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IDF Health Care Reform Law Provisions & Implementation

IDF will periodically post status reports, links to other websites, and explanations of various provisions of the new health care reform law as well as implementation reports. Click on the various provisions (below) to learn the latest on the implementation of the new health law.

Making Sense Of The Supreme Court Ruling

On June 28, 2012, the Supreme Court ruled that the health care reform law (Affordable Care Act), passed by Congress in 2010, is constitutional and remains the law of the land. For an excellent non-partisan explanation of the Supreme Court’s decision, we refer you to the links below, courtesy of Kaiser Health News and Avalere Health LLC. http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Stories/2012/June/28/health-law-decision-webcast.aspx
Supreme Court Ruling on the Affordable Care Act: Overview & Implications from Avalere Health LLC
Guide to the Supreme Court’s Affordable Care Act Decision from Kaiser Family Foundation

Health Reform in Your Backyard Webinar Video Series and Handouts

Essential Benefits Package 3-15-2012
State Advocate To-Do List
Essential Health Benefits bulletin summary 3-15-2012
Coverage Tiers
FFE Guidance Overview
State Exchange Update
Subsidies in Exchanges
Exchanges Primer
Exchanges Updates by State
Glossary of Health Terms
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Health Care Reform Law Provisions & Implementation

On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law the bitterly contested health care reform bill, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). PPACA represents the largest change to the health care system in the United States since the passage of Medicare in 1964 and Medicaid in 1965. Most of the provisions in the law will not go into effect until January 1, 2014. Other provisions take effect during the interim. The next few years of the development of policies to implement the new law are critical. IDF is monitoring the new policies and where necessary will be raising the voice of the primary immunodeficiency diseases (PIDD) patient community to make sure that PIDD “zebras” are not left out in the cold.

Periodically, IDF will post on this page, analyses of various provisions and the status of implementation. Some of the posted provisions, such as High Risk Pools, directly affect the PIDD the community more than others. But, all of the provisions affect everyone. As things change, the postings will reflect the changes.

Each posting contains a short summary, a status update, next steps, links to other sources of information, a long summary and legislative text.

340B Expansion UPDATED 06/31/11
1099 Reporting 06/31/2011
Access Board Medical Diagnostics 07/20/2010
Accountable Care Organizations UPDATED 03/31/2011
Administrative Simplification 02/24/2011
Advanced Imaging Services
Ambulatory Surgical Center Value Based Purchasing 02/11/2011
ASC Productivity Adjustment UPDATED 09/29/11
Authority to Deny Plan Bids 7-5-11
Automated Defibrillation in Adam’s Memory Act 10/10/11
Biosimilars UPDATED 09/29/11
Biosimilars Automatic Substitution
Biosimilars Congressional Research Service Report
Bone Density Test UPDATED 07/28/2010
Branded Pharmaceutical Fee UPDATED 09/29/2011
C02 EssentialHealth Benefits Requirements UPDATED 01/06/2011
CDC Employer Based Wellness Programs 02/17/2011
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation UPDATED 03/31/2011
CLASS Act UPDATED 09/29/11
Clinical and Community Preventive Services
Community Based Care Transitions Programs 6-3-11
Community Health Teams to Support Medical Homes 2/11/2011
Community Transformation Grants
Concurrent Care for Children 01/13/2011
COOP Advisory Board UPDATED 03/31/2011
Counting Resident Time in Nonprovider Settings 7-5-11
Cures Acceleration Network 05/24/2010
Dependent Coverage UPDATED 01/06/2011
Distribution of Additional Residency Positions UPDATED 01/06/2011
Distribution for Medicine Qualified Only for Prescribed Drug 10/10/2011
Drug Sample Transparency
EARLY Act UPDATED 09/29/11
Early Retiree Reinsurance UPDATED 03/31/2011
Web Portal UPDATED 10/21/2010