Findings from Mayo Clinic Provide New Insights into Affordable Care Act (Expected and Unexpected Consequences of the Affordable Care Act: The Impact…

Findings from Mayo Clinic Provide New Insights into Affordable Care Act (Expected and Unexpected Consequences of the Affordable Care Act: The Impact on Patients and Surgeons-Pro and Con Arguments)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- Investigators discuss new findings in Affordable Care Act. According to news reporting originating from Rochester, Minnesota, by VerticalNews correspondents, research stated, "The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), called the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or 'bamaCare' for short, was enacted in 2010. The Public Policy and Advocacy Committee of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT) hosted a debate with an expert panel to discuss the ACA and its impact on surgical care after the first year of patient enrollment."

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from Mayo Clinic, "The purpose of this debate was to focus on the impact of ACA on the public and surgeons. At the core of the ACA are insurance industry reforms and expanded coverage, with a goal of improved clinical outcomes and reduced costs of care. We have observed supportive and opposing views on ACA. Nonetheless, we will witness major shifts in health care delivery as well as restructuring of our relationship with payers, institutions, and patients. With the rapidly changing health care landscape, surgeons will become key members of health systems and will likely need to lead transition from solo-practice to integrated care systems. The full effects of the ACA remain unrealized, but its implementation has begun to change the map of the American health care system and will surely impact the practice of surgery."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "Herein, we provide a synopsis of the 'pro' and 'con' arguments for the expected and unexpected consequences of the ACA on society and surgeons."

For more information on this research see: Expected and Unexpected Consequences of the Affordable Care Act: The Impact on Patients and Surgeons-Pro and Con Arguments. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, 2016;20(2):351-360. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery can be contacted at: Springer, 233 Spring St, New York, NY 10013, USA. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery - www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-gastrointestinal-surgery/)

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting M. Rudnicki, Mayo Clinic, Div Subspecialty Gen Surg, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55902, United States. Additional authors for this research include J.H. Armstrong, C. Clark, S.G. Marcus, L. Sacks, A.J. Moser and K. Reid-Lombardo.

Keywords for this news article include: Surgery, Rochester, Minnesota, United States, Affordable Care Act, North and Central America

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