scholarly journals Rewarding Family Medicine While Penalizing Comprehensiveness? Primary Care Payment Incentives and Health Reform: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)

2011 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 637-638 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Petterson ◽  
A. W. Bazemore ◽  
R. L. Phillips ◽  
I. M. Xierali ◽  
J. Rinaldo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Family Medicine ◽  
Affordable Care Act ◽  
Health Reform ◽  
Patient Protection ◽  
Payment Incentives

scholarly journals Tax Changes Enacted By The Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act Of 2010 And The American Taxpayer Relief Act Of 2012

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
William A. Bottiglieri
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Affordable Care Act ◽  
Health Reform ◽  
Health Care Industry ◽  
Tax Law ◽  
Income Levels ◽  
Care Industry ◽  
Patient Protection ◽  
Tax Changes ◽  
The U.S

Close to three years ago, Congress enacted legislation that overhauls the U.S. health care system and at the same times affects nearly all taxpayers, many employers, and many elements of the health care industry. The sweeping new health reform law embodied in this legislation pays for its cost through tax increases in a number of ways The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 similarly affects many taxpayers with numerous changes in the tax law which either increase or decrease a taxpayers burden depending on income levels.

scholarly journals Health reform under the patient protection and Affordable Care Act: characteristics of exchange-based health insurance enrollees

2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (7) ◽  
pp. 685-702 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia A. Findley ◽  
R. Constance Wiener ◽  
Chan Shen ◽  
Nilanjana Dwibedi ◽  
Usha Sambamoorthi
Keyword(s):  
Health Insurance ◽  
Affordable Care Act ◽  
Health Reform ◽  
Patient Protection

Fraud and Abuse Law in the United States

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan H. Krause
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Affordable Care Act ◽  
The United States ◽  
Care Physician ◽  
Medicare Reimbursement ◽  
Patient Protection ◽  
Healthcare Needs ◽  
The Us

This chapter focuses on healthcare fraud, which remains a significant problem in the United States despite years of increased fraud enforcement. It describes the US federal government's anti–fraud activities, which include expanding the range and severity of laws targeting healthcare fraud. It also points out the role played by the United States' lack of a centralized, universal program of health insurance, which causes healthcare to be paid for by a variety of public, private, and hybrid sources. This chapter mentions the strategy of capitation as the strictest mechanism for managing care, in which a primary care physician receives a fixed per–patient payment in return for meeting the patient's healthcare needs during a set period of time. It also looks at changes made to Medicare reimbursement under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) that reward providers for the “value” rather than the volume of services provided.

scholarly journals Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Grant-Supported Primary Care Faculty Development

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 419-423 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen A. Klink ◽  
Sylvia E. Joice ◽  
Shannon K. McDevitt
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Faculty Development ◽  
Affordable Care Act ◽  
Interprofessional Education ◽  
Primary Care Physicians ◽  
Title Vii ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Patient Centered ◽  
Patient Protection ◽  
Primary Care Workforce

Abstract Health reform requires well-trained primary care physicians with new skills. Teaching faculty need to develop proficiency to deliver care in new models and systems, to lead change, and to teach these skills to the next generation of clinicians. Title VII Section 747 of the Public Health Service Act, modified and reauthorized under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), is the only federal program that specifically supports the professional development of primary care faculty. We analyzed the effect of the modifications under the ACA on a funding opportunity announcement addressing faculty development needs and attributes of funded applications, including geographic regions. The data offer useful insights to programs interested in tapping sources of support for primary care faculty development. The data also show that targeted federal funding can bring about changes that contribute to an up-to-date, responsive primary care workforce. Title VII programs, as amended by the ACA, focus on curriculum development, teaching in community-based settings, and integrating patient-centered medical home concepts and interprofessional education and practice into the training of the next generation of physicians. These strategies drive change and improve the quality of care and patient outcomes.

Government Intervention in Health Care Markets is Practical, Necessary, and Morally Sound

2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 547-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
Len M. Nichols
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Affordable Care Act ◽  
Health Reform ◽  
The United States ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Health Care Markets ◽  
Health Care Market ◽  
The Public ◽  
Patient Protection

The intensity of the opposition to health reform in the United States continues to shock and perplex proponents of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). The emotion (“Abort Obama”) and the apocalyptic rhetoric (“Save our Country, Protect our Liberty, Repeal Obamacare”), render civil and evidence-based debate over the implications and alternatives to specific provisions in the law difficult if not problematic. The public debate has largely barreled down two non-parallel yet non-intersecting paths: opponents focus on their fear of government expansion in the future if PPACA is implemented now, while proponents focus on the urgency and specifics of our health care market problems and the limited number of tools we have to address them. Frustration on both sides has led opponents to deny the seriousness of our health system’s problems and proponents to ignore the risk of governmental overreach. These non-intersecting lines of argument are not moving us closer to a desired and necessary resolution.

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