Health Care Delivery

The impacts the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will have on healthcare delivery will reach far beyond the clinical level. For that reason, America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), a strategic partner of The American Journal of Managed Care, knows that cultivating collaborative discussions about health law implementation is only common sense.

Reducing inappropriate use of cardiac telemetry may improve the cost of care while maintaining patient safety.

Hospitals in more competitive markets had significantly lower costs per discharge for both Medicare and privately insured patients.

In "What Does the Affordable Care Act Actually Do?," presented by Ivor Douglas, MD, Associate Professor, University of Colorado Denver, Chief, Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine Director, Medical Intensive Care, Denver Health Medical Center, at the ATS 2013 International Conference, Dr Douglas noted that fundamental issues driving the Affordable Care Act (ACA) include access, quality, and cost.