Health Insurance Exchanges 101
May 30, 2013
The health insurance exchanges are coming soon. Open enrollment begins October 1, 2013 and coverage is effective beginning January 1,, 2014. Are you ready?
The health insurance exchanges are coming soon. Open enrollment begins October 1, 2013 and coverage is effective beginning January 1,, 2014. Are you ready?
What are metal plans? What distinguishes one from another? When do they go into effect?
Just imagine the possibilities we have in the healthcare field. We are already completing surgeries via robots. Research is being done to cure major diseases such as Cancer. Physicians can monitor patients from home. Telemedicine is taking off. Electronic medical records are basically common place now. Health information is available at your finger tips through the internet. The Affordable Care Act is focusing on transparency so we, as Americans, can know what we are paying for. There is a renewed emphasis on patient safety and quality of care. Efforts are being made to reduce healthcare costs. Medicaid recipients are growing at a rapid rate. The healthcare industry is one of the fastest growing industries today. What changes do you see? What changes do you recommend? How do you see healthcare 5 years from now? 10 years from now?
Did you know that one in 5 children are diagnosed with a mental disorder? Did you know that childhood ADHD is tied to obesity later in life? Do you know the symptoms, causes, and treatments for ADHD?
Well here we are again – the 37th time to be exact. The House of Representatives is working diligently to repeal the PPACA in its entirety.
Physician Prescribed Care Shared Decision Making is trending upwards. There is most often not one singular course of treatment for a patient that offers a
The Movement to Managed Care (MCO) Creates Merger Mania In the environment of Accountable Care and Healthcare Reform, more and more states are driving care
Hospital charges for the same services can vary greatly from hospital to hospital. The Department of Health and Human Services(HHS) and the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare (CMS) have created a database making some of these charges available to the public.
It is evident that there will be a shortage of physicians. We have a shortage now. So, we are going to expand Medicaid and potentially have an extremely large number of additional lives that could be covered. This new group, while not all of course, but a good number are going to visit a doctor for the first time or the first time in a long time. Additionally, the exchanges will be implemented in full force adding another group of eligible consumers. How are we going to be able to treat this huge influx? These are just the new issues. We still have an aging population who require additional care.
2014 is going to a very tenuous year for healthcare in terms of supply and demand.