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Federal Policy Update May 2013. Deficit Reduction Sequestration Budget/appropriations Health care reform Exchanges Coverage Questions. Agenda. Deficit Reduction. Sequestration FY 2013 and beyond 5.2% cut = $15.2 million Sequestration next year . . . and the year after.
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Federal Policy Update May 2013
Deficit Reduction • Sequestration • Budget/appropriations • Health care reform • Exchanges • Coverage • Questions Agenda
Deficit Reduction • Sequestration • FY 2013 and beyond • 5.2% cut = $15.2 million • Sequestration next year . . . • and the year after
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) • Discretionary spending cuts • Mandatory spending cuts • Removes sequestration • No tax revenue • Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) • Discretionary spending cuts • Mandatory spending cuts • Removes sequestration • Some tax revenue FY 2014 Budgets
President Obama’s Budget • Title X INCREASE! • Mandatory spending cuts • Removes sequestration • Tax revenue FY 2014 Budgets
Family Planning Funding • Title X Letters • FY 2014 appropriations • Process & timeline Fiscal Year 2014 Appropriations
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Key Dates • April-September: QHP application process • April-August: Navigator application process • October 1: Open enrollment Federally-Facilitated Exchanges
QHP Certification • Essential Community Providers • Patient Support Functions • Navigator • Application assistance • Partnership • Navigator • Application assistance Family Planning Considerations & FFEs
Expansion! • Coverage implications • Who gets what? • No wrong door • Network implications • Contracting/reimbursement • Provide discrimination challenges • Care coordination Medicaid Considerations
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