274760 ACA – One step forward or two steps back ?

Monday, October 29, 2012 : 12:30 PM - 12:50 PM

Claudia Fegan, MD , Stroger Hospital, Cook County Health & Hospital System, Chicago, IL
The passage of the ACA and the subsequent roll out across the states may result in unintended consequences. The presentation will examine possible impact on the medical safety net in the United States.

Learning Areas:
Provision of health care to the public
Public health administration or related administration
Public health or related public policy
Systems thinking models (conceptual and theoretical models), applications related to public health

Learning Objectives:
Discuss the components of the ACA that directly impact safety net organizations. Compare mechanisms to support safety net institutions before ACA and after its provisions are implemented. Understand the pressures placed on safety net institutions by the ACA and contrast different approaches to meeting those pressures.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am a practicing internist and Chief Medical Officer of a large public hospital ( Stroger Hospital, Chicago Illinois.) I lecture frequently on the health care industry in the United States. I serve as President of the Chicago based Health and Medicine Policy Research Group and am past president of Physicians for a National Health Program.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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