To help employers forecast potential penalties resulting from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) as well as make proactive changes to their benefits lineup prior to 2014, the
Included in the provisions of the recently upheld PPACA is the responsibility of large employers to not only offer affordable healthcare insurance but also meet minimum essential coverage requirements or be subject to a penalty.
RIPE is a decision support tool that helps employers assess the risk for penalties. This flexible tool displays results of estimated penalties and enables the user to create different scenarios and even adjusts for inflation.
"Most large employers are likely to want to continue offering healthcare coverage to their employees, but may unwittingly face penalties if they don't conform to the specifics of the healthcare reform law. RIPE is a streamlined and affordable tool to help those employers model their benefit plans to make sure they aren't blindsided by penalties," says William Kennedy, SVP of NJHA's Healthcare Business Solutions.
