Sunday, October 18, 2015

A little known, but potentially fantastic provision of the Affordable Care Act

A little known, but potentially fantastic provision of the Affordable Care Act: "Most people are aware of the main provisions of the ACA: elimination of pre-existing conditions, kids allowed to be on their parents' insurance until age 26, coverage without cost for preventative healthcare, expansion of Medicaid for states willing to accept billions of dollars from the federal government, and of course, www.healthcare.gov and its insurance exchanges.

However, there is a smaller part of the ACA that has potentially far-reaching effects on all of primary care, and I've hardly heard a thing about it in the media. It is helping primary care physicians transform how we deliver care to our population of patients and it is actually kind of exciting.

Read on if you're interested in hearing a little more about the Comprehensive Primary Care initiative that just might save lives, provide better care, increase satisfaction for patients, doctors and their staffs, and might also gasp save a bunch of money."



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Most people are aware of the main provisions of the ACA: elimination of pre-existing conditions, kids allowed to be on their parents' insurance until age 26, coverage without cost for preventative healthcare, expansion of Medicaid for states willing to accept billions of dollars from the federal government, and of course, www.healthcare.gov and its insurance exchanges.
However, there is a smaller part of the ACA that has potentially far-reaching effects on all of primary care, and I've hardly heard a thing about it in the media. It is helping primary care physicians transform how we deliver care to our population of patients and it is actually kind of exciting.
Read on if you're interested in hearing a little more about the Comprehensive Primary Care initiative that just might save lives, provide better care, increase satisfaction for patients, doctors and their staffs, and might also gasp save a bunch of money.

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