Introduction Managed care is the formation of a delivery system of medical assistance and other associated programs through contracted arrangements with additional partners or organizations. On a global scale, we are witness to a wide-range of health care delivery systems that have contrasting opinions on the financial crisis that is affecting every designed scheme. The United States health care system has continued to evolve through the years, so it is a continuous evolution of arrangements to address the needs or requirements of the addressing a health-conscious public. The U.S Health Care System is a complex arrangement (Figure 1), that is facing a multitude of issues that affect the financial ability to maintain continued …show more content…
The intent of the legislative act was to serve as the cornerstone of a remodeled health care system by employing comprehensive health insurance modifications that had a foundation in design for the improvement of access, affordability, and to concentrate on refining the quality of care for the nation’s population. B. Health care workforce impact Consequently, the Affordable Care Act highlighted specific guidelines, and provided provisions that would influence health care in a variety of ways. However, while there were significant positive results associated with the legislative act there were also unforeseen negative consequences. Amy Anderson provides an interesting opinion in an article from The Heritage Foundation, which emphasizes the connection between the Affordable Care Act and its impact on the health care professionals. (Note: Figure 3 highlights RN positions) Three key points in regards to the issue at hand. 1. Heavier workloads: “With millions of people entering the ranks of the insured combined with the decline in the growth of the health care workforce, doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals should expect their workload to increase dramatically” (Anderson, 2014). 2. More paperwork: “The ACA has thus far added 109 distinct regulations. The time and effort to comply with these rules and regulations will equal an estimated 190 million hours of paperwork per year imposed on
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) set out to radically change the American health care system, bringing coverage to Americans who would otherwise be disqualified for several reasons whether it be loss of coverage from employer, parents or pre-existing health conditions. The second major initiative is strengthening Medicare with emphasizing resources and coverage for preventive health care. All feeding into the umbrella
Our healthcare system is in a state of constant change. Just as the industry was adapting to the demands of countless healthcare reforms, the fate of regulations like the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and others like it, dangle in the wind. As the country transitions to a newly appointed administration, there is an increasing level of uncertainty among industry leaders. Federal, state, and local mandates continue to drive the need to improve the quality, costs, and outcomes of care which add to an already overburdened and burnout system. These coupled with our highly secular society who is primarily focused on the treating and curing illness through advanced technology, medications, and procedures has resulted in a
Healthcare in the United States has reached a level of complexity which has perplexed Presidents, Congressional members and private industry for over a century (Palmer, 1999). While the healthcare system has evolved over the last century, policy decisions which have attempted to effectuate changes to cost, quality and access have been
The affordable care act is good for the people who qualify for assistance, however this is where the problem within the healthcare professional field arises. Healthcare jobs have always been in high demand, especially for nurses. Due to the increase of wages for nurses in 2002, which attracted more people to nursing school, then in 2007
How Does the Volume of Newly Insured Americans due to the ACA Affect the Role of the Health Administrator?
rising health care costs. Managed care can be defined a system of delivering health services in
It was to be necessitated by the expansion of the community investments and the clinical preventive care. Alternatively, the accessibility of the preventive and primary health care was sought to be expanded and strengthened. The act has led to positive results in the aspect of the health care system. Low-income individuals were previously not able to afford their insurance coverage. It made it difficult for people to get access to good health care. However, the health reform act created a platform for programs such as Medicaid and Medicare. The programs were able to provide minimum coverage to all citizens and individuals who had no form of affordable employer coverage. Insurance companies were also given standards of selling their products. It is essential to note that the act created a bridge between the citizens and the health care system and all the financial disparities that
On March 23, 2010 the Affordable Care Act went into effect and forever changed health care in America. The main purpose of this act was to ensure that everyone, no matter their social or occupational status, had access to healthcare. Conditions that led to health care reform include health care disparities, as well as an overwhelming amount of people without health insurance. Key points of the ACA are its provisions on coverage, cost, and care. The ACA has made a huge impact on the health care system. Since its establishment, the Affordable Care Act has helped over
The article, The American Health Care Act, published by the Steve Knight talks about the passing of the American Health Care Act (AHCA), the reason why it was passed, and the purpose of the act. According to the article, the act was passed to repeal some of the provisions of the Accountable Care Act (ACA) and include some policies that are aimed at improving the quality of care. The article suggest that since the ACA does not provide the US citizens with choices regarding health care insurance, it negatively influences the quality of health care that is currently being provided in the US. The article clarifies most of the commonly asked questions regarding the AHCA and according to Knight,
While, as previously stated, the Affordable Healthcare Act is expected to increase medical coverage to include an additional 30 million people, it has become clear that just because the coverage was expanded does not mean an expansion of actual care. With the enactment of the ACA, congress unleashed what can be called a “tsunami” of newly insured patients, flooding a delivery system that was already stressed and barely hanging on. The
Before the ACA, people complain in the hospitals and in the clinics that the work is too much, and they need more employees for help. When Obamacare come,
The ACA is made up of a series of additions of and changes, to the multiple laws that are made up from the legal framework of the U.S. healthcare system. This act establishes the basic legal protections that have been nonexistent to the United States, will now guarantee access to affordable health insurance coverage for Americans, from when they are born, all the way through his or her retirement. The act hopes in cutting the number of uninsured Americans by more than half of the U.S. population (Rosenbaum, 2011, p.130). This law hopes to result in health insurance coverage for about 94% of the American population (Rosenbaum, 2011, p. 130). This will reduce the population of uninsured Americans by 31 million people, and increase Medicaid enrollment by 15 million recipients (Rosenbaum, 2011, p. 130). Approximately 24 million people are still expected to remain without a coverage plan. The act has several goals. For instance, one goal of the ACA is to have a close to universal coverage system, with the help and responsibility among individuals, employers, and largely, the government. The second goal is to improve the fairness, condition, and affordable prices of health insurance coverage for Americans (Rosenbaum, 2011, p. 130). Lastly, a third goal is to improve the quality of health care through value, excellence, and effectiveness while trying to reduce inefficient spending and making the healthcare system more reachable to a diverse population (Rosenbaum,
President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act on March 23, 2010. This law puts in place widespread health insurance reforms that expanded out over the last 4 years and continues to change the lives of many Americans today. Health care reform has been an extensively debated topic for multiple years, and the ACA is the first effective attempt at passing a law aiming to make health care not only affordable, but accessible for all individuals. The law impacts many Americans including, children, employers, government programs which includes federal and state, health plans and private insurers, health care coverage, health care cost, and the quality of care received. The main goal of the law is to expand health care coverage, broaden Medicaid eligibility, minimize and regulate health care cost, and improve the health care delivery system. In order to improve the health care delivery there have been new consumer protections established and an increase access to affordable care.
Once the foundation of the U.S. health care system was reviewed, we began our study of the new regulations. The Affordable Care Act contained three main provisions. The first provision was expanding Health Insurance Coverage. Elements of the regulation included offering coverage to the vast majority of currently uninsured Americans by expanding access to Medicaid to cover all non-elderly individuals below 133 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL), and establishing state-based health insurance exchanges, which will offer Americans a range of private health plan options, with federal tax
A crucial component of the ACA is the individual and employer mandates. The individual mandate entails that those