The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: the impact on urologic cancer care. [PDF]
Urol Oncol, 2013 In March 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as well as its amendments were signed into law. This sweeping legislation was aimed at controlling spiraling healthcare costs and redressing significant disparities in healthcare access and quality.
Keegan KA, Penson DF.
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Teaching Health Care Policy: Using Panel Debate to Teach Residents About the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act [PDF]
MedEdPORTAL, 2017 Introduction The debate format has been infrequently used in resident education. We used the panel debate format as a tool to improve health care professionals' knowledge of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).
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The patient protection and Affordable Care Act: a primer for hand surgeons. [PDF]
Hand Clin, 2014 The Affordable Care Act is the largest and most comprehensive overhaul of the United States health care industry since the inception of the Medicare and Medicaid. Contained within the 10 titles are a multitude of provisions that will change how hand surgeons practice medicine and how they are reimbursed. It is imperative that surgeons are equipped with
Adkinson JM, Chung KC.
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Areas of Potential Impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on EMS: A Synthesis of the Literature [PDF]
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2017 Introduction: This comprehensive review synthesizes the existing literature on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) as it relates to emergency medical services (EMS) in order to provide guidance for navigating current and future ...
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Examining EMTALA in the era of the patient protection and Affordable Care Act. [PDF]
AIMS Public Health, 2018 Little is known regarding the characteristics of hospitals that violate the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA). This study addresses this gap by examining EMTALA settlements from violating hospitals and places these descriptive results within the current debate surrounding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).We ...
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Children's health care and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: what's at stake? [PDF]
JAMA Pediatr, 2014 Although the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (hereafter referred to as the ACA) of 2010 does not explicitly target the health care needs of children, its significant reforms and cascading effects throughout our complex health system are likely to directly and indirectly affect children’s health care.
Fry-Bowers EK, Nicholas W, Halfon N.
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Affordable Care Act: A review and discussion of its impact on healthcare today, and a primer for pharmacists [PDF]
INNOVATIONS in Pharmacy, 2013 In the midst of countless healthcare debates, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is written into legislation as a possible solution to the United States's rising healthcare costs.
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Mammography Screening in a Large Health System Following the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations and the Affordable Care Act. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 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 ...
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Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2023 Access to care significantly improved following the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Since its implementation, the number of uninsured Americans has significantly decreased.
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Health Research Policy and Systems, 2021 Background The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, commonly referred to as the Affordable Care Act (ACA), was created to increase access to primary care, improve quality of care, and decrease healthcare costs.
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