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Understanding the Affordable Care Act's Impact on Maryland Healthcare

This informative presentation by Joanne Corte Grossi discusses the key provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and its implications for Maryland residents. The ACA aims to make health insurance more accessible and affordable by reducing premiums, expanding Medicaid, and prohibiting coverage denials due to pre-existing conditions. It provides young adults with access until age 26 and strengthens Medicare benefits. The session also highlights preventive care services and outlines future steps for healthcare reform implementation in Maryland.

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Understanding the Affordable Care Act's Impact on Maryland Healthcare

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  1. HEALTHCARE.GOV Affordable Care ActWhat Will Health Care Reform Mean forMaryland?HealthCare Access Maryland Health Reform ForumJune 13, 2012 Joanne Corte Grossi, MIPP Regional Director U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Region III Pennsylvania, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia

  2. Affordable Care Act Overview • Rein in insurance premiums rates • Prevent denials of coverage, including for pre-existing conditions • Make health insurance affordable for middle class families • Make health insurance affordable for small businesses with tax cuts

  3. Affordable Care Act Overview • Provides coverage to young adults up to the age of 26 • Strengthens Medicare benefits with lower prescription drug costs for those in the ‘donut hole,’ chronic care, and free preventive care • Prohibits plans from imposing lifetime and annual limits on the dollar value of benefits, and from rescinding coverage when you get sick

  4. Affordable Care Act Overview • Expanded Medicaid Coverage to include individuals • With incomes up to 133 percent of the poverty level • Ensures Value for premium payments • Requires plans in the individual and small group market to spend 80 percent of premium dollars on medical services, and plans in the large group market to spend 85 percent

  5. Medicare/Medicaid Highlights • 10% Medicare bonus payment to primary care physicians and general surgeons practicing in shortage areas (2011-2015) • Increased Medicaid payments to family and internal medicine providers to 100% of Medicare rates (2013-2014) • Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovations (CMMI) initiatives • Innovation grants, etc. • Award five-year demonstration grants to states to develop, implement, and evaluate alternatives to current tort litigations

  6. Highlights in 2012 • Prevention Guidelines for Women • Historic guidelines for coverage of preventive health care services • Contraception and contraceptive counseling • Domestic Violence Screening and counseling • Breastfeeding support, supplies and counseling • HIV screening and counseling • HPV testing for women over 30 • Well-woman visits • STD counseling • Screening for gestational diabetes

  7. Highlights in 2012 • Essential Health Benefits • Ambulatory patient services • Emergency services • Hospitalization • Maternity and newborn care • Mental health and substance use disorder services, including behavioral health treatment • Prescription drugs • Rehabilitative and habilitative services/devices • Laboratory services • Preventive and wellness services and chronic disease management • Pediatric services, including oral and vision care

  8. Moving Forward • Exchange Implementation • Exchange certified by January 1, 2013 • State partnership model available • HHS will operate exchange for States that do not elect to operate or do not receive approval to do so by January 1, 2013

  9. Moving Forward • Pending litigation, states nationwide are continuing efforts to implement the ACA • The United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments on March 26-28 • A ruling is expected in late June

  10. Affordable Care Act website –www.healthcare.gov Health IT website – www.healthit.gov Center for Consumer Information & Insurance Oversight website – http://cciio.cms.gov Affordable Care Act Spanish website – www.cuidadodesalud.gov Resources:

  11. Thank you! Contact: joanne.grossi@hhs.gov

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