Health Care Reform: Impact of ACA Provisions

This is a great reference chart on the “Impact of Affordable Care Act (ACA) provisions by line of business” from Anthem Blue Cross.

http://tiny.cc/yr3nuw

 

 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Do you want more information about the health insurance marketplace or exchanges?  Below are some NEW resources provided to us from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of Public Engagement:

HealthCare.gov: This site is geared towards consumers and provides general information about the Marketplace and health insurance. Consumers can sign up for email and/or text message updates.

Marketplace.cms.gov: This is our partnership page that has a wide variety of tools and resources to help you help people prepare to apply, enroll and get coverage in 2014. At this site, you will find the following information:

• Census data on where the uninsured live—down to the PUMA level;
• Widgets and badges you can use on your own websites;
• Multimedia presentations explaining the Marketplace;
• Brochures, drop-in articles, and other information in English, Spanish, Russian, Tagalog, Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese; and
  • You can also sign up for updates.

State-by-state calls: Please check the Open Door Forum page for the tentative schedule and updates on the state-by-state calls that will occur throughout 2013. Here you will find the best point of contact for your state in one of the ten CMS Regional Offices nationwide.

BCC releases “ACA Essentials” – A guide to ACA Regulations and More!

Download “ACA Essentials,” our free guide to ACA regulations, requirements, deadlines and useful links!  Follow this blog to receive up-to-date information on all things “ACA.”  ACA Essentials.BCC.3.11.13

ACA Useful Links

BCC wants to make things quick and easy for you to get to the facts you need.  We’ve compiled a list of online resources where we often turn for the most UP-TO-DATE information.

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

An interactive ACA timeline:
http://healthreform.kff.org/timeline.aspx

IRS

ACA related tax provisions:
http://www.irs.gov/uac/Affordable-Care-Act-Tax-Provisions

Department of Labor

ACA regulations, guidance and FAQs:
http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/healthreform/

ERISA Self-Compliance tool for Health Care Reform and HIPAA:
http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/healthlawschecksheets.html

Department of Health and Human Services

Private health insurance related provisions (exchanges, SBC’s, essential health benefits, etc):
http://cciio.cms.gov/