Hospital Reimbursements and the ACA
One goal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is to reduce costs by forcing hospitals to provide quality care more efficiently.
Legislation
ACOs and New Patient Care Delivery Systems
As part of the Affordable Care Act, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) established the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to test the ability of payment and delivery models to decrease costs and improve or maintain the
Medicaid Expansion under the ACA
The ACA expands state Medicaid programs beginning in 2014 to cover nearly all individuals under age 65 with incomes up to 138% of the federal poverty level ($15,856 for an individual or $26,951 for a family of three in 2013).
Safe Staffing
Current staffing regulations in New Jersey, which offer coverage only in ICU or critical care units, have not been updated since 1987. Technology, reduced hospital stays, and patients have undergone drastic changes, but our regulations have remained stagnant, unchanged, and