The Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model of care incorporates many public health concepts. Some supporters of PCMH regard the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as legislation that will invigorate PCMH progress across the country. This policy analysis intends to understand the influence of the ACA on the development of PCMH. The policy analysis compares relevant sections of the ACA with core PCMH ...

With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), access to insurance and coverage of preventive care services has been expanded. By removing the barrier of shared costs for preventive care, it is expected that an increase in utilization of preventive care services will reduce the cost of chronic diseases. Early detection and treatment is anticipated to be less costly than treatment at ...

President Obama signed into law on March 23, 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act1 and on March 30, 2010, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010,2 known collectively as the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Over the next several years, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will need to implement many ACA provisions through regulations, while other provisio...

In 2008, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) promulgated the Triple Aim, which advocates simultaneous improvements in patient experiences, improved population health and lower cost per capita. In 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) promised quality, affordable health care for all Americans. It's fair to assume that the framers of ACA were aware of the Triple Ai...

Reforming health care in the United States often focuses on improving access to care by removing financial barriers and bringing practitioners closer to patients. This article reviews the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) that are intended to improve access and discusses how the ACA will change access to care for Americans.

In my preliminary article of this series, I explained that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) can be split into two rough sections: improving the quality of health care services and reducing the cost of care. With that as a framework, this series provides brief explanations of various components of the ACA, alternating between quality and financial initiatives. This installment takes a closer look a...

Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (collectively referred to as the Affordable Care Act (ACA)) represents comprehensive reform of the health care delivery system and is intended to expand access to coverage, control health care costs, and improve the health care delivery system. When fully implemented, ACA will provide some Veterans with new options for health care, such a...

Approximately eight million US residents currently obtain private health insurance coverage through one of the marketplaces created by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Recent research has documented considerable variation across geographic areas in the number of insurers participating in each market, the number of plans offered, and in the distribution of health insurance premiums. This variation...

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was designed to (1) decrease the number of uninsured Americans, (2) make health insurance and health care affordable, and (3) improve health outcomes and performance of the health care system. During the design of ACA, children in general and children and youth with special health care needs and disabilities (CYSHCN) were not a priority becau...