Affordable Care Act Update and Outlook for 2016 and Beyond

Why Should You Attend:

The Affordable Care Act is having and will continue to have a significant impact relative to the law’s health insurance market reforms. Five years after the law’s enactment, implementation of these reforms remains subject to changing regulatory and political dynamics and attendant uncertainties. This webinar will provide a comprehensive update on the status of the reforms as of mid-2015 as well as those taking effect in 2016 and later years.

In this program, attendees will glean:

• A comprehensive overview of implementation the ACA’s health insurance reforms
• Details on the components and dynamics driving developments in the larger reform scheme
• Emerging issues over the horizon

Learning Objectives:

• How the King v. Burwell decision is affecting implementation of the ACA’s health insurance market reforms
• Where states stand and what they are planning for next year and beyond relative to state health benefit exchanges
• What the ACA has in store for small and large employers starting in 2016 and beyond and what they should be doing now and planning relative to compliance
• Latest regulatory developments affecting workplace wellness programs under the ACA

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• Impact of King v. Burwell Supreme Court decision and the response of federal and state governments
• Status update on state health benefit exchanges
• Small employer market developments and upcoming changes for 2016
• Large employer shared responsibility provisions taking effect in 2016 and implications
• ACA Section 1332 State Innovation Waivers
• 2018 “Cadillac tax” on high value health plans
• Workplace wellness programs

Who Will Benefit:

• Public policymakers and regulators
• Health plan executives, compliance directors and plan administrators
• Human resource and benefit managers
• Health insurance brokers
• Health care providers
• Health care attorneys
• Health care consultants

Instructor Profile:

Frederick Pilot, principal of Pilot Healthcare Strategies, has substantial experience in the private and public sectors that includes nearly 20 years as a legal/regulatory journalist covering insurance, workers’ compensation and health law and regulation, including federal and state health care reform initiatives.

In the public sector, Mr. Pilot worked as a legislative/policy analyst with the California Department of Public Health and the California Health Benefit Exchange (Covered California), the nation's first state-based health benefit exchange established by state legislation following the enactment of the Affordable Care Act. At the California exchange, Mr. Pilot identified federal and state law to inform planning and implementation of exchange functions prior to its first open enrollment period and drafted elements of the exchange’s application for federal government certification as state-based exchange.

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