Close to one trillion dollars will be spent over the next 10 years to reform health care in America

At OptumInsight, we see health reform as an incredible step to modernize health care. The reform bill, known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), will fuel system-wide improvements: 

• Nearly 32 million more people will be covered by health insurance.
• Fewer people will have to worry about losing health care coverage.
• Everyone will be held more accountable, from doctors to health insurers to consumers.

We see these as important and necessary steps to ensure that America retains one of the best health care systems in the world, and we’re excited to see them move forward.  

Reform will create sweeping changes for our clients

Whether you run a health plan, you’re a physician, or a hospital CFO, or you work within government, there are whole new worlds to learn. You will need to understand how reform impacts you, figure out how to take advantage of the change, and move forward. For example, reform will bring new payment models that we believe insurers and providers will benefit from in the long run. There will also be challenges. Reform includes new monitoring and measuring of health care spending and outcomes. This will increase the compliance burdens on many of our client groups. You’ll need to understand the implications and know how to respond.

A partner for reform

At OptumInsight, we’re hard at work helping clients examine the immediate and long-term implications, challenges, and opportunities for their organizations. As a leading health information company, you can partner with us for analysis, perspective, planning, and innovative solutions to help your organization flourish under reform.

FOOTNOTE:
On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law H.R. 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). One week later, on March 30, 2010, the President signed into law H.R. 4872, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, making numerous changes to the PPACA. Together, these two laws complete Congress’ current efforts to enact comprehensive health care reform in the United States.