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Medicaid HMOs May be Heading Your Way
This year, 24 states plus the District of Columbia will enact changes to their delivery of Medicaid coverage. The change will affect patients who are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid, or...
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How Will Sequestration Affect Healthcare?
With all the economic figures being tossed around in Washington, you might be wondering, what does sequestration actually mean to me? How will PH patients and healthcare in general be affected? Here...
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Basic Benefits Finalized for Small Group Health Plans
In February of this year, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued its final rule on the basic benefits that must be offered by individual and small group health plans. The rule...
View ArticleFinal Health Insurance Marketplace Applicaton: Shorter and Sweeter?
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have finalized a key component of the health insurance marketplace set to open in 2014: the application for insurance. After releasing a 21-page...
View ArticleObamaCare, Insurance Marketplace and PH
As a result of the Affordable Care Act (also called ObamaCare), beginning in 2014 every person in the U.S. will be required to have basic health insurance coverage. One way you will be able to obtain...
View ArticleHealth Insurance Marketplace Enrollment Begins October 1!
In just a few short weeks, open enrollment for health insurance through the Health Insurance Marketplace will begin. On that date, you will be able to submit an application for individual or family...
View ArticleApplying for Disability Benefits with Pulmonary Hypertension
Editor's note: The article below describes the Social Security Administration's current policies on how SSA adjudicators determine if a PH patient qualifies for disability assistance. PHA's Scientific...
View ArticleInsurance Marketplace Open Enrollment Closes
What if I’m still uninsured?Open enrollment, the time when individuals could apply for health insurance in the insurance Marketplace created by the Affordable Care Act, closed on March 31, 2014. But...
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Liquid Oxygen News for Those with Medicare
Your Rights and ResponsibilitiesAre you a liquid oxygen user with Medicare?In certain areas across the country (see full list of these areas), Medicare now only works with specific oxygen suppliers,...
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Medicare Open Enrollment Is Fast Approaching!
Thinking about changing your Medicare prescription drug coverage (Part D) or your Medicare Advantage Plan (Part C)? Now’s the time!Medicare Open Enrollment begins Oct. 15. This is generally the only...
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Help Us Improve Specialty Pharmacy Service
Have feedback for your specialty pharmacy...? We want to hear from you!PHA launched the Specialty Pharmacy Feedback Form with the Caring Voice Coalition as a way for PH patients, caregivers and medical...
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Health Insurance Marketplace Enrollment
Get insured under the Affordable Care ActStarting Nov. 15, open enrollment for health insurance through the Health Insurance Marketplace will begin.Enrolling in Marketplace CoverageIn about a week,...
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Year-End Insurance Tips
As the year draws to a close, it's time to review your health insurance policies, check for remaining calendar year benefits and ensure that your coverage is up-to-date. Here are four quick tips to...
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New Year's Insurance Resolutions
Making New Year’s Resolutions? Why not pledge to support yourself or your loved one by being a strong treatment access advocate this year?Take Good Notes Though we always hope for smooth interactions...
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Missed Obamacare Deadline
The Affordable Care Act's (Obamacare's) most recent enrollment period ran from Nov. 15, 2014, to Feb. 15, 2015. It was during this time that uninsured and underinsured individuals could submit an...
View ArticleKnow Your Oxygen Access Rights
Over the past few years, Medicare has been changing the way it pays for oxygen. Some oxygen providers have been taking advantage of patients' confusion to bend, and even break, the rules governing what...
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Insurance Updates and Cost-Saving Legislation
Insurance Updates and Cost-Saving Legislation Take Action!If you or someone you know suffers from pulmonary hypertension (PH), then you have a powerful story to tell. Share yours on April 16, PHA's...
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Medicare Updates for PHers
Goodbye SGR, Hello New Medicare CardsOn April 16, 2015, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (H.R. 2) was signed into effect by President Barack Obama after a bipartisan effort in both the...
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Disability FAQs
Get the Assistance You Need!Get Started!Register for the free upcoming disability webinar –“Applying for Disability: The When, Why and How”Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. ET/12:00 p.m. PT.Visit...
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What's Happening with PH Treatment Access?
From historic legislation to important PHA presentations, May and June have been busy months for treatment access issues in the PH community. Learn more about what’s happened these past few...
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Medicare and Medicaid Celebrate Impact, Look Toward Future on 50th Anniversary
July 30, 2015, marked 50 years since President Lyndon B. Johnson signed an amendment to the Social Security Act that made Medicare and Medicaid law. Since then, the number of uninsured Americans 65 and...
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Your Voice: Changing Specialty Pharmacy Practice
At the end of 2013, PHA launched the Specialty Pharmacy Feedback Form in partnership with the Caring Voice Coalition (CVC) as a way for PH patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals to share...
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Medicare Open Enrollment - What You Need to Know
Medicare Open Enrollment only comes once a year, and it's right around the corner. Here are five things you need to know to get the most out of this open enrollment season, which runs from Oct. 15 to...
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Traveling This Holiday Season?
Here’s our quick travel checklist to help you finalize your preparations. Bon Voyage!Action Alert: Apria HealthcarePHA has heard from several individuals who are experiencing problems with Apria...
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Obamacare Enrollment Ends January 31
Obamacare Open Enrollment Ends Jan. 31 – Read over our FAQs below for quick answers during the last days of open enrollment. I had a 2015 plan through the Marketplace, but did not make any changes. Is...
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