According to Hader (2015), “A key feature of the Affordable Care Act (aka, the ACA) includes strategies for quality measures reporting and reimbursement specifically, the shift away from paying for the volume of care provided toward paying for the quality of care” (p. 270). The ACA established the value-based purchasing (VBP) program. The VBP program “rewards Medicare participating hospitals for improving the quality of care during measured episodes of coordinated care, including heart attacks, heart failure, health care-associated infections, pneumonia, surgical care, and patient satisfaction” (Hader, 2015, p. 271). A provision of the ACA “requires health plans to submit reports each year demonstrating how they reward health care quality through market-based incentives in benefit design and provider reimbursement structures” (Hoo, Lansky, Roski, & Simpson, 2012, …show more content…
It presented a few errors that occurred in the airline industry and what was done after to improve safety. The author mention that “many airline accidents are caused by breakdowns in communication, not technical failure” (Gibson & Singh, 2003, p.88). One accident occurred in Texas 1996 because the first officer was afraid of challenge the captain to abort landing. No one got injured, but the plane was total loss. After this and other incidents, the airline system “encourages good communication among the many professionals … Juniors pilots are taught that it is their duty to report mistakes and near misses, including those made by the senior pilot” (Gibson & Singh, 2003, p.89). The author also mentions that when accidents occur, the “National Transportation Safety Board examines every possible detail to understand and find the root causes of a crash” (Gibson & Singh, 2003, p.89). In comparison, the health care system tends to hide their mistakes, and not use them to improve their systems. Nurses and other healthcare professionals tend to not question doctor errors, or near misses due to fear of what can happen if you do