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- The groundbreaking Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) compels nurses to continue innovation, transformational leadership, and care coordination as major stakeholders in provision of the next generation of cost containment, quality advances, and patient access improvements.
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Mar 22, 2023 · When the Affordable Care Act (ACA) became law in 2010, it transformed the entire fabric of the U.S. healthcare system, including how nurses and other healthcare professionals approached their jobs. This guide offers an overview of the ACA and examines what this historic reform means for nurses.
- The ACA and Access to Care
- Equity and The ACA
- The ACA and Healthcare Cost
- The ACA and Quality and Safety
- Strategies to Impact Healthcare Policy, Access, and Equity
- Conclusion
- Authors
Nurses exercise their power by critically evaluating the impact of policy and advocating for the needs of their community when revision is needed.Nurses exercise their power by critically evaluating the impact of policy and advocating for the needs of their community when revision is needed (Patton et al., 2019). Nothing tests the impact of policy ...
The ACA was intended to provide for equity in the delivery of healthcare (Grogan, 2017). The COVID-19 pandemic revealed that while much had been accomplished in advancing healthcare, much remained to be done in providing for equity if population health goals were to be achieved (National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine [NASEM], 2021)...
...nurses need to remain focused and knowledgeable regarding the economics, politics, and business challenges occurring around their practice...The National Health Expenditure Report (NHE) presents health spending and enrollment for the next decade. The 2021-2030 report projected a decrease in spending despite an increase in demand for hospital car...
The new provisions announced through the ACA call for implementation by nurse leaders. The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) added equity as one of the 5 factors necessary for healthcare improvement when it published The Quintuple Aim for Healthcare Improvement (Nundy et al., 2022). As such, equity was added to improved patient experience ...
Promoting Nurses on Boards Nurses belong everywhere important decisions are made because every nurse can be a leader. Nurses have been serving on boards in communities where they live and work for years. Many of the early board roles originated from needs that were discovered in working with underserved populations (Harper and Benson, 2021). As suc...
When the ACA became law, great steps were taken to reduce healthcare expense, improve access to care, and provide for equity in healthcare. Over the 12 years that followed, nurses experienced unprecedented challenges and changes in healthcare. Nursing practice and education continue to develop to meet these challenges. Nurses have responded by inno...
Kimberly A. Cleveland, JD, MSN, RN, C-MBC, C-MPC Email: kthoma43@kent.edu Kimberly Cleveland is an associate lecturer in the Nursing and Health Care Management Concentration, Coordinator of Undergraduate and Graduate Health Care Policy, and Co-Coordinator of the Undergraduate Nursing Honors Program at Kent State University College of Nursing. She p...
May 31, 2019 · The groundbreaking Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) compels nurses to continue innovation, transformational leadership, and care coordination as major stakeholders in provision of the next generation of cost containment, quality advances, and patient access improvements.
Sep 15, 2023 · Being on the front lines of healthcare delivery — especially during COVID-19 — nurses can play a role in encouraging patients to seek information on insurance coverage through the ACA. This is particularly true for nurses working in facilities that handle a large population of uninsured and underinsured individuals.
Nov 16, 2020 · In the near term, nurses can support the health of families and communities by serving as sources of much-needed information on how to access the health insurance coverage that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) offers.
Mar 19, 2020 · The Affordable Care Act (ACA) introduced wide-ranging health care reforms but faces many challenges. This article reviews 6 key points for today’s nurse leader on the law’s 10th anniversary: a renewed legal battle is on its way to the Supreme Court; 27 million people still lack coverage, partly due to nonexpansion of Medicaid in 15 states ...
Oct 28, 2016 · The ACA, which stands for the Affordable Care Act, is a 2010 reform law that increases health insurance coverage nationwide. The AMA explains how the ACA implements reforms to the health insurance market.
