PHYSICAL THERAPY DOCUMENTATION
Patient and Employer Penalties with Obamacare
The Affordable Health Care Act, known as Obamacare, requires all Americans to have healthcare insurance. Employers that don’t offer insurance and those that refuse to purchase coverage will get hit where it hurts them the most – their wallet. Obamacare employs fines... read more
Increased Individual Responsibility with Obamacare
Devised by President Obama and endorsed by insurance companies, the Affordable Health Care Act forces individuals to accept more responsibility for the status of their health. Known as Obamacare, the Act has many controversial elements, but it also contains a little... read more
How Will Pre-Existing Condition Coverage Change with Obamacare?
The Affordable Health Care Act, known as Obamacare, has created a wealth of new mandates, many of which will be beneficial to policy holders. One of the new rules stipulates that no insurance company can refuse to provide coverage if the individual has a pre-existing... read more
How Will Obamacare Affect those with Private Health Insurance?
Many individuals without employer-provided health coverage have taken the initiative and purchased insurance coverage on their own. The Affordable Health Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare, continues to change the health insurance landscape and could prove beneficial for... read more
How Will Obamacare Affect Those with Employer-Based Insurance?
The good news for individuals with employer-based insurance is that under the Affordable Health Care Act, their policies must include a variety of services ranging from hospitalization to free preventative services. The downside is that many employers have determined... read more
The Impact of Obamacare on Medicare Recipients
One of the groups most affected by the Affordable Health Care Act will be seniors and the disabled receiving Medicare benefits. Medicare is being singled out for extensive financial cuts through Obamacare. The Act requires Medicare recipients to shoulder a larger... read more
The Obamacare Timeline – 2010 to 2018
The Affordable Healthcare Act, also known as Obamacare, contains almost 500 different elements. Various features of the Act were designed to take effect over the course of the next eight years, with a complete implementation date of 2018. It was one of the signature... read more
What Large (and Small) Businesses Need to Know About Obamacare
While the Affordable Health Care Act (Obamacare) will extend the availability of healthcare services to millions of uninsured Americans, it imposes a variety of mandates on businesses of all sizes that increases the cost of doing business. Employers are not happy... read more