July 1, 2012
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Annual Report
In her July 2012 message, Risa Lavizzo-Mourey examines the challenges that confront the nation in the aftermath of the Supreme Court's landmark ruling upholding the Affordable Care Act.
December 1, 2012
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Journal Article
Consumers may be exposed to significant unexpected and unreasonable out-of-pocket costs due to lack of accurate information on network participation and cost transparency.
January 29, 2013
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Human Capital Blog
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A report completed this month examines how the Affordable Care Act will affect the nation’s supply of physicians.
December 7, 2012
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Human Capital Blog
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Eileene Shake, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, is CEO of the Foundation for Nursing Excellence.
February 1, 2012
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Journal Article
Provisions of the Affordable Care Act offer extraordinary opportunities to insure many more people, reimburse previously unreimbursed services, integrate care using new information technology tools and treatment teams, confront complex chronic comorbidities, and adopt underused evidence-based interventions.
July 20, 2012
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Human Capital Blog
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Latinos had a lot at stake in this decision, as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is projected to expand insurance to 9 million Latinos. It is therefore not surprising that support for health care reform, and the ACA in particular, has been higher among ...
July 19, 2012
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Human Capital Blog
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My professional focus has been in aging, and in particular American Indian aging. My profession is nursing, with a background in law. I am optimistic that these groups, both patient and provider, will be lifted and solidified by the spirit of this ...
July 17, 2012
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Human Capital Blog
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The first recommendation from the IOM report is that nurses should practice to the full extent of their education and training. Many of the Affordable Care Act’s provisions rely on the health care workforce, particularly the primary care workforce, ...
July 16, 2012
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Human Capital Blog
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But the opportunities to bridge the health/health care divide go well beyond the important, threshold question of coverage design. The biggest opportunities are those that are intended to change the way that two of the principal players in the hea ...
July 12, 2012
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Human Capital Blog
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What he needed was transitional care – he needed a nurse to meet with him during a hospitalization to devise a plan for managing chronic illnesses and then follow him into his home setting. He needed a nurse to identify reasons for his instability, ...