Smart Benefits: Transitional Reinsurance Enrollment Count Deadline Extended to Dec. 5
Monday, December 01, 2014
The transition reinsurance program was established under the Affordable Care Act to stabilize premiums in the individual market inside and outside of the exchanges. The program collects contributions from contributing entities in 2014, 2015, and 2016 to fund reinsurance payments to issuers of non-grandfathered reinsurance-eligible individual market plans, the administrative costs of operating the reinsurance program, and the General Fund of the U.S. Treasury
The annual fee is $63.00 per covered life for 2014 and $44.00 per covered life for 2015. The methods to count lives are similar to those used to count lives for the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) fee. However, the transitional reinsurance fee program fee is calculated on a calendar year basis, and lives are only counted for the first nine months of the year.
To enter their enrollment count, contributing entities visit Pay.gov and access the “ACA Transitional Reinsurance Program Annual Enrollment and Contributions Submission Form.” The form will calculate the annual contribution amount to be remitted based on the annual enrollment count.
Contributing entities can either pay: (1) the entire 2014 benefit year contribution in one payment no later than January 15, 2015 reflecting $63.00 per covered life; or (2) in two separate payments for the 2014 benefit year, with the first remittance due by January 15, 2015, reflecting $52.50 per covered life, and the second remittance due by November 15, 2015, reflecting $10.50 per covered life.
Upcoming TRF Deadlines:
Related Slideshow: New England’s Healthiest States
The United Health Foundation recently released its 2013 annual reoprt: America's Health Rankings, which provides a comparative state by state analysis of several health measures to provide a comprehensive perspective of our nation's health issues. See how the New England states rank in the slides below.
Definitions
All Outcomes Rank: Outcomes represent what has already occurred, either through death, disease or missed days due to illness. In America's Health Rankings, outcomes include prevalence of diabetes, number of poor mental or physical health days in last 30 days, health disparity, infant mortality rate, cardiovascular death rate, cancer death rate and premature death. Outcomes account for 25% of the final ranking.
Determinants Rank: Determinants represent those actions that can affect the future health of the population. For clarity, determinants are divided into four groups: Behaviors, Community and Environment, Public and Health Policies, and Clinical Care. These four groups of measures influence the health outcomes of the population in a state, and improving these inputs will improve outcomes over time. Most measures are actually a combination of activities in all four groups.
Diabetes Rank: Based on percent of adults who responded yes to the question "Have you ever been told by a doctor that you have diabetes?" Does not include pre-diabetes or diabetes during pregnancy.
Smoking Rank: Based on percentage of adults who are current smokers (self-report smoking at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and currently smoke).
Obesity Rank: Based on percentage of adults who are obese, with a body mass index (BMI) of 30.0 or higher.
Source: http://www.americashealthrankings.org/
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