The Affordable Care Act will profoundly influence health care delivery in the United States.
Here, Dr Randy Wexler, an Associate Professor of Family Medicine at The Ohio State …

Covering the uninsured improves health outcomes and narrows health disparities. 4, 5 Yet
disturbing racial and ethnic differences in coverage and outcomes persist. Uninsured rates …

Background Changes in the landscape of medical practice in recent years, accelerated
since the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, have led to further …

Hope Glassberg, MPA is the Director of Public Policy for Montefiore Medical Center. She
provides policy analysis and strategic planning support related to the accountable care …

As the country turns toward implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act, realizing the potential of reform will require significant transformation of the American …

A combination of escalating costs of health care and an aging population with increased
longevity and complexity is changing the environment of the patient office visit and how …

Welcome to the new year and the Affordable Care Act (ACA)! The primary goals of health
care reform are to increase patient access to care and improve quality of care while …

Family physicians' scope of work is exceptionally broad, particularly with increasing rurality.
Provisions for Medicare bonus payment specified in the health care reform bill (the Patient …

Those in practice find that the fee-for-service system does not adequately value the
contributions made by primary care. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation …

Although primary care is fundamental to health system performance, the United States has
undervalued and underinvested in primary care for decades. This brief describes how the …