lunes, 9 de enero de 2017

Affordable Care Act mandates reporting minimum essential health care coverage | Health.mil

Affordable Care Act mandates reporting minimum essential health care coverage | Health.mil
Health.mil

Affordable Care Act mandates reporting minimum essential health care coverage

Navy Capt. Jesse Geibe, Naval Hospital Jacksonville director for public health, listens to a patient’s heart rate. The Jacksonville Business Journal honored Geibe as a 2016 Health Care Hero. Defense Department officials are reminding military and civilian employees that they must report their health care coverage to the Internal Revenue Service when they file their 2016 federal income tax form. (U.S. Navy photo by Jacob Sippel)
Navy Capt. Jesse Geibe, Naval Hospital Jacksonville director for public health, listens to a patient’s heart rate. The Jacksonville Business Journal honored Geibe as a 2016 Health Care Hero. Defense Department officials are reminding military and civilian employees that they must report their health care coverage to the Internal Revenue Service when they file their 2016 federal income tax form. (U.S. Navy photo by Jacob Sippel)

AS tax season approaches, Defense Department civilians, military members, nonappropriated funds employees and their families will need to validate their minimum essential health care coverage as reported to the Internal Revenue Service, the Pentagon’s top health official said in a phone interview Dec. 23, 2016.
Dr. Karen S. Guice, the principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, performing duties as assistant secretary for health affairs, said the Affordable Care Act, which became law in 2010, extends the availability of health care insurance to ensure people are covered through health insurance market places or employers.  The Supreme Court upheld the law after it was challenged in 2012, she added.
“The relevance to us is the requirement to report minimal essential coverage to the IRS,” Guice said. “It’s important for us to review all of the rules as we move into tax season.”
Guice explained that DoD members and employees will receive a Form 1095, designated B or C. Service members and DoD civilians will use the 1095-B or 1095-C to answer health coverage questions on their federal tax returns. These forms are used for TRICARE, the continued health care benefit program, and the federal employee health benefits plans.
“Any one of our DoD families, active duty military, retirees, civilians or contractors may see a mixture of these, depending on how the people in their household are covered by health insurance,” Guice said. “It’s a way for individuals in the household who are covered by insurance to validate the information and correct erroneous information through the entity that sends the 1095 form.
Guice emphasized that the 1095 form is not intended to be filed with taxes, but rather is used as a validation of information that the IRS already has received from DoD.  “It’s really important for everyone to look at this information and validate it as correct, because that’s the information that the IRS will act on.”
DoD offers the 1095 form in various ways, Guice said. Those who receive the forms by mail from a uniformed services pay center, NAF employers and contractors should receive them by Jan. 31, she added.  Defense Finance and Accounting Service and U.S. Coast Guard Pay and Personnel Center users can download their forms on Jan. 17.
Failure to Report
Lacking the minimal health care requirements or failure to report can bring a cost penalty, Guice said.
“The Affordable Care Act expectation is that every citizen will have health insurance or they will pay an individual shared responsibility payment,” she said. “If you’ve elected not to have minimal essential coverage, you may face a payment requirement which is based on a percentage of your income or a fixed amount, depending on the individual’s or family’s circumstances.”
“Each individual is going to have to double check and make sure their information is correct,” Guice said. “Otherwise, once you submit all your tax forms, it’s a little bit harder to pull some of those back from the IRS.”
For questions about how obtain the 1095 form or to inquire about the information It contains, contact servicing pay centers or visit this TRICARE webpage. For questions about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s individual coverage mandate and potential tax penalty following a lack of health care coverage, visit this IRS webpage or the nearest IRS service center.
Disclaimer: Re-published content may have been edited for length and clarity. Read original post.

Defense Health Agency Year in Review

Article
12/20/2016
Defense Health Agency’s Director, Navy Vice Adm. Raquel Bono, visited the Medical Education and Training Campus at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, to see the training of the next generation of enlisted medical personnel earlier this fall.
As 2016 comes to an end, it is important to reflect on the goals, accomplishments and events that shaped DHA this year
Related Topics:MHS GENESISTRICARE Health Program

GAO upholds TRICARE contract awards

Article
11/15/2016
Image of the TRICARE logo.
The Government Accountability Office announced the results of its review of the protests filed against the TRICARE 2017 Managed Care Support Contracts awards November 11
Related Topics:TRICARE Health ProgramNew Regional Contracts to Administer the TRICARE Benefit

TRICARE and the Affordable Care Act

Infographic
11/9/2016
Do I have MEC? Infographic
MEC is the "minimum essential coverage" that you're required to have by the Affordable Care Act.
Related Topics:TRICARE Health Program

Approved Laboratory Developed Tests

Fact Sheet
10/21/2016
Approved Laboratory Developed Tests by Test Name or by Gene(s) Tested
Related Topics:TRICARE Health Program

The Defense Health Agency makes additional laboratory developed tests available

Article
10/21/2016
Image of the TRICARE logo.
The Defense Health Agency updated its policies, making 25 additional laboratory developed tests available to TRICARE patients
Related Topics:TRICARE Health Program

Ten defendants charged in $100 Million TRICARE fraud scheme

Article
10/17/2016
Image of the TRICARE logo.
Special agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Defense Criminal Investigative Service arrested nine defendants this week in connection with their roles in a $100 million health care fraud conspiracy perpetrated against TRICARE
Related Topics:TRICARE Health ProgramTRICARE Pharmacy ProgramProgram IntegrityProgram Integrity

Memorandum to Establish 2017 TRICARE Reserve Select and TRICARE Retired Reserve Rates

Policy
Calendar Year 2017 premium rates are established for TRICARE Reserve Select and TRICARE Retired Reserve as specified in the attachment. Please provide widest dissemination. This information can be found at www.tricare.mil/trs and www.tricare.mil/trr.

Memorandum to Establish 2017 Premium Rates for the TRICARE Young Adult Program

Policy
This memo establishes the CY2017 Premium Rates for TRICARE Young Adult

TRICARE publications gets redesign, new look

Article
10/3/2016
The TRICARE revamped suite includes a brand-new TRICARE Stateside Guide – a one-stop resource for all stateside coverage information. (TRICARE graphic)
TRICARE offers a wide range of informational materials to help people understand their coverage and make important health care and financial decisions for themselves and their families
Related Topics:TRICARE Health Program

TRICARE expands access to mental health care, substance use disorder treatment

Article
9/29/2016
Image of the TRICARE logo.
Significant improvements to TRICARE's mental health benefit being implemented
Related Topics:Mental Health CareTRICARE Health ProgramAccess to Health CareTransgender Education References and Training Resources

Nurse Advice Line

Video
9/16/2016
Nurse Advice Line
You can call the Nurse Advice Line 24/7, at no cost to you, to talk to a registered nurse who can answer your urgent care questions, help you find a doctor, schedule next-day appointments at military hospitals and clinics and more.
Related Topics:Access, Cost, Quality, and SafetyAccess to Health CareMilitary Hospitals and ClinicsTRICARE Health Program

DHA director visits JBER hospital with a greater healthcare vision

Article
8/30/2016
Navy Vice Adm. Raquel Bono, Defense Health Agency director, tours the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson hospital, Alaska. The DHA is a joint agency that enables Army, Navy and Air Force medical services to provide a healthy force in both peacetime and war. (U.S. Air Force photo by A1C Christopher R. Morales)
The Defense Health Agency director visited the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson hospital to determine which plans and practices need to be developed, advanced or sustained
Related Topics:Health ReadinessTRICARE Health Program

TRICARE requires Basic Life Support training for ABA providers

Article
7/27/2016
Image of the TRICARE logo.
Basic Life Support Training should be a minimum requirement for anyone providing ABA services
Related Topics:Autism Care DemonstrationTRICARE Health Program

DoD awards TRICARE Managed Care Support Contracts

Article
7/21/2016
Image of the TRICARE logo.
The Department of Defense (DoD) announced today the next generation of TRICARE Managed Care Support Contracts.
Related Topics:TRICARE Health ProgramNew Regional Contracts to Administer the TRICARE Benefit

Merger of TRICARE offices provides more efficiencies in care management

Article
7/18/2016
Image of the TRICARE logo.
TRICARE Regional Office (TRO) North and TRO South became TRO East on July 1, 2016.
Related Topics:TRICARE Health ProgramNew Regional Contracts to Administer the TRICARE Benefit

No hay comentarios: