6 PPACA-Related Issues for Physicians to Know

In a MedPage Today article, David Pittman lays out six things that physicians should know as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s coverage expansion begins.

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The six PPACA-related issues that physicians should know are:

 

1. Many new plans will carry extremely high deductibles.
2. Physicians will be on the hook during patients’ ‘grace period.’
3. Narrow provider networks are more common.
4. January might be messy figuring out who is covered and who is not.
5. A lot of patients might be changing health plans.
6. Quality is becoming a greater part of payments.

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