Home
0
Home
Use Landscape to see Search/Filter
Item Types:
Field of Study:
Authors:
CPE Hours:
Keyword:
Hide left panel Collapse Menu
Show left panel
Recent Searches
No recent searches found.
A~B
Similar Courses
A/B
Suggested Courses
Recent Searches
No recent searches found.
Similar Courses
Suggested Courses
Course Details

Healthcare Reform: Pre-Existing Conditions, Benefit Limits, Rescission & Patient Protection Rules (Course Id 649)

QAS / Registry
  Add to Cart 
Author : Paul Winn, CLU, ChFC
Course Length : Pages: 35 ||| Review Questions: 27 ||| Final Exam Questions: 45
CPE Credits : 9.0
IRS Credits : 0
Price : $80.95
Passing Score : 70%
Course Type: NASBA QAS - Text - NASBA Registry
Technical Designation: Technical
Primary Subject-Field Of Study:

Specialized Knowledge - Specialized Knowledge for Course Id 649

Description :

The course entitled Healthcare Reform: Pre-Existing Conditions, Benefit Limits, Rescission & Patient Protection Rules provides important information for insurance agents and other advisers who are counseling clients on certain requirements imposed on group health plans and individual insurance coverage by the Act and Regulations. The course begins with a discussion of “grandfathered” health plans, their definition and the implications of grandfathered status for the timing and applicability of the Act’s provisions. The requirements of the Act and Regulations addressed in this course are those relating to ensuring patient protections—specifically, protections related to their ability to choose healthcare professionals and the provision of emergency services—and the ability of health plans to:

    • Exclude coverage for pre-existing conditions;
    • Impose annual and lifetime benefit limits for essential health benefits; and
    • Rescind health coverage.
Accordingly, the course provides information concerning the rules applicable to the ability of a group health plan or a health insurer offering group or individual health insurance coverage to exclude coverage for pre-existing conditions and the effective dates of such rules. In addition, the course discusses the rules governing the ability of a group health plan or a health insurer offering group or individual health insurance coverage to impose dollar limits on essential health benefits. The limited ability of a group health plan or health insurer offering group or individual health insurance coverage to rescind such coverage is also addressed. Finally, the course discusses the protections guaranteed to patients in their choice of available healthcare professionals in plans involving a network of healthcare providers and in the availability of patient emergency services.

Usage Rank : 11667
Release : 2014
Version : 1.0
Prerequisites : Although no specific course prerequisite is necessary for a full understanding of the material presented in this course, students should possess a solid, working knowledge of group and individual health insurance.
Experience Level : Overview
Additional Contents : Complete, no additional material needed
Additional Links :
Advance Preparation : None
Delivery Method : QAS Self Study
Intended Participants : Anyone needing Continuing Professional Education (CPE)
Revision Date : 01-Mar-2024
NASBA Course Declaration : Participants must complete the final examination within one year of purchase and with a minimum passing grade of 70% or better to receive CPE credit unless otherwise noted on the Course History page (i.e. California Ethics must score 90% or better). After logging in click on the Course History links on your My Courses page for the Begin date and Expire date for the Final Exam.
Approved Audience :

NASBA QAS - Text - NASBA Registry - 649

Keywords : Specialized Knowledge and Applications, Healthcare, Reform, PreExisting, Conditions, Benefit, Limits, Rescission, Patient, Protection, Rules, cpe, cpa, online course
Learning Objectives :

Course Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this advanced course, the student should be able to:
    • explain the rules applicable to grandfathered health plans;
    • describe the effective dates and rules governing the use of pre-existing condition exclusions in group and individual health insurance plans;
    • discuss the annual and lifetime benefit limit rules applicable to essential health benefits under healthcare reform legislation;
    • identify the conditions that would permit an insurer to rescind health insurance coverage and the applicable notice requirements; and
    • explain the patient protection provisions of healthcare reform.
Although no specific course prerequisite is necessary for a full understanding of the material presented in this course, students should possess a solid, working knowledge of group and individual health insurance.

Chapter 1
Grandfathered Status

In this chapter we will look at the rules concerning grandfathered health plan status. When you have completed this chapter, you should be able to:
    • define the term “grandfathered health plan”;
    • identify the requirements for a grandfathered health plan’s maintaining its grandfathered status;
    • describe the provisions of the Act that are inapplicable to grandfathered health plans;
    • discuss the Act’s provisions that apply to health plans whether or not they are grandfathered health plans;
    • list the actions that will cause a grandfathered health plan to lose its grandfathered status; and
    • explain the types of changes to a health plan that will not affect its status as a grandfathered health plan.

Chapter 2
Pre-existing Condition Exclusion

In this chapter we will look at the rules concerning the imposition by a group health plan or health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance of coverage exclusions based on pre-existing conditions. When you have completed this chapter you should be able to:
    • define the term “pre-existing condition exclusion” as used in the Act and Regulations;
    • explain the requirements of the Act and Regulations as they apply to pre-existing conditions exclusions; and
    • describe the types of health plans to which the prohibition of pre-existing condition exclusions apply and the impact of a plan’s status as a grandfathered health plan.

Chapter 3
Benefit Limits

In this chapter we will look at the rules concerning a health plan’s imposition of annual and lifetime limits on benefits. When you have completed this chapter you should be able to:
    • explain the requirements of the Act as they affect the ability to impose annual and lifetime limits on health benefits;
    • explain the applicability of the Act’s provisions concerning annual and lifetime health benefit limits to grandfathered health plans;
    • describe the restricted annual benefit limits applicable to essential health benefits permitted during the phase-in period ending in 2014;
    • define the term “essential health benefits”; and
    • identify the requirements applicable to health plans and health insurance coverage with respect to individuals who have reached a lifetime benefit limit before the effective date of the Regulations.

Chapter 4
Coverage Rescission Limits

In this chapter we will look at the rules concerning a health plan’s or health insurance issuer’s ability to rescind coverage. When you have completed this chapter you should be able to:
    • define the meaning of “rescission” and describe how rescission differs from other types of coverage cancelation;
    • describe the grounds permitted under the Act on which coverage under a health plan or group or individual health insurance may be rescinded;
    • identify the components of fraud under the common law;
    • define the meaning of “material fact”; and
    • explain the Act’s requirements concerning notice when coverage will be rescinded.

Chapter 5
Patient Protections

In this chapter we will look at the rules concerning the patient protections afforded individuals relative to their choice of healthcare providers and access to emergency services under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. When you have completed this chapter you should be able to:
    • explain the rights of participants in health plans and under health insurance coverage using provider networks to choose a primary care provider;
    • describe the required access available to female participants in network plans to obstetrical and gynecological care;
    • explain the content and timing requirements of disclosures concerning the patient protection provisions of the Act;
    • identify the Act’s requirements related to out-of-network emergency services;
    • define “emergency services”; and
    • describe the factors that must be considered when determining the reasonableness of a health plan’s or insurer’s payment of benefits for out-of-network emergency services.
Course Contents :

Course Learning Objectives

How You Will Learn

Why This Information Is Important and How You Can Use It

 

Chapter 1 - Grandfathered Status

Chapter Learning Objectives

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Grandfathers Certain Coverage

Certain Act Provisions Inapplicable to Grandfathered Health Plans

Many Act Provisions Apply to Grandfathered Health Plans

The Consequences of Grandfathering in Brief

Grandfathered Health Plan Status Unaffected by Certain Changes

Grandfathered Health Plan Status May Be Lost

Maintaining Grandfathered Health Plan Status

Special Rules Applicable to Collectively Bargained Plans

Losing Grandfathered Health Plan Status

Transitional Rules

Changes Made On or Before March 23, 2010

Changes Made After March 23, 2010 and Adopted Before Regulation Issuance

Losing Grandfathered Status in Brief

Summary

Chapter 1 Review Questions

 

Chapter 2 - Pre-existing Condition Exclusion

Chapter Learning Objectives

Pre-existing Condition Exclusion Defined

Exclusion of Coverage for All Participants Not a Pre-existing Condition Exclusion

Pre-existing Condition Exclusions Prohibited Under Act

Effect of Grandfathered Health Plan Status

Effective Dates for Pre-existing Exclusion Prohibition

Summary

Chapter 2 Review Questions

 

Chapter 3 - Benefit Limits

Chapter Learning Objectives

Benefit Limits

Essential Health Benefits

Condition-Based Exclusions of Coverage Permitted under the Act

Annual Benefit Limits Prohibited

Lifetime Benefit Limits Prohibited

Benefit Limit Rules in Brief

Summary

Chapter 3 Review Questions

Chapter 4 - Coverage Rescission Limits

Chapter Learning Objectives

Contract Rescission

Legal Elements of a Contract

Post-Claims Insurer Review of Health Coverage

Coverage Rescission Limited under Act

Rescission Differs from Prospective Cancelation

Regulations Apply Broadly

Contestable Period End Not a Bar to Rescission

Fraud as Basis for Rescission

Intentional Misrepresentation of Material Fact as Basis for Rescission

Rescission Notice Requirement

Examples

Rescission Rules in Brief

Summary

Chapter 4 Review Questions

 

Chapter 5 - Patient Protections

Chapter Learning Objectives

Choice of Healthcare Providers for In-Network Plans

Designation of Primary Care Provider

Designation of Pediatrician as Primary Care Provider

Patient Access to OB/GYN Care

Patient Protection Disclosure Requirements

Coverage of Emergency Services

Emergency Services Defined

Out-of-Network Cost-Sharing Requirements

Effective Date

Grandfathered Plans

Patient Protection Rules in Brief

Summary

Chapter 5 Review Questions

 

Appendix I - Grandfathered Status at a Glance

Appendix II - PPACA Provisions at a Glance

Glossary

Specialized Knowledge and Applications Course 649 Home: https://www.cpethink.com/cpe-for-cpas
Thank you for taking one of our free courses. We would like to be able to let you know when we add free courses or have special offers and will never spam you or share your address with anyone. If you are Ok with that please reply with "Ok" or if not please reply "No Thanks". Either way enjoy your free CPE course.
  
Exam completed on .

Do you want to add the course again?