Sunday, October 20, 2013

Out Of Pocket Limit 6350 Health Plan

Under Federal law out of pocket limits cannot exceed 6350.00 for an individual.  Once the out of pocket expense limit is reached your plan covers one hundred percent of the eligible expenses.  Your monthly premium does not count in the calculation of your out of pocket expense.

This establishes a balanced relationship between the consumer, the health care provider, and the insurance payer.  The health insurance industry has attached additional consumer payment in the form of deductibles, co- insurance percentage, and co-payments to the medical process.  Regardless of the presentation of the fee's connected to deductibles, co-insurance, and co-payments the annual total out of pocket for an individual cannot exceed 6350.00.

Health insurance payers negotiate with the medical delivery network to achieve lower service charges for the consumer .  This is an important step toward transparency.  Health insurance plans contract with larger medical delivery networks to provide needed health care to the population.  Under the annual contract the plans beneficiary is entitled to the agreed upon procedural charge.  Staying in network the medical provider should be billing a similar charge for a similar service. 

Understanding how your health insurance plan contracts with the network of medical providers helps the consumer see the purpose of receiving care within the related system.  Defining an out of pocket limit encourages the health insurance plan to engage the medical provider network in a cost savings relationship. 

These are major steps in removing surprise and controlling a varied frequency of excessive medical procedural charges .  Understanding how investment connects to utilization is a proven way to engage the community members in efforts to contain cost.  Home Care Path encourages readers to follow this issue as time unfolds.

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