How might our plan of care change?

How might our plan of care change? Reform architects say the coverage expansions should improve access to preventive care, synchronous motor allowing physicians to order relatively fewer complex services and hospitalize fewer patients. Effective in 2014, insurers will be required to cover a certain set of basic services, meaning that doctors and patients might not need to find as many alternatives to care that otherwise would be deemed too costly.

The reform law aims to encourage alternative models of care, such as patient-centered medical homes and accountable care organizations, that could change the way patients see their care coordinated. synchronous motor

Government-sponsored researchers will compare various treatments for the same condition and provide guidelines for physicians on what seems to work the best.

Opponents of the reform law say the massive expansion of health entitlements inevitably will lead to government rationing of health care, something reform champions vehemently dispute.

Some doctors also might find themselves limited in terms of where they can send their patients. Starting later this year, the law prohibits new physician-owned hospitals from participating in Medicare and strictly limits expansions of existing doctor-owned facilities, synchronous motor bowing to concerns that such hospitals cherry-pick healthier patients and create conflicts of interest for physician owners.

Advocates of the hospitals say the provision is a poison pill for their industry and will decrease patients' options for specialized, high-quality care.