Don’t TrOOP off the cliff: True out-of-pocket amount poses challenges starting in 2020
By Todd Wanta
20 June 2018
With the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) came a modification to how the true out-of-pocket (TrOOP) amount was calculated through 2019.With significant changes to Medicare Part D from the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Final Rule, one provision from the ACA that has gone largely unnoticed is the forthcoming TrOOP Cliff in 2020, for which plan sponsors should prepare.
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Don’t TrOOP off the cliff: True out-of-pocket amount poses challenges starting in 2020
With significant changes to Medicare Part D from the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Final Rule, one provision from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that has gone largely unnoticed is the forthcoming TrOOP Cliff in 2020, for which plan sponsors should prepare.
Todd Wanta