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Boufford, J. I., Finkelstein, R., Garcia, A., New York State Health Foundation., & New York Academy of Medicine. (2012). Federal health care reform in NYS: A population health perspective. New York, NY: New York Academy of Medicine.
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Federal Health Care Reform
This New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM) report, supported by NYSHealth, examines strategic opportunities to build upon the public health provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) to drive broader improvements in health outcomes in New York State.
With only 5% of national health expenditures estimated to go to prevention and public health initiatives, the United States has fallen behind other developed nations on key health indicators. Furthermore, there are major disparities in health care access in the United States–producing disparate outcomes, disproportionate disease burdens, and preventable deaths–across populations that reflect broader inequities. New provisions in the ACA offer both policy prescriptions and resources for redressing this imbalance.
The NYAM report identifies specific opportunities in the ACA to direct investment to the public health infrastructure, including the data collection, public health workforce, and local community health capacity that will bring about reforms. The report also examines how changes in New York’s health delivery system–specifically around Medicaid Health Homes and hospitals’ community benefit requirements–can be shaped in service of public health goals. It offers specific recommendations to use these opportunities to craft a health care system that maximizes population health for all New Yorkers.
Reporters: to arrange interviews with NYAM medical and urban health experts, contact
Andrew J. Martin, Director of Communications
212-822-7285 / amartin@nyam.org
The 2012-2013 Duncan Clark Lecture - The Affordable Care Act: An Insider’s View
Featured Speaker: Sherry Glied, PhD, former Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
November 19, 2012 - The NYAM Section on Health Care Delivery welcomes Sherry Glied, PhD, former Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, who will deliver the 2012-2013 Duncan Clark Lecture on "The Affordable Care Act: An Insider's View."
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The New York Academy of Medicine with support from the New York State Heath Foundation released a new report, Federal Health Care Reform in New York State: A Population Health Perspective.
This report identifies opportunities that build on both the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act (ACA) and New York’s ongoing efforts toward improving the health of its 19 million residents.
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