With the enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, which made a number of adjustments to PPACA, attention now shifts to the implementation phase of health care reform.
The Academy's Health Practice Council has established a number of work groups charged with providing input on implementation of a variety of provisions in the new law. Actuaries bring a unique perspective that is crucial to the development of workable health care reform regulation. On this page, you will find links to HPC comment letters related to the various provisions included in PPACA, as well as other resources related to the new law and its implementation.
Please bookmark this page and check back with us frequently. As implementation proceeds, we'll be updating and adding information regularly.
The Academy's Critical Issues in Health Reform series and other documents related to the health care reform dialogue can still be found on the Health Reform Now page.
Accountable Care Organizations
Update of a June 2011 fact sheet by the Health Care Quality Work Group providing an overview of the Medicare Shared Savings Program and the Pioneer ACO program. (December 19, 2012
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Update of a June 2011 issue brief by the Health Care Quality Work Group highlighting a number of actuarial issues that should be considered when designing and implementing accountable care organizations (December 19, 2012
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Health Practice Council fact sheet providing an overview of the Medicare Shared Savings Program and how accountable care organizations (ACOs) are addressed in the Affordable Care Act. (June 16, 2011
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Health Care Quality Work Group issue brief offering an actuarial perspective on accountable care organizations (ACOs) and outlining a number of issues that stakeholders should evaluate as ACOs are implemented. (June 16, 2011
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Health Care Quality Work Group comments to CMS in response to proposed regulations on accountable care organizations and the Medicare Shared Savings Program under the Affordable Care Act. (June 06, 2011
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