Resources

Oct 17, 2014
Using Your Insurance

Now that you’ve enrolled in a health plan through NY State of Health, you may have some questions about how to use your health plan coverage. Here are some resources with answers to the questions you may have:

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Materials (English)
Jan 1, 2011
Two into One: Merging Markets and Exchanges under the Affordable Care Act

This report, the third in a series of exchange-related works undertaken this year with the support of the New York State Health Foundation, focuses on two such areas of state discretion involving “mergers”: merging the individual and small business exchanges, and merging the individual and small group markets.

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Reports & Research
Sep 30, 2010
Exchange Planning Grant

In 2010, New York received a $1 million award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the first round of funding for the State Planning and Establishment Grants for the Affordable Care Act's Exchanges. The Exchanges will provide a marketplace where individuals, small groups and small businesses can purchase affordable health insurance. This funding the State has received will be used for initial planning activities related to the potential implementation of the Exchanges.

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Grants
Aug 1, 2010
Implementing Federal Health Care Reform: A Roadmap for New York State
This report provides a health care reform implementation roadmap for New York State, summarizing the major provisions of the ACA, analyzing their implications unique to the State, and outlining the key implementation tasks and issues that New York will confront as it begins ACA implementation.
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Reports & Research
Jul 22, 2010
Consumer Assistance Program

In 2010, the NYS Department of Health was awarded $2,300,000 for consumer assistance activities. Funds will be used to facilitate the following goals: •Enhance the capacity of partnering community based organizations (CBO) to strengthen their geographical reach, provide more services and increase helpline capacity •Deepen the CBOs’ presentation skills to educate consumers •Ensure that the CBOs have the capacity to determine the merits of and assist consumers with appeals and grievances •Strengthen technical assistance to CBOs in upstate New York

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Grants
Jan 1, 2009
The Big Picture: Private and Public Health Insurance Markets in New York
This report provides a comprehensive profile of New York’s public and private health insurance markets. We use the term “market” to include transactions in which buyers pay intermediaries to arrange coverage or cover health care services. Fully insured commercial health insurance markets are surveyed in detail. The self-funded market is reviewed as well, within the limits of available data. State programs such as Medicaid Managed Care and Child Health Plus, and federal programs such as Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D, are also profiled.
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Reports & Research
Governor Cuomo's Declaration Letter

On July 9, 2012 Governor Cuomo submitted a declaration letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services confirming New York's intent to establish a State-based Health Benefit Exchange consistent with the Affordable Care Act. The letter indicates the State's intent to perform advance premium tax credit and cost sharing reduction eligibility determinations and designates Donna Frescatore, who will serve as the Executive Director of the New York Health Benefit Exchange, as the primary point of contact for the State's Exchange Blueprint Application.

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Policies

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