law and Regulations in Healthcare
In this benchmark assignment you will research a law or regulation and discuss the impact the law or regulation has on the health care industry. As a manager, it is important to understand the requirements of laws and regulations as well as the role accreditation and regulatory agencies play in the health care industry.
Note: Please use the worksheet below to complete the assignment.
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Research the following health care regulations and select one law or regulation to focus on for this assignment:
- Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010
- HIPAA Privacy Rule
- HITECH Act
- Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
- False Claims Act
- Anti-Kickback Statute
- Stark Law (Physician Self-Referral Law)
- Human Research Protections
Use the law or regulation above to respond to each of the following prompts in 350 to 525- words.
Evaluate the impact the law or regulation selected has on the health care industry (350 to 525- words).
| Primarily, the passage of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law in 2010 sought to improve access to healthcare among different Americans. Consequently, one of the primary effects of the PPACA has been an improvement in access to healthcare. According to research, there was a significant increase in healthcare insurance coverage following the passage of the ACA (Courtemanche, Marton, Ukert, Yelowitz, & Zapata, 2018). In particular, the PPACA increased the ease with which different individuals could get insurance coverage by creating some regulation in the industry that were previously non-existent.
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