Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) - AAFP
Aug 16, 2023 · The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — a law consistent with the AAFP principle that health is a basic human right — has transformed access to health care in the United States. Its ...
Advocacy: Health Care Coverage - AAFP
The Academy's long history of supporting health care coverage for all led to its championing of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The ACA's 2010 enactment instituted a number of ...
Patient Privacy (HIPAA) - AAFP
Oct 3, 2024 · The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA, PL104-191) was enacted to protect the privacy and availability of health insurance coverage and medical information.
AAFP Scores Care Access Win as ACA Turns 14
Apr 12, 2024 · In line with the AAFP’s aim to ensure health care for every American — and bolstering the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as that AAFP-supported law marked its 14th anniversary in ...
Health Care for All: A Framework for Moving to a Primary Care
Over the past two decades, policies implemented through the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) have extended access to affordable ...
The Family Medicine Perspective (Position Paper) - AAFP
As a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), nonprofit hospitals regularly report community needs assessments and work with local health departments to establish action ...
New time limit for filing Medicare claims - AAFP
Jul 30, 2010 · Section 6404 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) changed that by requiring that all claims for services furnished on or after Jan. 1, 2010, must be filed within one calendar ...
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) | AAFP
Sep 9, 2024 · Joint Communications with Other Organizations. Joint Letter to CMS on a Hybrid Medicare ACO Model - March 22, 2023; Joint Letter to Congress on Value-based Care Priorities - February 13, 2023
Medical Liability - AAFP
Jun 9, 2020 · AAFP Comments to HHS OCR on Rights of Conscience Protection - March 6, 2023 AAFP Letter Responding to House Ways and Means Committee Rural and Underserved Communities Health Task Force Request for ...
Tobacco: Preventing and Treating Nicotine Dependence and …
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) pays for physician services related to smoking cessation counseling provided to Medicare beneficiaries. 31 The Patient Protection and Affordable ...