The Affordable Care Act and Medicare in comparative context /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kinney, Eleanor D. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Series:	Cambridge bioethics and law.
Subjects:	United States. > Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Health care reform > United States. Health insurance > United States. Medicare. United States. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (United States) Health care reform. Health insurance. Health Care Reform. Insurance, Health.

Table of Contents:

The Medicare program
Medicare policy-making processes, appeals, and judicial review
Taming the growth in Medicare expenditures
Improving the quality of health care services
Curbing fraud and abuse in the Medicare program
The Affordable Care Act
Title III : improving the quality and efficiency of health care
Major initiative under Title II : value-based purchasing of health care services
Major initiatives under Title III : pilot programs for payment and quality reform
Title VI : improving transparency and program integrity
Major initiative under Title VI : the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
The impact of the Affordable Care Act on the Medicare Program
The historical foundations for public health coverage in the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States
The health care systems of the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States
The United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States compared
- Convergence on pragmatic health reform strategies for common problems
Entrepreneurships in health care.