The Developmentally Disabled Community is also in the middle of many of the changes that are sweeping the entire health insurance and health care landscape. For example, the expansion of Medicaid and the removal of pre-existing limitations and the tax credits and subsidies of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) also have an effect on the Developmentally Disabled Community. Lesser known, but just are important are the effects of the ACA on habilitative services and mental health parity of benefits, as well as current discussions on how autism should be handled for insurance purposes.
For those in the Developmentally Disabled Community that are also Dual Medicare and Medicaid eligible, the effects of the upcoming Pilot Medicare/Medicaid managed care pilot could be significant, given the importance of maintaining existing working relationships with health care providers.
Double Health USA is committed to helping all stakeholders of the Developmentally Disabled Community:
- Understand how changes in government programs and private plans could affect them
- Understand the concept of managed care
- Understand how Medicaid and Medicare programs will coordinate and integrate.
- Understand how changes in government programs and private plans could affect their existing provider relationships.
- Evaluate and decide what plan features and characteristics are most important for them
- Select the plan that is best meets their needs.
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