Download or read book Health Care Reform written by Jonathan Gruber and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-12-20 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A graphic explanation of the PPACA act"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book The Guide to Healthcare Reform written by Daniel McLaughlin and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Guide to Healthcare Reform written by Daniel McLaughlin and published by Aupha/Hap Book. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the most comprehensive attempt to improve the American healthcare system in the past 50 years. It has provided a framework for needed improvements i the system and continues to evolve since its enactment in 2010. This book walks through the evolution of the ACA and helps readers better understand its history, fundamental aspects, and implementation to date. -- Publisher description.
Download or read book Healthcare Reform in America written by Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-04-14 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This valuable handbook makes the U.S. health care system understandable, reviews the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or "Obamacare," describes past health care reform efforts, and covers the important organizations and people involved in U.S. health care reform. Why does the United States produce poorer outcomes for Americans in terms of health care than most other developed countries that spend a lower percentage of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on health care? Should health insurance be private or should it be managed by the government? The second edition of Healthcare Reform in America: A Reference Handbook addresses these complex and difficult questions and many more in its thorough treatment of one of the most controversial issues in contemporary American discourse. The work provides a broad introduction to the history and key issues in the development and reform of the U.S. health care system. It then addresses the recent passage of the Affordable Care Act and the myriad of significant expected changes due to the Act, thereby providing readers with information essential to understanding the current issues regarding health care reform. This work serves as a valuable resource to high school and college students as well as to general readers wanting to learn about the history and current focus of health care reform in the United States.
Download or read book The Financial Professional s Guide to Healthcare Reform written by Mark Dietrich and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-05-29 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive reference guide interpreting and applying healthcare reform law for consultants, appraisers, accountants, and attorneys The Financial Consultants'Guide to Healthcare Reform provides an historical backdrop on how the healthcare system got to its present state including the Massachusetts Reform and Medicare Advantage along with an explanation of the principal types of health insurance in the United States and how "insurance" actually works. A review and explanation of each of the reform provisions follows, including an analysis of what the implications are for providers, consumers and business and what responses each of these communities might have to the Reform. Using the authors' insights and firsthand experiences in U.S. healthcare finance, this book explains the new healthcare law for individuals and businesses alike, what to expect from it and what actions they need to take to comply. Interprets and applies the health care reform law Provides examples of what the impact of the law might look like Extensive use of sidebars to provide in-depth analysis or background on particular topics of import, where the reader may need more detail to understand the context of Reform's changes. Written for consultants, appraisers, accountants, and attorneys Written by major figures in the world of healthcare valuation and consulting The Financial Consultants' Guide to Healthcare Reform provides a complete handbook to healthcare reform for financial consultants, both for understanding this important legislation as well as for planning responses to it.
Download or read book Navigating Healthcare Reform E Book written by Peter Edelstein and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2017-10-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suddenly, dramatically, and seemingly overnight, U.S. healthcare has morphed into something virtually unrecognizable. There are a slew of new requirements, regulations, goals, buzzwords, and acronyms. It is a revolution in how we view the role and responsibilities not only of the physician and patient, but also of the nurse, the nurse practitioner, physical therapist, nutritionist, medical assistant, pharmacy technician, social worker, and other healthcare professionals. But you don’t just have to cope in this new world of healthcare. Now you can learn how to thrive amid all these changes and challenges. Written by the Chief Medical Officer of one of the world's leading global healthcare data and analytics companies, Navigating Healthcare Reform: An Insider’s Guide for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals is a compelling and easy-to-follow guide to understanding our unfolding healthcare reform — including its biobehavioral and psychosocial aspects — and learning how to take advantage of the opportunities it presents. Practical information is written expressly for nurses and allied health professionals to give you a straightforward understanding of this revolution, along with practical tips for how to survive and thrive in this new era of healthcare. Engaging style presents content using Dr. Edelstein's trademark easy-to-understand voice. Positive tone puts the politics aside and offers a uniquely hopeful message (one of challenges but also one of opportunity). Noteworthy quotes throughout the text help emphasize key takeaways. Vignettes within each chapter help to translate the content into real-life situations. Pearl boxes in the margins summarize critical points and knowledge that can be translated into your career. Engaging cartoons underscore the key messages of book in a fun, memorable manner.
Download or read book Health Care Will Not Reform Itself written by George C. Halvorson and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2009-05-27 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health care reform is within our reach. According to George Halvorson, CEO of the nation's largest private health care plan, only by improving the intent, quality, and reach of services will we achieve a health system that is economically feasible into the future. This year, Americans will spend 2.5 trillion for health services that are poorly coordinated, inconsistent, and most typically focused on the belated care of chronic conditions. What we have to show for that expenditure is a nation that continues to become more obese, less healthy, and more depressed. In Health Care Will Not Reform Itself, Kaiser Permanente CEO George Halvorson proves beyond a doubt that the tragically inconsistent care that currently defines the state of U.S. health services is irresponsible, irrational, but more importantly, fixable. With detail that might shock you, he shows why the nonsystem we now use is failing. Then, applying the same sensible leadership that makes Kaiser the most progressive health care organization in the world, he answers President Obama’s mandate for reform with a profound incentive-based, system-supported, goal-focused, care-improvement plan. Halvorson draws from respected studies, including his own, and the examples of successful systems across the world to show that while good health care is expensive, it is nowhere near as costly as bad health care. To immediately curb care costs and bring us in line with President Obama's projected parameters, he recommends that we: Take a preventive approach to the chronic conditions that account for the lion’s share of medical costs Coordinate patient care through a full commitment to information technology Increase the pool of contributors by mandating universal insurance Rearrange priorities by making health maintenance profitable Convene a national committee to "figure out the right thing" and "make it easy to do" While this book offers sage advice to policy makers, it is also written to educate the 260 million stakeholders and invite their participation in the debate that is now shaping. What makes this plan so easy to understand and so compelling is that it never strays from a profound truth: that the best health system is one that actually focuses on good health for everyone. All royalties from the sale of this book go to Oakland Community Voices: Healthcare for the Underserved
Download or read book Getting Health Reform Right written by Marc Roberts and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-04-23 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a multi-disciplinary framework for developing and analyzing health sector reforms, based on the authors' extensive international experience. It offers practical guidance - useful to policymakers, consultants, academics, and students alike - and stresses the need to take account of each country's economic, administrative, and political circumstances. The authors explain how to design effective government interventions in five areas - financing, payment, organization, regulation, and behavior - to improve the performance and equity of health systems around the world.
Download or read book Responding to Healthcare Reform written by Daniel B. McLaughlin and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Employer s Guide to Health Care Reform written by Brian M. Pinheiro and published by Aspen Publishers. This book was released on 2011-07-15 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Employer's Guide to Health Care Reform is a step-by-step practical guide for employers struggling to keep up with the rapid pace of changes affecting their health benefit plans. It will help you: Grasp every implication of Health Care Reform from the employer's perspective Meet all deadlines Achieve significant cost-savings Fully understand even the most complex new rules The 2011 Edition has been updated to include coverage of the latest health care reform developments, including these important topics: Legal challenges to the Affordable Care Act When is an employer-sponsored group health plan a "grandfathered" health plan - and how to keep it that way Whether a health plan covering solely retirees is subject to the Affordable Care Act design changes, such as the requirement to cover children through age 26 What types of subsidies and tax credits are available right now to employers that provide health coverage to employees Which health plans and benefits are currently subject to new prohibitions on annual and lifetime limits, and what exemptions are available How and when the Affordable Care Act restricts preexisting-condition exclusions When must a health plan provide full coverage for preventive health services without cost-sharing What are the consequences of offering health plan coverage to children up to age 26 What are the new claims and appeals processes mandated by the Affordable Care Act for health plans What additional changes to health plan design are going to be required beginning in 2014 How will employer-sponsored health plans and employers need to communicate with employees to address the Affordable Care Act requirements What new types of reporting will be required for health plans What is the "individual mandate" to enroll in health coverage Which employers will have to pay a penalty if they do not provide adequate and affordable health plan coverage What is a health care exchange, and how will it affect the U.S. health care system How the Affordable Care Act affects retiree prescription drug coverage under Medicare Part D and how the changes create new opportunities for employers How and when the new nondiscrimination rules apply to insured health benefits, and what are the consequences of discriminatory coverage Which employer-sponsored health plans are subject to auto-enrollment and when do the rules go into effect What are the new Form W-2 reporting requirements for employer-sponsored health plans and when do they go into effect When health care flexible spending accounts (Health FSAs) and health savings accounts (HSAs) may and may not pay reimbursements for over-the-counter medicines and drugs And much more!
Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Mini Guide to Understanding HealthcareReform written by Lita Epstein MBA and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-12-07 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With The Complete Idiot’s Mini Guide® to Understanding the Healthcare Reform Bill, learn the overview of the bill as well as how it impacts the day–to–day structure of Medicare, hospital stays, and more!
Download or read book Cured written by Stephen S. S. Hyde and published by Stephen Hyde. This book was released on 2009 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Veteran health care insider Stephen S. S. Hyde says we can cure today's health care crisis by enabling every American consumer to demand the answers to two question: "Which are the best doctors and hospitals for my medical needs?" and "Which of them are the least expensive?" None of these answers are available now. They should be, and they can be. But to get there we must first correct the fundamental market and regulatory failure that has given us 7 decades of misguided actions by employers, government, insurers, medical providers, and consumers to produce the dysfunctional mess we have today. Hyde reveals how we can have affordable, portable health insurance and high-quality health care for everyone, and How we can double medical quality at half the cost Why the government must adopt 3 critical regulatory reforms The 7 key elements of health care reform to achieve 8 essential goals
Download or read book Health Care Reform and American Politics written by Lawrence R. Jacobs and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed by President Obama in March 2010 is a landmark in U.S. social legislation, and the Supreme Court's recent decision upholding the Act has ensured that it will remain the law of the land. The new law extends health insurance to nearly all Americans, fulfilling a century-long quest and bringing the United States to parity with other industrial nations. Affordable Care aims to control rapidly rising health care costs and promises to make the United States more equal, reversing four decades of rising disparities between the very rich and everyone else. Millions of people of modest means will gain new benefits and protections from insurance company abuses - and the tab will be paid by privileged corporations and the very rich. How did such a bold reform effort pass in a polity wracked by partisan divisions and intense lobbying by special interests? What does Affordable Care mean-and what comes next? In this updated edition of Health Care Reform and American Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know®, Lawrence R. Jacobs and Theda Skocpol-two of the nation's leading experts on politics and health care policy-provide a concise and accessible overview. They explain the political battles of 2009 and 2010, highlighting White House strategies, the deals Democrats cut with interest groups, and the impact of agitation by Tea Partiers and progressives. Jacobs and Skocpol spell out what the new law can do for everyday Americans, what it will cost, and who will pay. In a new section, they also analyze the impact the Supreme Court ruling that upheld the law. Above all, they explain what comes next, as critical yet often behind-the-scenes battles rage over implementing reform nationally and in the fifty states. Affordable Care still faces challenges at the state level despite the Court ruling. But, like Social Security and Medicare, it could also gain strength and popularity as the majority of Americans learn what it can do for them. What Everyone Needs to Know® is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press.
Download or read book Principles for U S Health Care Reform written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Medicare Handbook written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Inside National Health Reform written by John E. McDonough and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2012-09-03 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to the Affordable Care Act, our new national health care law. An account of the process from the 2008 presidential campaign to the moment in 2010 when the bill was signed into law before anyone had a chance to digest the document. At a time when the nation is taking a second look at the ACA, "Inside National Health Reform" provides essential information for Americans to review the governmental processes and politics in enacting this legislation.
Download or read book The Future of Healthcare Reform in the United States written by Anup Malani and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2015-10-15 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Supreme Court's majority ruling in NFIB v. Sebelius upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the PPACA, or Obamacare), it was clear that this major shift in American health care provision was here to stay. For better or worse, the PPACA is now both a target for, and a constraint on, the next wave of reformist ideas. Driven by curiosity about how the American health care regime will continue to evolve in the near and medium term, Dean Michael Schill and Professor Anup Malani of the University of Chicago Law School commissioned fourteen essays from leading scholars of law, economics, medicine, and public health that offer predictions for the most important issues and debates in health-care reform over the next five to seven years. Essays are arranged in five sections. Part I, ACA and the Law, sets the stage with three essays on legal challenges and justifications for the Act. Part II, ACA and the Federal Budget, explores the variety of potential fiscal consequences resulting from Obamacare. Part III, ACA and Health Care Delivery, offers competing viewpoints on what the Act will ultimately mean for consumers of health care. Part IV, Health Care Costs, Innovation, and the ACA speculates about what the altered financial structure of health care will mean for the pace of development of new medical technologies. Part V, ACA and Health Insurance Markets, concludes the volume with a pair of contrasting assessments of the prospects for the new insurance "exchange" markets.