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Posts Tagged ‘Affordable Care Act’

Survey: Reform will challenge hospitals to adapt, compete

by Staff Writer Published: January 16,2012

Tags: Affordable Care Act, Health Care, hospitals

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 that [...] [...]

Health reform will require fewer doctors than anticipated

by Amy Gillentine Published: December 13,2011

Tags: Affordable Care Act, Doctors, helath care, nurse practitioners, physician assistants

When 510,000 people are added to Colorado’s heath insurance rolls in 2014, the state won’t need as many new primary care doctors, nurse practitioners and physician assistants as once was believed. An analysis by the Colorado Health Institute says that people won’t have to overwhelm emergency rooms once they get insurance – they’ll be other routes [...] [...]

Supreme Court will consider challenges to Affordable Care Act

by Amy Gillentine Published: November 14,2011

Tags: Affordable Care Act, challenges, United States Supreme Court

The Supreme Court decided this morning to review the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decision that found the individual responsibility provision of the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional. The court also said it would review the ruling in the same case that upheld the act’s expansion of Medicaid to millions of low-income Americans . The move to examine [...] [...]

Appeals court upholds Obama health care law

by Associated Press Published: November 8,2011

Tags: Affordable Care Act, federal court of appeals, health care overhaul

A conservative-leaning panel of federal appellate judges on Tuesday upheld President Barack Obama’s health care law as constitutional, helping set up a Supreme Court fight. A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued a split opinion upholding the law. The court agreed to dismiss a Christian legal group’s lawsuit claiming [...] [...]

New laws save seniors $1.2 billion in drug purchases

by Amy Gillentine Published: November 4,2011

Tags: Affordable Care Act, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, drug purchases, medication

So far this year, more than 2.2 million people with Medicare have saved more than $1.2 billion on prescriptions, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. That averages out to $550 for every person, and more than 22.6 million seniors and people with disabilities across the country have taken advantage of at least one [...] [...]

Bennet creates ACA grant database

by Amy Gillentine Published: October 21,2011

Tags: Affordable Care Act, Colorado, grant database

Nonprofits seeking grant information and work force development initiative money available through the Affordable Care Act can now go to a single location: Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet’s website. The guide to grants includes a directory of departments and offices in charge of administering programs and is organized by title of the ACA. Included is a grant [...] [...]

Health department receives federal grant for improvements

by Amy Gillentine Published: September 23,2011

Tags: Affordable Care Act, Colorado department of public health and environment, grant

The Colorado Department of Health and Environment has received an award of $400,000 from the federal government to make “fundamental changes” in health departments around the state. The grant comes from the Affordable Care Act and is administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The goal is to create an effective public health system [...] [...]

Federal court tosses lawsuit over health reform

by Associated Press Published: September 8,2011

Tags: Affordable Care Act, federal court of appeals, President Obama

A federal appeals court in Virginia has dismissed two lawsuits that had claimed President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul was unconstitutional. The unanimous decision was issued Thursday by a three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. It is the second appellate court ruling affirming the government’s right to require individuals to buy health [...] [...]

Exchange board tainted by bias? (access required)

by Amy Gillentine Published: July 8,2011

Tags: Affordable Care Act, Health insurance exchange

Concerns about bias, undue industry influence and conflicts of interest have been raised by consumer health groups as the state’s newly created health insurance exchange board prepares to hold its first meeting Monday. The board is responsible for creating the health insurance exchanges by 2014, the year they must be implemented. Created by the Affordable Care Act, [...] [...]

IRS answers small biz questions about Affordable Care Act (access required)

by Rob Larimer Published: May 17,2010

Tags: Affordable Care Act, Small Business, Small Business Administration

The Internal Revenue Service has issued guidance for small businesses to determine whether they are eligible for the health care tax credit under the Affordable Care Act. The guidance explains that small businesses that receive the state health care tax credits may still qualify for the full federal tax credit. And, the guidance allows small businesses [...] [...]

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