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The Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973 (Pub. L. 93-222 codified as 42 U.S.C. §300e) is a United States statute enacted on December 29, 1973. The Health Maintenance Organization Act, informally known as the federal HMO Act, is a federal law that provides for a trial federal program to promote and encourage the development of health maintenance organizations (HMOs).
Employers with 25 or more employees were required to offer federally certified HMO options alongside indemnity upon request; This last provision, called the dual choice provision, was the most important, as it gave HMOs access to the critical employer-based market that had often been blocked in the past.
GEHA (Government Employees Health Association) is a self-insured, not-for-profit association providing medical and dental plans to federal employees and retirees and their families through the Federal Employees Health Benefits program and the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP).
Companies that have 50 or more full-time employees are required to offer employer-sponsored insurance. The window to purchase a plan for their staff lasts only two weeks. The window to purchase a ...
The Affordable Care Act has had huge ramifications on self-funded health plans; market reforms have invalidated many plan designs that were previously used, and now that employees are required to have health insurance and many employers are required to offer health benefits as well, [3] the self-funded industry has enlarged.
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