While The Individual Mandate Takes The Spotlight, Other ACA Provisions Will Have A Greater Impact On Healthcare Providers Says Rainey Kizer’s Youngberg

Memphis, TN (April 10, 2011) –Although current public attention is focused on the individual mandate issue now under U.S. Supreme Court review, other provisions of the Affordable Care Act will have a greater impact on health care providers, according to Angela Youngberg, Leader of the Healthcare Practice Group at Rainey, Kizer, Reviere & Bell PLC (Rainey Kizer).

Youngberg’s remarks were made at a health care reform seminar hosted by The Memphis Daily News. The Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as Obamacare, was the focus of the seminar. Youngberg is chair-elect of the Health Law Section of the Tennessee Bar Association and has been selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America in Health Care Law.

According to Youngberg, if the individual mandate stands, it would provide some assistance to hospitals in reducing what is now uncompensated care, especially for those non-profit and public hospitals that treat patients whether the patients are able to pay or have insurance or not, because more patients would have insurance.

“However, changes in the Affordable Care Act such as provisions related to value-based purchasing, accountable care, changes in Medicare payment methodologies, reduced payments for readmissions, bundled payments, payments and reduced payments relating to quality, and fraud and abuse penalties will be far more important to hospitals and physician practice groups as a whole than the individual mandate,” Youngberg said. She added that she expects many of these changes to be included in future legislation should the entire Affordable Care Act be overturned by the Court.

When asked to predict how the United States Supreme Court will rule on the individual mandate Youngberg said, “Predicting the Court’s ultimate decision is a little like rolling the dice on a craps table in Vegas. Comments made and questions asked by the Justices during oral arguments do not necessarily indicate which way the Justices are going to rule.”

Youngberg participated on a panel with Greg Anderson of Horne LLP, Philip Johnson of Argyle Benefits, and Dr. Michael Lachina of St. Francis Healthcare.

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