Healthcare Reform Resource Center
Health Care Reform is here to stay, so it is vital that we advocate for its smart implementation. Already we have taken action that has resulted in benefits to physicians and patients, such as: Expanding coverage where needed, establishing a high-risk insurance pool, and adopting insurance reforms. At the same time we are lobbying at the federal level to: Eliminate the Medicare Independent Payment Advisory Board, increase Medicaid rates for all physician specialties; and ensure that reimbursement rates are structured to take into account the geographic differences in physician practices costs. Below is a list of helpful information and tools as you navigate Health Care Reform.
Illustrating Health Reform: How Health Insurance Coverage Will Work: View “Health Reform Hits Main Street” to learn more about the problems with the current health care system, the changes that are happening now, and the big changes coming in 2014.
AMA's Health System Reform Website: This informative website contains the latest news from the AMA about health system reform and a library of resources that can help physicians understand how the latest policy developments affect their practice and the profession.
HSR Booklet: The guide "What health system reform means to physicians and patients" helps you gain a better understanding of the Affordable Care Act-both for you and your patients.
What Will Change In Healthcare and How To Make Sure It Changes the Right Way 6/15/2011: Although long (96 slides) this presentation was an unusually clear treatment of the involved issues. Mr. Miller - Executive Director of the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform, and President and CEO of the Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement - has authorized distribution of his talk.
