Affordable Care Act

As everyone continues to prepare, understand and implement all of the components of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), our clients can be assured that ALMEA Insurance, Inc., your Vancouver Washington Insurance Agency, is here to help. As an employer, if you have any questions about your responsibilities under ACA, we can help guide you through the process. As an individual, we can help guide you also.

Some components that were expected to be in place and functional by this time have been delayed, so we are still waiting on a daily basis for updates from the Department of Labor (DOL) and the State of Oregon. As we receive updates, we will publish them on this page and in our monthly newsletters. Please watch for any information relevant to the implementation and timelines of ACA.

Here is a list of previously published articles about the Affordable Care Act:

• ACA Important Links – updated October 2013
• Agencies Finalize Rules on Minimum Essential Benefits and Health Insurance Market Reforms
• ACA Health Insurance Market Reforms
• New Reform Initiatives Under Consideration
• The Premium Tax: What You Need to Know
• CMS Issues Proposed ACA Navigator Rules
• Reform Update: Wellness Programs and Reporting Requirements
• Full-Time vs. Part-Time for the PPACA
• Insurance Carriers Allowed to Auto-Enroll Individual Policyholders in Oregon
• ACA Reform Legislation: Plans for 2014
• Reform Update: Essential Health Benefits
• ACA Health Insurance Exchanges
• Model Exchange Notice Available for Employers to Share with Employees
• ACA Small Business Health Care Tax Credit
• Small Group Health Plans Must Cover Essential Health Benefits
• HHS and IRS Issue Final Rule and Notices on Individual Mandate-Related Topics
• Insurance Coverage and Income Verification
• Exchange Marketplace Model Notice
• Medicaid, the Changing Face of Health Care
• ACA Treasury Delays Until 2015
• ACA: Employer Mandate Delayed … What Now?
• Final Rules Clarify Contraceptive Coverage for Religious Organizations
• Health Care Reform: Notice to Employees
• Reform Q & A: Wellness Programs Part II
• Small Business Group Migration, employee only coverage
• Upcoming change for Small Business Group and your employees
• The Affordable Care Act and Your Dental and Vision Plans
• 90-Day Waiting Period Limit Set for 2014
• HRA and FSA Guidance Issued
• IRS Issues Final Rule on the Individual Mandate
• ACA: Delays in SHOP Enrollment
• Kaiser Small Group Health Care Reform Advisor
• UnitedHealth Care Non-Profits to Self-Certify for ACA Contraceptive Exemption

 

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