NCIOM Affordable Care Act Task Force : Update on Implementation of Recommendations

Mammography Screening in a Large Health System Following the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations and the Affordable Care Act

BACKGROUND Practice recommendations for mammography screening were issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force in 2009 and expansion of insurance coverage was provided under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act soon thereafter, yet the influence of these changes on screening practices in the United States is not known. METHODS To determine changes in mammography screening and ...

Social work and implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

From the Affordable Care Act to Affordable Care.

Continuing the Push for Cost Reductions The single most important issue in health care is eliminating unnecessary medical spending. Health costs have traditionally increased at 1% to 2% annually above the growth of the economy. Long-term financial security requires the growth in cost to slow to economic growth or less. With about one-third of medical spending estimated to be wasted, achieving l...

Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Health Care Access.

ISSUE: The Affordable Care Act's (ACA) coverage provisions have extended health insurance coverage to millions of Americans. While the effects of the Medicaid expansion and marketplace establishments on coverage have been well studied, the resulting effects of coverage on access to health care remain unclear. GOAL: To examine how the 2014 coverage expansions affected health care access followin...

Affordable Care Act: lifting the curtain on health care cost.

We have reached a pivotal point in the evolution of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Many of the most comprehensive reforms encompassed in the law will become effective in 2014, and these milestones will be the focus of the media and public debate for the next several months. To date, many of the mandates in the ACA have not been felt by the public, as the first four years of the ACA have created...