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For those of you that have yet to peruse the over 2000 pages of legal globbidy gook also known as the American Health Care Act, or more popularly known as Obamacare.
How do you see Obamacare impacting EMS here in the good ol US of A? My casual stroll through this ungodly monstrosity of a document leads me to believe that many things will change for EMS, and I expect the mighty dollar will influence most changes coming down the pre-hospital pipeline.
A copy over from another thread:
If you care to torture yourself, you may view the full Obamacare text at the following link:
http://www.hhs.gov/healthcare/rights/law/
I also found this section interesting as it will impact EMS as it pertains to transport:
This new law will have a dramatic shift in the EMS model as I see it, what say you?
How do you see Obamacare impacting EMS here in the good ol US of A? My casual stroll through this ungodly monstrosity of a document leads me to believe that many things will change for EMS, and I expect the mighty dollar will influence most changes coming down the pre-hospital pipeline.
A copy over from another thread:
Emergency/Trauma Regionalization – Law directs the Secretary of HHS, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), to award at least four multi-year contracts or competitive grants to support pilot projects that design, implement and evaluate innovative models of regionalized, comprehensive and accountable emergency care and trauma systems.
Trauma Centers – Law requires the Secretary of HHS to establish three programs to award grants to qualified public and Indian trauma centers that would assist in defraying substantial uncompensated care costs; further the core missions of trauma centers (including addressing costs associated with patient stabilization/transfer, trauma education/outreach, coordination with local/regional trauma systems, essential personnel and other fixed costs, and expenses associated with employee/non-employee physician services); and provide emergency financial relief to ensure the continued/future availability of trauma services.
Emergency Medicine Research – Law requires Secretary of HHS to support federal programs administered by NIH, AHRQ, HRSA, CDC and other agencies involved in improving the emergency care system to expand and accelerate research in emergency medical care systems and emergency medicine, including: (1) the basic science of emergency medicine; (2) the model of service delivery and the components of such models that contribute to enhanced patient health outcomes; (3) the translation of basic scientific research into improved practice; and (4) the development of timely and efficient delivery of health services. In addition, the Secretary of HHS is required to support research to determine the estimated economic impact of, and savings that result from, the implementation of coordinated emergency care services.
If you care to torture yourself, you may view the full Obamacare text at the following link:
http://www.hhs.gov/healthcare/rights/law/
I also found this section interesting as it will impact EMS as it pertains to transport:
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(A) submits data to the National EMS Information System, the National Trauma Data
Bank, and others;
‘‘(B) reports data to appropriate Federal
and State databanks and registries; and
‘‘(C) contains information sufficient to
evaluate key elements of prehospital care, hospital destination decisions, including initial hospital and interfacility decisions, and relevant
health outcomes of hospital care
This new law will have a dramatic shift in the EMS model as I see it, what say you?
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