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Social Work And The Affordable Care Act: Maximizing The Profession’S Role In Health Reform, Christina Andrews, Teri Browne, Heidi Allen, Darla S. Coffey, Sarah Gehlert, Robyn Golden, Jeanne Marsh, Timothy Mcbride, Angelo Mcclain, Edward Woomer
Social Work And The Affordable Care Act: Maximizing The Profession’S Role In Health Reform, Christina Andrews, Teri Browne, Heidi Allen, Darla S. Coffey, Sarah Gehlert, Robyn Golden, Jeanne Marsh, Timothy Mcbride, Angelo Mcclain, Edward Woomer
Teri Browne
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is generating sweeping changes in the financing, organization, and accessibility of health and social services in the United States. In light of these changes, a strategic planning meeting was convened to develop recommendations for how social work can maximize its contributions to the ACA. Participants discussed six areas in which the profession has especially significant potential to contribute to the ACA: care coordination, behavioral health service integration, insurance access, health behavior change, care transition management, and community-based prevention.