Healthcare Reform 2014
Below is the healthcare reform 2014 timeline. Are you prepared? Below you will find everything you need to know in regards to what will be implemented this year.
BHM Releases ACA Consulting Service Line
Summary: BHM Healthcare Solutions is on the cutting edge of healthcare consulting and adapts to changes in the marketplace. BHM recently released a new line of service dedicated to the intricacies and nuances of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) from reimbursement to delivery systems and from Managed Care/Accountable Care to predictive analytics. BHM’s breadth of […]
Behavioral Healthcare Parity Integral to the ACA
Government mandated essential healthcare benefits under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) heralds a time when consumers can look to their insurer to deliver improved health outcomes as part of their consumer contract.
In many instances, such as maternity benefits and screenings, the law simply codifies benefits that have long been in place under many health insurance plans. And, it makes sense too, since pre-natal care and screenings help us to reduce rates of infant mortality and pre-empt potentially life-threatening diseases – such as diabetes, cancer and heart disease.
What Uninsured Americans Think of the Affordable Care Act
Poll finds unfavorable opinions outnumbering favorable impressions by roughly 2-to-1
In describing the intentions of the Affordable Care Act, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) states that it’s “Goal 1, Objective A” is to “make coverage more secure for those who have insurance, and extend affordable coverage to the uninsured.”
Declining Hospital Revenue Predicted for 2014
DSH Payment Cuts Delayed
In December of last year (2013), Congress passed a two-year budget deal that delayed the start of the planned cuts to Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments. These cuts, which were originally scheduled to take effect at the beginning of fiscal year 2014, have now been pushed out to the start of fiscal year 2016.
ACA Spurs Increase in Urgent Care Healthcare Providers
Are Urgent Care Healthcare Providers the Solution to an Overtaxed Healthcare System? According to recent reports, pressures put on healthcare, in part by the increased healthcare coverage of individuals under the Affordable Care Act is causing a surge in the opening and utilization of Urgent Care healthcare providers across the country. The moment for increased […]
10 Essential Benefits of the ACA
Are you aware of the “essential benefits” required of health plans beginning January 1, 2014? Are you aware of the exceptions coined “grandfathered plans”?
Millennials Overwhelmingly Avoiding Obamacare
To date, less than 25 percent of all Obamacare enrollees are between the ages of 18 and 34. Why does this matter? To be financially viable, the still-faltering national healthcare plan needs America’s youth to start paying up. Now. If this doesn’t happen, the consequences for Obamacare could be dire.
ACA Threatens Rural Hospitals
Rural Hospitals Run Closure Risk With Reduced Payments and Medicaid Expansion Opt Out Affordable Care Act implementation combined with state opt out of Medicaid expansion is creating a perfect storm which will lead to the closing of rural hospitals in the next three years if either Medicaid opt in is not adopted by states, or […]