Health Reform Toolkit

We know that you have a variety of resources to help you understand health reform, and ASHHRA wants to be your main source.  This toolkit is to assist you through health reform as it pertains to you, the health care HR professional.

To help augment your health reform knowledge, click on the resources below. This toolkit will continually be updated to ensure you, as a member, are fully informed.

Toolkit

• Resources for Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP):
  from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) | Centers for Medicare &Medicaid Services (CMS)
  • Introductory Video (http://www.youtube.com/cmshhsgov#p/u/0/-1HMMoGZTV4)
  • Background Information (doc)
  • Sample Newsletter (doc)
  • Website Badge Instructions (doc)
  • Flier (pdf)
  • Poster (pdf)
     
• Health Care Reform: Time for Bold Action - PPACA Resources for Hospitals and Employers
  Towers Watson
  
  
• Thought Leader Forum Summary of Findings: Healthcare Reform Engagement
  by ASHHRA, underwritten by Buck Consultants - Sept. 1, 2011
  
  
• 2011 Hospital Employer Benefit Survey Report
  by HighRoads - June 2011
  
  
• Transitioning to Health Care Reform: So You Think You'd Like Your Plan to be Granfathered...
  Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP - June 23, 2010
  
  
• Implementation Timeline
  American Hospital Association (AHA) - May 25, 2010
  
  
• Workforce Provisions in the Final Health Care Reform Bill
  American Hospital Association (AHA) - May 12, 2010
  
  
• Health Plans: What's Next? Drinker Biddle's Health Care Reform Update
  Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP - May 2010
  
  
• Summary of the Most Significant Health Reform Changes Affecting Hospitals and Other Employees
  American Hospital Association (AHA) - May 11, 2010
  
  
• AHA Unveils Resource Center for Health Reform Implementation
  American Hospital Association (AHA) - April 23, 2010
  
  
• Fact Sheet: Early Benefits from the Affordable Care Act of 2010 Reinsurance Program for Early Retirees
  Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
  
  
• Summary of 2010 Health Care Reform Legislation
  American Hospital Association (AHA)
  
  
• Estimating the Impact of Reform on Your Hospital 
  American Hospital Association (AHA)
  
  
• Summary of Major Provisions in Final House Reform Package
  American Hospital Association (AHA)
  
  
• Health Care Reform Summary
  USI
  
  
• Health Reform is Here!
  Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
  
  
• Comparison of Select Provisions of House and Senate Health Reform Legislation
  Ropes & Gray LLP
  
  
• Timeline of Health Reform Bill Provisions   
  Washington Research Group
  
  
• Health Care Public Policy Group Timeline of Key Health Reform Provisions
  Alston & Bird LLP
  
  

Resources

• AHA Health Reform Advocacy At a Glance
• Health Care Reform in 2010: Overview and State of Play of Key Issues for Health Care Industry
• http://www.democrats.senate.gov/
• http://democraticleader.house.gov/members/health_care.cfm
• http://rules.house.gov/bills_details.aspx?NewsID=4606
• http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/health-care
• http://www.workforce.com/index.html

Webinars
For ASHHRA Members Only

• Health Care Reform: Making Sense of Complex Issues by Towers Watson
• Health Care Reform: Strategic Implications for Hospitals and Health Systems  by Towers Watson and Drinker Biddle (April 29, 2010) Presentation slides
  

ASHHRA provides support as you continue to serve the people of your organization and the health care community at-large. Feel free to contact ASHHRA at anytime with further questions or needs around this topic at ashhra@aha.org.