health care

ACA / Obamacare

2010 healthcare reform law to expand coverage, improve quality, and reduce costs.

Essential Health Benefits

Required services all ACA plans must cover.

Medicaid Expansion

Expands Medicaid to adults ≤138% of federal poverty level.

Marketplace

Online site to buy ACA health insurance plans.

Qualified Health Plan (QHP)

ACA-approved plan sold on the Marketplace

Premium Subsidies

Help lower the cost of monthly insurance payments.

HRRP

Reduces Medicare payments to hospitals with high readmissions (heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia).

ACO

Provider group sharing responsibility for cost and quality.

Uncompensated Care

Unpaid “charity care” for uninsured/underinsured.

Navigator

Person trained to help people enroll in Marketplace plans.

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

2017 law that removed the individual mandate penalty.

Health IT

Tech systems that store, protect, and share health information.

Electronic Health Record (EHR)

Digital patient record accessible anywhere.

CDSS

Tech that gives diagnostic & treatment recommendations.

CPOE

System for doctors to enter orders electronically.

Interoperability

When electronic systems can share patient information.

Telemedicine

Healthcare delivered at a distance using technology.

Wearable Technology

Device worn on the body to monitor health.

3-D Printing

Makes prosthetics, implants, and lab tools.

Bar-Coding Technology

Scanner that reads coded info on medications/products.

HIPAA

Law that protects privacy/security of PHI.

HITECH Act

Encourages EHR adoption; created “Meaningful Use.”