Status of Health Insurance Exchanges in Michigan
by Theresamarie Mantese and Gregory Nowakowski

On March 23, 2010, the United States Congress passed substantial health care reform (Health Care Reform). There has been much debate in this country over whether Health Care Reform will improve the delivery of health care in the United States. One significant improvement that Health Care Reform was intended to accomplish was to increase access to health care through an expansion of insurance coverage.

Health Care Reform is supposed to increase access by the formation of state health insurance exchanges (by 2014) to facilitate the purchase of insurance for those who do not receive insurance through their employers. The states will run the exchanges and will serve as one-stop shopping centers through which citizens can compare insurance programs. Every insurance program on an exchange will meet new federal minimum coverage requirements.

On November 10, 2011, the Michigan Senate passed SB-0693, called the MIHealth Marketplace Act. This bill is intended to achieve the goal of Health Care Reform by fostering a competitive marketplace for consumers to buy health insurance in Michigan. The bill is currently pending in the Michigan House of Representatives. It appears that there will be no movement on the bill until the final decision of the U.S. Supreme Court on the constitutionality of Health Care Reform. Read More PDF

Michigan Bar Journal, June 2011

• Health Care Law After the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act by Monica P. Navarro and Donna A. O'Connor

• Bending the Health Care Cost Curve by Timothy C. Gutwald

• One Year Later: The Impact of Health Care Reform on Health Care Provider Audits and Compliance Programs by Andrew B. Wachler, Jennifer Colagiovanni, and Christopher J. Laney

• The Impact of HITECH on Business Associates, Including Attorneys by Suzanne D. Nolan

• Seven Things a Non-Health Care Lawyer Should Know When Advising a Health Care Client by John A. Anderson

Fraud & Abuse Statutes & Regulations

Health Care Law Section member Tom McGraw published the Michigan Summary of Fraud and Abuse Statutes & Regulations for the American Health Lawyers Association. It is an excellent summary of the law in Michigan.

Health Care Fraud & Abuse Manual PDF

Telemedicine

A Baseline on the State of Telemedicine in Michigan: Where We are Now and Where We are Headed Monica P. Navarro and Mercedes Varasteh Dordeski PDF

Medical Records Retention Manual

Health Care Records Retention Manual 2009 PDF

Each additional Member copy—$40.00
Each Non-member copy—$50.00
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Mini-Manual on Confidentiality

Members' first copy is—free
Each additional copy—$30.00
Each Non-member copy—$40.00
10 copies or greater—$20.00

HIPAA

Michigan Bar Journal, November 2002
Your Privacy Protected: HIPAA and its Impact on Michigan's Health Professionals Elizabeth Callahan Morris and Patrick J. Haddad and Daniel J. Schulte PDF

HIPAA Privacy Rule Preemption Analysis Matrix PDF

Other Articles

Michigan Bar Journal, November 2002
A Patient's Right to Independent Review: Has Michigan's Act Changed After Rush Prudential HMO, Inc. v. Moran? Eric J. Wexler PDF

Prompt Pay: Getting Paid Gets Easier for Michigan's Health Care Providers William S. Hammond PDF

State Response to Medicaid Fraud and Abuse: An Overview of State Criminal, Civil, and Administrative Remedies Michael Fraleigh PDF