The U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services is giving a sneak peek today on how the new Health Insurance Benefits and Coverage forms are going to look.<\/p>\n
As part of the new healthcare ruling, all paperwork pertaining to insurance plans were re-designed with a new format. According to the new law, “private insurers are now required to provide you with a Summary of Benefits and Coverage \u2014 a simple explanation of what a policy covers, written in plain language.”<\/p>\n
Here’s the link to a pre-filled out form of the Summary and Benefits Coverage<\/a> that everyone will be seeing fairly soon, regardless of what insurance company you are with. [NOTE<\/strong> : PDF download link]<\/p>\n If you’re in the healthcare field, there’s even a blank template available for you to preview<\/a> to roll into your company’s forms database. [NOTE<\/strong> : PDF download link]<\/p>\n A standard form is going to go a loooong way in comparing insurance policy benefits on a direct paper-next-to-paper basis. After looking at the 6-8 page form, why something like this “nutrition label” format wasn’t mandated earlier is beyond me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services is giving a sneak peek today on how the new Health Insurance Benefits and Coverage forms are going to look. As part of the new healthcare ruling, all paperwork pertaining to insurance … Continue reading