Despite states’ struggles to define coverage of services under the habilitative services category of Essential Health Benefits as required by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Arkansas recently proposed a coverage definition of habilitative services. Under the ACA, health plans sold inside a state’s Health Insurance Exchange, as well as all individual and small group plans,… Continue Reading
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States Begin to Choose Essential Health Benefits for Their Citizens
Posted in Health Care Reform, MedicaidAlthough not a “hard” deadline, states were encouraged to submit to the federal government by Monday, October 1, 2012, their lists of essential health benefits required by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Essential health benefits are a set of health care service categories that must be covered by certain plans beginning in 2014. According to… Continue Reading