Question

1-what factors led to passage of the Affordable care act?

2-what are the provisions of the affordable care act the benefit consumers?

3-what are the provisions of the Affordable care act that directly impact long term care providers?

4-what is meant by bundling?

5-what is an accountable care organization (ACO), had how does it work?

6-what is the class act, and why it suspended?

7-what is pay- for performance (P4P), and how does it improve quality?

8-what is the hospital readmissions reduction program (HRRP), and how does it affect long-term care organizations?

9- what are 2 changes to affordable care act that may impact elders and / long term care services?

Answer 1

* Factors led to passage of the Affordable care act:- There are many factors which led to the passage of the Affordable care act as the health care cost has become almost twice as much per person as any other country. 1 Wage and salaries 2) Individual Citizens 3) Budget of State of local government. * Provisions of the affordable core act the benetit consumers - One of the major provisions is to expand coverage. The other brovisions includes to reduce the of Premuims, Medicare or Medicaid. It also includes to reduce the fraud reduce waste. * Provisionds of ACA that impact long term care? The ACA provides seniors & their families with greater savings and increased quality healthcare. It mainly focus on the patient and doctors have more control over their own health care The ACO helps support the aging population and keep costs minimal. * Bundling - It includes the payment model that the providers are being paid a single payment for all the services that are performed to treat a patient.