NR 447 WEEK 1 NURSING DISCUSSION NR 447 WEEK 1 NURSING DISCUSSION NR447 NR 447 DeVry Week 1 Discussion Latest The Affordable Care Act (graded) Healthcare reform is a term that is ever present in our practice settings and will not disappear any time soon. Share with the class implementation of the Affordable Care Act in your organization. (If you are not working as a nurse, think about what was happening when you were a pre licensure student). How did your fellow healthcare workers react to implementation of the ACA? How were citizens in your community impacted? ORDER INSTRUCTIONS-COMPLIANT NURSING PAPERS You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computers spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper ? in silence and then aloud ? before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes. Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages. Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at padding to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor. The paper must be neatly formatted, and double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument. NR 447 WEEK 1 NURSING DISCUSSION.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION;

Introduction

The Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010 and has been implemented since 2014. It requires employers to provide health insurance coverage to their employees or they will be fined. There are also penalties for employers who do not comply with the ACA’s provisions. The following is a summary of how the Affordable Care Act has been implemented so far:

Implementation of the Affordable Care Act in organizations

The Affordable Care Act is the law of the land. It’s a massive change to our health care system, and it affects employers of all sizes. It’s also a complex law, so you may not understand all its provisions at first glance. But if you’re interested in implementing health reform at work, now is an excellent time to start learning more about how this new federal program can help your organization succeed—and what it means for you personally!

Plan Sponsor Comparisons

To help you determine if your organization is a top plan sponsor, we’ve compared the 10 largest employers in the U.S., who each have more than 500 employees and at least one health care plan. The data was collected from their websites and employer rating websites like Glassdoor and PayScale, as well as other sources (e.g., IRS Form 990).

With that in mind, here’s what we found:

• All 10 companies are large employers with more than 500 employees and offer employee-run insurance plans to their workers; however, none of them were considered “Large Employer” by the UHC Act per se because they don’t fall under this category based on size alone.* Each company has its own unique strategy for compliance with Obamacare rules—but they all have one thing in common: they’re all making changes to their existing healthcare plans so they can comply with ACA requirements.* The biggest change will likely come through expanding benefits packages or increasing deductibles or copays; however, smaller changes such as changing eligibility requirements could also influence whether an individual decides to enroll for coverage.* These changes could mean higher costs associated with purchasing insurance once open enrollment begins again next year (November 1st), but those same costs may not be reflected when choosing between different types of coverage offered by carriers offering ACA-compliant plans today

Top 10 Plan Sponsors

Top 10 Plan Sponsors

• Humana

• UnitedHealthcare

• Aetna

• Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company of Washington, D.C., (formerly Old Republic Insurance Company)

• Kaiser Permanente (previously known as Kaiser Foundation Hospitals)

• Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (formerly Blue Cross & Blue Shield Association)

7 The Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York Incorporated (HIPNY) – A not for profit corporation owned by the State Of New York which administers health plans for its citizens including those who are covered by State Employees’ Retirement System and Teachers’ Retirement System as well as other public employees in New York State who have opted out from coverage provided by their employer

Employer Size-Compliance Strategy

Employer size-compliance strategy

Employers are required to comply with the Affordable Care Act and its requirements, including minimum essential coverage. They may choose between one of two approaches: a grandfathered status or an affordability strategy. The first option allows employers that were subject to the employer mandate but did not offer healthcare coverage at all or offered it only through an Examiner exchange in 2015 (which was discontinued as of December 2016) to continue operating under this status until they become compliant with the new requirements of the ACA by offering full-time employees minimum essential coverage or pay penalties via their payroll taxes. The second option requires employers who have not provided minimum essential coverage for any part time employees for more than 60 days during calendar year 2016 (or 120 days combined) either pay penalties on behalf of all full time employees who work 30 hours per week or fail to provide affordable employer sponsored insurance options for those employees who do not qualify for subsidies under Health Insurance Marketplace Premium Credits Program; whichever comes first

Employer Size-Grandfathered Status

Grandfathered status means that an employer has a plan in place before the ACA was passed, and can keep their current plan. However, they cannot make any changes to the plan until after 2018. If an employer retires or terminates all of their employees and replaces them with new ones (without changing any of their benefits), then they lose grandfathered status because there were no longer enough people who were eligible for coverage under this type of arrangement.

Employer Size-Contribution Strategy

Employer Size-Contribution Strategy

The employer size-contribution strategy is a type of health insurance plan that offers coverage to employees who work for large employers (more than 50 employees) and their dependents. The employer pays an amount based on the number of employees they have, and then all other workers pay into a fund when they are hired. This can be done through payroll deductions or through direct payments from each individual employee’s paycheck.

Employer Size-Contribution Plans may also be referred to as “mini-med” plans because they offer limited benefits compared with traditional full coverage plans. These options usually only cover preventive care like immunizations, checkups and cancer screenings; hospitalization expenses incurred from accidents or illness; prescription medications; mental health services including counseling sessions if needed; vision care services such as glasses/contact lenses/eyeglasses etc., wellness visits (physical exams), pregnancy testing kits at no extra cost during birth control methods commonly used by women over 35 years old who do not want any risk associated with pregnancy but want some protection against sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) while having sexual intercourse under certain circumstances.”

Grandfathered Status & Affordability Strategy

Grandfathered plans are not subject to the ACA, and so they must comply with all of its minimum value and affordability requirements. Grandfathered plan sponsors may choose to negotiate with HHS for special policies or procedures that will allow their grandfathered plans to remain affordable. If a grandfathered plan sponsor chooses not to do this, then they must ensure that their employees receive dental benefits through one of two safe harbors:

• The Basic Coverage Safe Harbor allows an employer with fewer than 50 full-time employees who offers coverage under a group health plan (or who provides self-only coverage) to provide at least one year’s worth of dental benefits without having any cost sharing requirements. Employers must pay 1% of total premiums for each covered employee as well as $50 per month per covered person toward deductibles and coinsurance amounts; however, employers may also elect out of this requirement by paying only $0 investment per insured person instead – but only if doing so would still provide adequate dental coverage for their employees

Learn about the implementation process for the Affordable Care Act.

The Affordable Care Act is a law that requires employers with more than 50 full-time employees to provide health insurance to their workers. In addition, it requires small businesses with fewer than 50 employees to offer coverage or pay penalties if they don’t have any kind of plan.

The ACA has already been implemented in some states and will be fully implemented by 2014. In order for employers to comply with these new requirements, they must take steps now so that employees can get their health care coverage before the deadline arrives.

Most major companies have taken some form of action toward implementing these changes; however, many smaller companies may find it difficult or impossible to do so on such short notice without causing significant disruption for their staffs as well as themselves financially (because hiring new staff would likely require additional costs).

Conclusion

This was a very quick overview of how the Affordable Care Act is being implemented in organizations. It is important to note that this law is still in its early stages, and many of its provisions have yet to be fully implemented. It will take some time for all the changes brought about by this legislation to be felt throughout all sectors of the economy.