Fact Based List:
9 Changes To The U.S. Healthcare System Over The Past Two Years
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/18/2014 - 10:44
- The enrollment of eight million people in insurance plans through the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- The enrollment of an additional five million Americans in Medicaid
- An unprecedented number of hospital and medical group consolidations
- The explosive proliferation of urgent care centers, retail clinics, and other outpatient facilities
- The release of billing data by Medicare on thousands of physicians
- The continued rapid adoption of electronic medical records (EMR)
- The implementation of quality based tracking and reimbursement systems
- The continued expansion of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)
- A growing physician shortage, dramatically highlighted this year by long lines at Veterans Administration facilities
Source: The Physicians Foundation
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