In 2010, The Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, was implemented across the United States to address the foremost issues in today’s Healthcare. These problems include lack of accessibility to quality healthcare, growing cost of care, and quality of care. While the affordable care act addresses concern of access to care for the underprivileged, it creates other new complications regarding cost and quality. Obamacare has succeeded in making care more accessible and now millions of Americans are now newly insured under government subsidized healthcare exchanges. However, the cost of care for those previously insured from either their employer or privately has increased dramatically. An additional concern becomes the issue of quality of care. The Physician Assistant actively takes part in addressing these concerns and contributing to the resolve.
The implementation of the Affordable Care Act has dramatically affected the role of the Physician Assistant. It has increased demand, opportunity, enhanced scope of practice and recognition. The increase in demand arises from the increased access to more patients and the shortage of physicians to treat them. “Under the Affordable Care Act, patients who may have …show more content…
Due to the higher volume of covered patients, health care institutions are focused on quick turnover of patients, trying to see as many as possible. With 5+ patients in the waiting room to see the clinician, it proves difficult for the clinician to spend adequate time and to treat the patient with quality care. The aim of health care is to move away from this focus of volume and more toward focus on value. This means there will be more pressure and scrutiny put on clinicians and their rates of readmissions and avoidable error, Physician Assistants will be held to higher standards and
The implementation of the Affordable Care Act has dramatically affected the role of the Physician Assistant. It has increased demand, opportunity, enhanced scope of practice and recognition. The increase in demand arises from the increased access to more patients and the shortage of physicians to treat them. “Under the Affordable Care Act, patients who may have …show more content…
Due to the higher volume of covered patients, health care institutions are focused on quick turnover of patients, trying to see as many as possible. With 5+ patients in the waiting room to see the clinician, it proves difficult for the clinician to spend adequate time and to treat the patient with quality care. The aim of health care is to move away from this focus of volume and more toward focus on value. This means there will be more pressure and scrutiny put on clinicians and their rates of readmissions and avoidable error, Physician Assistants will be held to higher standards and