Employers Guide To Health Care Reform 2012 Edition - Softcover

Brian M. Pinheiro; Jean C. Hemphill; Clifford J. Schoner; Jonathan M. Calpas; Kurt R. Anderson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1454810327 ISBN 13: 9781454810322

Publisher: Aspen Publishers, 2012

Synopsis

Employer's Guide to Health Care Reform is a step-by-step practical guide for employers struggling to keep up with the rapid pace of changes affecting their health benefit plans.

It will help you:

• Grasp every implication of Health Care Reform from the employer's perspective
• Meet all deadlines
• Achieve significant cost-savings
• Fully understand even the most complex new rules

Employer's Guide to Health Care Reform has been updated to include coverage of the latest health care reform developments, including these important topics:

• Legal challenges to the Affordable Care Act
• When is an employer-sponsored group health plan a "grandfathered" health plan - and how to keep it that way
• Whether a health plan covering solely retirees is subject to the Affordable Care Act design changes, such as the requirement to cover children through age 26
• What types of subsidies and tax credits are available right now to employers that provide health coverage to employees
• Which health plans and benefits are currently subject to new prohibitions on annual and lifetime limits, and what exemptions are available
• How and when the Affordable Care Act restricts preexisting-condition exclusions
• When must a health plan provide full coverage for preventive health services without cost-sharing
• What are the consequences of offering health plan coverage to children up to age 26
• What are the new claims and appeals processes mandated by the Affordable Care Act for health plans
• What additional changes to health plan design are going to be required beginning in 2014
• How will employer-sponsored health plans and employers need to communicate with employees to address the Affordable Care Act requirements
• What new types of reporting will be required for health plans
• What is the "individual mandate" to enroll in health coverage
• Which employers will have to pay a penalty if they do not provide adequate and affordable health plan coverage
• What is a health care exchange, and how will it affect the U.S. health care system
• How the Affordable Care Act affects retiree prescription drug coverage under Medicare Part D and how the changes create new opportunities for employers
• How and when the new nondiscrimination rules apply to insured health benefits, and what are the consequences of discriminatory coverage
• Which employer-sponsored health plans are subject to auto-enrollment and when do the rules go into effect
• What are the new Form W-2 reporting requirements for employer-sponsored health plans and when do they go into effect
• When health care flexible spending accounts (Health FSAs) and health savings accounts (HSAs) may and may not pay reimbursements for over-the-counter medicines and drugs
• And much more!

About this edition

• Publisher: Aspen Publishers
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1454810327
• ISBN 13: 9781454810322
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 496