The Obama Administration healthcare reform legislation – which already includes Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services programs for coordinated care and requirement changes for hospitals that are tax-exempt – may also be altering the compensation of hospital leaders. Though this won’t be impacting hospital compensation directly, they may have an indirect impact on salaries from regulation increases and different care delivery models. Director Gary Young of the Northeastern University Center for Health Policy and Healthcare Research looked into the differences that will be seen among non-profit and for-profit hospitals at…
Read MoreTag: healthcare reform news
States decide if large businesses can use health exchanges
According to the regulations for health care reform issued by the federal government, the authority over whether or not large companies can buy coverage through the new health exchanges will be given to the states, beginning in 2017. These state health exchanges are to play a central role in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The first wave of availability will begin in 2014, when it will become available to businesses with 100 employees or less, and individuals; particularly those who qualify for subsidies for federal health insurance premiums.…
Read MoreFederal measure that makes affordable health care available to those with high-risk conditions
A new measure from the federal government that seeks to bolster the availability of health insurance for those with existing medical insurance will go into effect today. The measure will reduce insurance premiums by as much as 40% for what lawmakers are referring to as “special, high-risk” plans. This will prove to be a particular benefit to those with pre-existing conditions who were originally unable to afford the insurance coverage they desperately need. The measure is part of the overarching health care reform, the Affordable Care Act. Originally, this particular…
Read MoreSenior beneficiaries of medicare and social security seeking soverage boost
Healthcare coverage and Medicare are currently a prime topic for discussion in Washington, and senior citizens, who are wondering what tomorrow holds in terms of their own medical needs, are taking out supplemental health insurance plans to help to compensate for what is currently lacking and what may go missing in the future. Seniors who are beneficiaries of Social Security and Medicare are wondering what the changes that the government is making to the healthcare system will do to their ability to receive the products and services that they require…
Read MoreWisconsin at the forefront of democrat healthcare reform requirements
Wisconsin seems to be ahead of the curve when it comes to instituting health insurance exchanges. The state has recently completed the infrastructure necessary for supporting the system in spite of stiff opposition from Governor Scott Walker. Walker has denounced the exchanges as an overstepping of the federal governments boundaries, a notion shared amongst several Republicans that have opposed the health care reform law. According to the law, states are tasked with setting up a self-sustaining exchange program by 2014. If they fail to do so, the federal government will…
Read More
