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Florida health insurance was impacted in a very positive way about a decade ago. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA, often confused with HIPPA) places restrictions on pre-existing condition exclusions in group health plans and gives new enrollees credit for prior coverage. In addition to these “portability” requirements, the law also makes it illegal to use health status as a reason for denying coverage, guarantees group coverage for employers with 50 or fewer employees, and guarantees the renewal of group health plans.
Pre-existing wait times Summary Florida
Pre-existing waiting times can be compensated for single persons and groups of 2-50 persons if the group has 12 months of creditable cover with no more than 63 (not 30) days between covers. For both single person groups and groups of 2-50 people, if the group has less than 12 months of creditable coverage and no more than 63 days elapse between coverage, they will receive credit for those months of coverage (6/12) . At the end of the 12 months, there is no waiting period for pre-existing conditions. In the absence of meritorious coverage, a 24-month look-back period and a 24-month waiting period apply for pre-existing conditions for a single group. A group of 2-50 without deserving coverage is subject to a 6 month look back period and a 12 month waiting period on pre-existing terms.
Summary of Motherhood and Newborns in Florida
Pregnancy is not considered a pre-existing condition and is covered regardless of previous coverage. The only exception is a single group with no prior deserving coverage who became pregnant prior to the plan effective date. In this case, the pregnancy will be treated as a pre-existing condition and will not be covered.
A single group with less than 12 months of creditable coverage can get credit for the months of coverage. After completing the waiting period for the pre-existing condition, the pregnancy must be covered (if applicable).
Newborns not registered within 30 days of birth may be subject to an existing waiting period.
Congress recognized the need for national patient record privacy standards in 1996 when they enacted the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). The law included provisions designed to save money for healthcare companies by encouraging electronic transactions, but it also required new safeguards to protect the security and confidentiality of that information. The law gave Congress until August 21, 1999, to pass comprehensive health privacy legislation. When Congress failed to pass such legislation after three years, the law required the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to create such protections through regulation.
There are four parts to HIPAA’s administrative simplification:
· Electronic transactions and codes set standard requirements
· Privacy requirements
· Security requirements
· National identification requirements
Florida health insurance had hit integrated components. HIPAA is calling for changes designed to streamline healthcare administration. It promotes uniformity by establishing transaction standards for different types of electronic transactions involving health information. No longer can each insurer have unique claims processing requirements. Everyone covered by HIPAA must provide the same information: standard formats for processing claims and payments; as well as for the maintenance and transmission of electronic healthcare information and data.
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