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The Affordable Care Act's New Patient's Bill of Rights - CMS

The new Patient's Bill of Rights regulations detail a set of protections that apply to health coverage starting on or after September 23, 2010.

About the ACA - HHS.gov

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, referred to as the Affordable Care Act or “ACA” for short, is the comprehensive health care reform law enacted ...

The Affordable Care Act: Increasing Transparency, Protecting ... - CMS

The Affordable Care Act includes new patient protections that give you greater control over the care you receive, as well as new resources to make the health ...

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Glossary | HealthCare.gov

The comprehensive health care reform law enacted in March 2010 to make affordable health insurance available to more people, expand Medicaid, ...

Patient Protection Model Disclosure

Patient Protection Model Disclosure. When applicable, it is important that individuals enrolled in a plan or health insurance coverage know of their rights to ...

The ACA and CAA Patient Protections - Newfront

The ACA and CAA Patient Protections · The patient protection rights do not apply to excepted benefits, such as dental and vision plans. · For more ...

Rights & Protections | HealthCare.gov

The health care law offers rights and protections that make coverage more fair and easy to understand.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - PubMed Central

The Act both strengthens existing forms of health insurance coverage while building a new, affordable health insurance market for individuals and families ...

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

In other words, insurers are required to accept all applicants for individual and small group plans and to guarantee policy renewal, except in the case of fraud ...

Surprise Medical Bills: New Protections for Consumers Take Effect ...

The law requires surprise bills must be covered without prior authorization and in-network cost sharing must apply. In-network cost sharing for ...

Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires covered entities to post notices of non-discrimination and availability of language assistance.

H.R.3590 - 111th Congress (2009-2010): Patient Protection and ...

Allows new employees and their families to enroll in a group health plan that provides coverage on the date of enactment of this Act. Defines a ...

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit ...

... coverage to reflect new developments in health care delivery. One commenter stated that the current mandate defrayal policy discourages ...

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - GovInfo

... new subpart: ``Subpart D--Information Regarding Health Insurance Coverage ``Sec. ... >> Application.--Notwithstanding any other provision of the Patient ...

Patients' Bill of Rights - OPM

Consumers have the right to access emergency health care services when and where the need arises. Health plans use a "prudent layperson" standard in determining ...

Public Law 111–148 111th Congress An Act

Entitled The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Be it enacted by ... New Options for States to Provide Long-Term Services and Supports. Sec ...

Affordable Care Act - Wikipedia

The Affordable Care Act (ACA), formally known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and colloquially as Obamacare, is a landmark U.S. ...

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Exchange Program ...

This final rule also includes new requirements for certain issuers related to the collection of a separate payment for the portion of a plan's ...

Key Provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)

These provisions aim not only to expand insurance coverage but also to improve the affordability of insurance plans. The ACA also imposes new regulations on ...

Stopping surprise medical billing: Prevention is better than cure.

... bills. America's hospitals and health systems strongly support these new patient protections that are included in the No Surprises Act.