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Showing 1 to 20 of 39 for “"Affordable Care Act (ACA)"”.
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The U.S. Opioid Crisis and the Affordable Care Act (ACA): The Politics of Health Policy Decision-Making by Republican Governors, Senators, and States
The passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010 represented the most significant expansion of access to healthcare and health insurance in the modern United States. Support for the ACA, as well as a major component Medicaid expansion, was significantly dictated by …
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The effect of the ACA Medicaid expansions on mortality : evidence from state border counties.
This thesis examines the effects of the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid Reform on adult mortality at the county level. This thesis uses a difference-in-difference (DD) causal inference research design to study the impacts of the ACA Medicaid expansion on adult mortality rates and the …
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THE EFFECT OF OWN RACE/ETHNICITY DENSITY ON INSURANCE TAKE-UP BY ASIAN AMERICANS
… the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), Asian Americans have benefitted from insurance coverage increases but continue to experience disparities at the subgroup level (Park et al., 2018). This study investigates the association of own race subgroup density on …
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A study of the use of immunohistochemical stains in an academic hospital
With the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), hospitals are under increased pressure to understand and control cost and quality of care. While there are good metrics for primary care physicians on controlling cost and measuring quality (i.e. tracking glucose levels in a diabetic patient), …
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Health Insurance Exchanges: A Panacea or a Band-Aid?
… 111th Congress passed the first national health care reform in the United States, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). This landmark legislation is intended to "fix" a health care system renowned for decreasing access and escalating costs. This paper examines one of the principal …
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The Influence of Regulatory Change on Hospital Medicare Cost Reporting Accuracy
… Regulations, such as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) make changes to operating and reporting requirements for hospitals servicing the Medicare population that represents one-third of U.S. hospitals’ payer mix. Prior research has evaluated the influence of regulatory change on …
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Free Clinics and the Uninsured: The Need for Remote Area Medical in Central Appalachia After Health Reform.
… of President Barack Obama brought health care to the forefront of national discussions and led to the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The legislation changed the rules of health care delivery in the United States, but the ACA did not do one fundamental …
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Framing the Issue - How the Medical Device Industry's Arguments Translated into Political Tools and Action
… source to help cover the cost of expanded health care coverage through the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The excise tax is a 2.3% tax on sales of certain medical devices and is paid by the manufacturer of the device (Bolka, 2014). This thesis reflects on the theoretical and conceptual framework that …
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The Affordable Care Act: a prescription for homeland security preparedness?
Prior to implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), tens of millions of U.S. citizens were without health insurance coverage. Without health insurance, health care can be unaffordable or inaccessible, or both. Our ability to obtain health care is part of the homeland security preparedness …
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Criminal Justice and Public Health: A Need for Cross-System Collaboration Between Jails and Medicaid to Reduce Recidivism
… change in substantive law made by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) presents new opportunities for bridging the two systems (health care and criminal justice) that serve this high-needs population. This paper (1) describes challenges in providing substance use and mental health care …
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RESISTANCE TO MANDATED HEALTHCARE CHANGE: USING PSYCHOLOGICAL REACTANCE TO PREDICT RESPONSES TO THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT INSURANCE COVERAGE REQUIREMENT
The Affordable Care Act (ACA), passed on March 23rd, 2010, contains widesweeping legislation aimed at reforming the current U.S. healthcare system. The ACA has been lauded by its proponents and deeply criticized by its opponents. The current paper included two experimental studies designed to test …
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Project BOOST and Cardiovascular Disease Readmissions in a Rural Acute Care Facility
… payment as mandated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The number of dollars used for hospital readmissions has sky rocketed above $17 million for heart failure alone. The changes in the ACA reimbursement guidelines has put stress on …
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Disruption of the group health insurance in light of the Affordable Care Act - system approach
Our current Healthcare system has multiple problems and it is widely perceived that it is not able to provide quality affordable healthcare to all Americans; millions of Americans are without Health Insurance. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law to achieve goal of 'quality affordable …
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Implications of a Universal Healthcare System in the United States: Why Individual Health Is Now of National Concern
In 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law. This paper explores the implications of these new healthcare policies in the United States, given that a universal healthcare system has already being put in place. More specifically, it explores the question "Does …
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Increasing Access to Primary Care Using NP’s: The Framework for an Academic Based Nurse-managed Center in California
<p>The dynamics of health care delivery and the role of health care providers is a changing canvas in the United States. The implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), sets a goal to increase access to health care. The systems that support the ACA are constantly under scrutiny as failing to …
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Feature-based Designs to Increase the Reach of Effective Weight-loss Programs
Because of the prevalence and associated health-care costs of obesity, it is widely recognized today as a serious public health issue. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) passed in 2010 includes provisions for all adults to be screened and behavioral intervention offered to those with a body mass index …
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Appointment planning and scheduling in primary care
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) puts greater emphasis on disease prevention and better quality of care; as a result, primary care is becoming a vital component in the health care system. However, long waits for the next available appointments and delays in doctors offices combined with no-shows and …
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The Ethical Right to Healthcare in the Affordable Care Act
<p>Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, It has been questioned whether the right to healthcare in it can be ethically justified. The objection to a right to healthcare in general has been prominent over many decades in the U.S. The concern over higher personal taxes, quality care, and …
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The Politics of Repeal and Replace: Testing the Limits of the Affordable Care Act's Behavioral Policy Feedbacks
… millions of beneficiaries is threatened? The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been under attack since before it was signed into law, culminating in its only legislative challenge under the Trump administration in 2017. While we know that policies like the ACA produce policy feedbacks that affect …
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In sickness and in wealth : hospitals, community benefits, and the Affordable Care Act
… benefit guidelines for non-profit hospitals enacted by the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) present major opportunities for the public health and planning fields alike. Given that social determinants-the economic and social conditions that affect our health-play a …
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