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- The ACA places a greater focus on outcomes, with more pressure on nurses to show they can give effective care. This means the demand for advanced practice nurses (APNs) and nurse practitioners (NPs) has also increased. NPs need advanced education to practice; as a result, they generally have better patient outcomes than other nurses.
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May 31, 2022 · Nurses can capitalize on the purpose of the ACA to leverage their power to improve quality, create efficient delivery systems, and pioneer innovations in healthcare while advocating for equity for patients (Cleveland et al., 2019).
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.
Sep 15, 2023 · Legislation such as the Affordable Care Act impacts nurses by promoting healthcare accessibility and preventive services. Learn how RNs are responding.
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.
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.
Mar 19, 2020 · The Affordable Care Act nearly halved the uninsured rate and incentivized a focus on health care quality and outcomes. Ongoing legal wrangling, inconsistent state decisions, and selective enforcement of the Act have attenuated its impacts.
Nov 18, 2021 · To counter both this increase in cost and irregularity in care—the ACA targeted four main areas of healthcare: establishing reward systems for best practices, measuring in-hospital quality of care, collecting patient-centered feedback, and tracking transition of care out of the hospital.
