” on a first-dollar basis, meaning that no copays, coinsurance, or deductibles can be charged for certain services defined as “preventive” under these rules. By: Jessica Waltman, Principal, Forward Health Consulting.
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Financial Health Is On Americans’ Minds Just Weeks Before the 2020 Elections
Health Populi
OCTOBER 7, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic in America has combined with: A national economic recession and job losses. An epidemic of mental and emotional decline exacerbated by COVID-19 and financial stress, and. The threat of a repeal of the Affordable Care Act during the public health crisis.
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What Will Expiration of the Public Health Emergency and National Emergency Mean for Employers?
Hall Render
MAY 2, 2023
As the COVID-19 pandemic took its toll, the year 2020 ushered in declarations of a National Emergency (“NE”) and a Public Health Emergency (“PHE”). Employers should know what the expiration of the PHE and NE means for health plans, mandatory coverage of COVID-19 testing, the completion of I-9 forms and other matters.
The Economics of the Pandemic Put Costs at the Top of Americans’ Health Reform Priorities
Health Populi
MARCH 4, 2021
voters in late January 2021, culminating in a report, The COVID Effect: Consumer Expectations for Health Care Coverage, Cost and Quality in 2021. That may be largely due to the fact that more younger people than older workers lost jobs in the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as losing health insurance.
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La atención de salud, en el centro del debate entre DeSantis y Newsom
Kaiser Health News
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
Desde el aborto hasta las vacunas contra covid-19, Newsom y DeSantis no podrían ser más opuestos. Esa política de gran alcance entra en vigencia en enero y va mucho más allá de la expansión opcional de Medicaid que la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio (ACA) ofreció a los estados.
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KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Finally, a Fix for the ‘Family Glitch’
Kaiser Health News
APRIL 7, 2022
Meanwhile, Congress struggled to find a compromise that would keep federal funding flowing for covid-19 testing, treatment, and vaccines. KHN’s “ ACA Sign-Ups for Low-Income People Roll Out Amid Brokers’ Concerns About Losing Their Cut ,” by Julie Appleby. To hear all our podcasts, click here.
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KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Washington’s Slow Churn
Kaiser Health News
JUNE 2, 2022
Democrats are also under pressure to move quickly if they want to extend the premium subsidies for plans purchased on the ACA insurance marketplaces. As the latest covid-19 variant triggers a new surge, one group of Americans stands out as unprotected: children under age 5.
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March Research Roundup: What We’re Reading
Center for Health Insurance Reform
APRIL 6, 2022
In addition to filling out our March Madness brackets, the CHIR team reviewed studies on health insurance rates during the pandemic, how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) impacted women’s health coverage, and consumer access to high-quality marketplace plans. Along with the cherry blossoms, new health policy research was in full bloom this month.
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Comienza la inscripción para los seguros de salud del Obamacare
Kaiser Health News
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Para millones de personas que compran su propio seguro de salud a través del mercado establecido por la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio (ACA, popularmente conocida como Obamacare), el final del año trae un ajuste de cuentas: es el momento de comparar beneficios y precios, cambiar a un nuevo plan o inscribirse por primera vez.
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Computer glitches and human error still causing insurance headaches for Californians
Healthcare It News
JUNE 3, 2022
Legal aid attorneys, patient advocates, and insurance agents say computer glitches are not as common today as they were in the several years after California’s 2013 launch of ACA coverage. The exchange was new and millions of people were newly eligible for Medi-Cal. “This shouldn’t be happening.
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HHS Proposes Health Insurance Market Reforms for 2024
Healthcare Law Blog
JANUARY 4, 2023
The HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2024 (“Proposed Rule”) would streamline ACA health plan selection, simplify marketplace enrollment, and expand access to care for low-income and medically underserved consumers through revision of network adequacy and essential community provider (“ECP”) standards.
The Cost of Treating Patients is On the Rise: PwC Goes What’s Behind the 2024 Medical Spending Numbers
Health Populi
JUNE 30, 2023
PwC calls out this transformation which the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated, when the report notes ambulatory care settings recovered the fastest compared with other delivery sites in the healthcare system. We’ve reached a new phase in health care in the U.S., We’ve reached a new phase in health care in the U.S.,
The Economics of the Pandemic Put Costs at the Top of Americans’ Health Reform Priorities
Health Populi
MARCH 4, 2021
voters in late January 2021, culminating in a report, The COVID Effect: Consumer Expectations for Health Care Coverage, Cost and Quality in 2021. That may be largely due to the fact that more younger people than older workers lost jobs in the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as losing health insurance.
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Health Provider News
Hall Render
SEPTEMBER 1, 2023
operating margin, $1B net gain halfway through its first year Illinois public health officials warn of “rising COVID-19 activity” St. operating margin, $1B net gain halfway through its first year Illinois public health officials warn of “rising COVID-19 activity” St.
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Churntables: A Look at the Record on Medicaid Redetermination Plans
Bill of Health
APRIL 13, 2022
The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) expires at the end of this week, with Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra expected to renew the PHE once more to extend through mid-July. By Cathy Zhang.
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Three Reactions to Braidwood v. Becerra
Bill of Health
APRIL 3, 2023
Becerra is mostly read as a religious freedom case that pits the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) against the promotion of public health goals, similar to what we saw in the last few years of legal challenges to COVID-19 mitigation measures. The scope of the Appointments Clause holding dwarfs the RFRA holding.
Colorado abre período especial para tener seguro de salud por omicron y un incendio forestal
Kaiser Health News
JANUARY 20, 2022
Funcionarios estatales anunciaron la apertura de un período especial de inscripción hasta el 16 de marzo, abierto para todos los residentes de Colorado sin seguro, independientemente de si fueron afectados por el fuego o por covid-19. Pero esto cambió durante la pandemia.
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How to Deliver Patient-Centered Care in a Post-Covid World
YouCompli
AUGUST 9, 2023
An opportunity to reframe, regroup, and refocus Now that the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) is well behind us, we have an opportunity to reframe patient expectations – and regroup and refocus on compliance-related patient care needs. Get the latest from healthcare compliance experts Never miss an article from Denise Atwood.
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Hall Render’s Health Provider News – February 4, 2022
Hall Render
FEBRUARY 4, 2022
CMS clarifies COVID-related LTC survey process. Alabama sees decrease in positive COVID-19 tests. Alabama hospitals react to COVID relief funds approval. Huntsville Hospital System reaches record number of Covid-19 inpatients. Alaska leads nation in per capita covid infections. Arizona Sen.
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Health Provider News – August 19, 2022
Hall Render
AUGUST 19, 2022
CDC ends social distancing, COVID-19 quarantines. CDC, amid criticism for COVID-19 response, plans reorganization as public health threats grow. Tracking COVID-19 in Alaska: State reports increase in hospitalizations compared to previous week. Colorado COVID cases expected to keep declining into mid-October.
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CMS Begins Option to Extend Medicaid Postpartum Coverage
Healthcare Law Blog
APRIL 6, 2022
Mothers with incomes up to 138% of the federal poverty level (“FPL”) in states which have expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) are eligible to remain covered by Medicaid and those with incomes above 138% FPL may be eligible to qualify for subsidized coverage through the ACA marketplace.
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Health Provider News – July 1, 2022
Hall Render
JULY 1, 2022
Biden officials to keep private the names of hospitals where patients contracted Covid. Alabama COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations see significant increase. Alaska’s COVID-19 hospitalizations increased by 53% over the past week. Arkansas adds 1,434 covid cases, the most in a single day in 4 months. CALIFORNIA.
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