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The Impact Of Health Care Reform On Emergency Medical Services, Richard N. Bradley, Sabina A. Braithwaite
The Impact Of Health Care Reform On Emergency Medical Services, Richard N. Bradley, Sabina A. Braithwaite
Richard N Bradley
On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) into law. The reforms introduced through PPACA present a paradigm shift in the future delivery model of all health care, including Emergency Medical Services (EMS). Changes embodied in this law offer a variety of opportunities to improve the delivery of care in urgent and emergent medical situations in the out-of-hospital setting. PPACA offers a number of avenues for EMS to engage at a much higher level as professional members of the health care team going forward. Certain components of the law stand to facilitate and …