Health care changes: What can you expect in 2013?

The lion’s share of changes to health care under the federal Affordable Care Act won’t go into effect until 2014. But there are some changes you can expect to see this coming year. Here are a few:

- Medicaid payment rates: The Affordable Care Act requires that states set Medicaid payment rates for primary care providers to be equal to Medicare rates beginning in 2013. Maryland went one step further. In 2013 the state is raising Medicaid rates for evaluation and management codes to equal Medicare…