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The Capacity of MEPS to Inform Provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act |
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In the Spring of 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) was enacted with major provisions to expand health insurance coverage, control health care costs, and improve the health care delivery system. While the major coverage expansions envisioned by the legislation are not scheduled to be implemented until 2014, several provisions of the law have already been adopted and planning efforts have been initiated for the core components of the act. In order to effectively plan, operationalize, implement and manage the vast array of programs set in motion by this act, there is critical need for content specific data that is both timely and accessible. Essential data resources will be required to facilitate effective program planning, administration and management, in addition to facilitating evaluations of program performance. While new data development efforts are essential to insure the effective administration of the various components of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), several existing data platforms helped inform the underlying framework of the legislation and will continue to be invaluable to its implementation.
The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, is one of the core data resources utilized to inform several provisions of the Affordable Care Act. In this paper, attention will be given to the current capacity of the MEPS to inform program planning, implementation, and evaluations of program performance for several components of the ACA. In addition, attention will be given to planned enhancements to the survey to help achieve related programmatic needs identified by the Department of Health and Human Services. |
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Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
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