What benefits are expanded for Medicare beneficiaries, and how will savings in Medicare be used to finance reform and improve the financial status of the program?
This fact sheet provides highlights from an analysis tracking the flow of federal Affordable Care Act funds to states as reporter in the Department of Health and Human Services grant database as well as periodic reports from HHS and the Internal Revenue Service.
This tool allows users to track funds awarded by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to a variety of governmental and private entities. This funding will go to states, local governments, employers, community health groups and health care providers to implement various provisions aimed at transforming areas of the existing health system and making health insurance coverage more affordable.
This study compares the value of Medicare's benefits with those in large employer plans and finds that Medicare remains less generous on average even after recent improvements in the program's drug coverage.
This data spotlight examines the stand-alone Part D drug plan options available to Medicare beneficiaries in the coming year.
This issue brief examines the views of insurers about opportunities and issues in the Medicare Advantage marketplace.
Proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that revises the "Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) for operating and capital-related costs of acute care hospitals to implement changes arising from our continuing experience with these systems and to implement certain statutory provisions contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (collectively known as the Affordable Care Act) and other legislation. These changes would be applicable to discharges occurring on or after October 1, 2012. We also are proposing to update the rate-of-increase limits for certain hospitals excluded from the IPPS that are paid on a reasonable cost basis subject to these limits. The updated rate-of-increase limits would be effective for cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 2012."
Final rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that "implements section 2401 of the Affordable Care Act, which establishes a new State option to provide home and community-based attendant services and supports. These services and supports are known as Community First Choice (CFC). While this final rule sets forth the requirements for implementation of CFC, we are not finalizing the section concerning the CFC setting."
How will Medicare be affected under health reform? Learn more with our FAQs.
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