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CCH's Law, Explanation and Analysis of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Including Reconciliation Act Impact

CCH's Law, Explanation and Analysis of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Including Reconciliation Act Impact provides employers, health, insurance, and legal professionals with comprehensive explanation and analysis of every aspect of health care reform legislation. These legislative changes will imminently impact thousands of employers, private insurance providers, and the Medicare and Medicaid programs. This information is crucial for employers, health, and legal professionals. Written by CCH's editorial staff, the book will offer complete, clear and practical guidance on every provision.

This two-volume book includes:

• Expert explanations of all provisions
• An editorially enhanced version of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that integrates in place changes made to it by the Reconciliation Act of 2010 and Title X amendments
• Text of the Joint Committee on Taxation report that provides background information on the revenue-related provisions of the laws
• Finding devices to help navigate between analysis and official text
• Caution notes

Note: With the purchase of CCH's Law, Explanation and Analysis of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Including Reconciliation Act Impact you'll receive access to a special website that gives you access to SSA, ERISA, and IRC provisions amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Reconciliation Act of 2010, as well as other valuable Health Care Reform information and resources. Full text of both Acts will also be provided on this exclusive website. Access details will be provided in the front inside cover of the book.

The legislation contains the most significant health care changes in decades, and the topics covered include the following:

• For employers:
• Insurance market reforms
• Enhanced employer responsibility
• Health insurance exchanges
• Individual responsibility mandate
• For health providers and beneficiaries:
• Expanded eligibility rules for Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program
• Reimbursement changes for physicians and hospitals to focus on primary and preventive care
• Reimbursement changes for hospitals to increase coverage in rural areas
• Expansion of existing value-based purchasing and quality programs for Part A providers

Table Of Contents

VOLUME 1

1. Insurance Market Reforms
2. CoverageChoices
3. Affordability of Coverage
4. Coverage Responsibilities
5. Public Programs: Medicaid & CHIP
6. Maternal and Child Health Services
7. Health Care Quality Improvement
8. Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers
9. Rural Protections
10. Medicare Payment Accuracy Improvements
11. Provisions Relating to Medicare Part C
12. Medicare Part D Improvements
13. Medicare Sustainability
14. Disease Prevention and Wellness
15. Health Care Workforce Improvements
16. Medicare and Medicaid Transparency and Enforcement
17. Patient-Centered Outcomes Research
18. Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP Program Integrity
19. Elder Justice Act
20. Access to Innovative Medical Therapies
21. CLASS Act
22. Revenue Provisions
23. Indian Health Care Act
24. Miscellaneous Provisions
25. Topical Index

VOLUME 2

• Text of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
• Text of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010
• Text of Executive Order 13535: Ensuring Enforcement and Implementation of Abortion Restrictions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

• Technical Explanation of the Revenue Provisions of the "Reconciliation Act of 2010," as Amended, in Combination with the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" (JCX-18-10)

• Effective Dates Tables
  • Social Security Act Sections
  • Employee Retirement Income Security Act Sections
  • Internal Revenue Code Sections
• Other Tables
  • Social Security Act Sections to CCH Explanations
  • Employee Retirement Income Security Act Sections to CCH Explanations
  • Internal Revenue Code Sections to CCH Explanations
  • Social Security Act Sections Added, Amended or Repealed
  • ERISA Sections Added, Amended or Repealed
  • Internal Revenue Code Sections Added, Amended or Repealed
  • Act Sections Amending Social Security Act Sections
  • Act Sections Amending Employee Retirement Income Security Act Sections
  • Act Sections Amending Internal Revenue Code Sections
• Topical Index