Hickenlooper expands Medicaid under ACA
Gov. John Hickenlooper announced plans to expand Medicaid coverage to people living within 133 percent of the federal poverty level, in line with federal guidelines under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The Supreme Court said states could decide whether or not to expand Medicaid coverage in a landmark decision upholding most of the [...]
Health care is poised to change dramatically in years to come, but in 2012 those changes got under way — preparing for the 2014 full implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. From consolidations of health groups to partnerships with former competitors, hospitals sought to create economies of scale in the face of [...]
Continue reading …The Congressional Budget Office just announced that President Obama’s health care law will reduce the deficit by $84 billion more than previously thought, thanks to the Supreme Court’s decision to allow states to opt out of the law’s Medicaid expansion. Those savings may sound nice. But the law doesn’t do much to address our country’s [...]
Continue reading …Health insurance plans will soon have more benefits — coverage for pediatric dental and vision care, mental health care and rehabilitative services.
Continue reading …Colorado is moving forward with its health insurance exchange, as required under the Affordable Care Act. The state is submitting a second establishment grant to the federal government to pay for planning, purchasing technology and developing customer service operations for the period between October 2012 and July 2013. The group will submit the application before [...]
Continue reading …Mere minutes after the Supreme Court decision upholding the Affordable Care Act, politicians from both sides of the aisle started offering their opinions for and against the health-care reform law.
Continue reading …The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the individual insurance requirement at the heart of President Barack Obama’s historic health care overhaul. The decision means the huge overhaul, still only partly in effect, will proceed and pick up momentum over the next several years, affecting the way that countless Americans receive and pay for [...]
Continue reading …Colorado consumers with health insurance will benefit from $27.5 million in rebates from insurance companies this summer, because of the Affordable Care Act’s 80/20 rule. The rebates will go to 208,000 people and will average $227 for each Colorado family. The health care law requires insurance companies to spend at least 80 percent of premium [...]
Continue reading …Cost estimates for a key part of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul law have ballooned by $111 billion from last year’s budget, and a senior Republican lawmaker on Friday demanded an explanation. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp, R-Mich., wants to know by Monday why the estimated cost of helping millions of [...]
Continue reading …Health care reform will change hospitals’ business models, according to a survey of human resource executives. The survey, performed by global professional services company Towers Watson, found that workforce issues, the need for a wider array of staff skills and new leadership models will rise in importance as the hospital industry grapples with the transformation [...]
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