Obamacare Risks: How Auditors Can Identify and Measure Them

Although the employer mandate for the Affordable Care Act (ACA or “Obamacare”) doesn't go into effect until 2015, warning alarms are already sounding. A recent survey found that a large number of companies don't have the trained staff in place they will need to identify and quantify Obamac...

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Published inThe Journal of Corporate Accounting & Finance Vol. 25; no. 4; pp. 17 - 27
Main Authors Woodlock, Pete, Counts, R. Wayne
Format Journal Article Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hoboken Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.05.2014
Wiley Periodicals Inc
Subjects
Auditors
Compliance
Employees
Fines & penalties
Group health insurance
Health insurance
Internal auditors
Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act 2010-US
Polls & surveys
Risk assessment
United States > US
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Summary:Although the employer mandate for the Affordable Care Act (ACA or “Obamacare”) doesn't go into effect until 2015, warning alarms are already sounding. A recent survey found that a large number of companies don't have the trained staff in place they will need to identify and quantify Obamacare risk exposures for their firms—and too many have little knowledge about the ACA. Auditors must help. So how can auditors identify and measure Obamacare risks?
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ISSN:1044-8136
1097-0053
DOI:10.1002/jcaf.21950