The Affordable Care Act, signed into law March 23, 2010, extends “pay‐for‐reporting” systems across all providers and moves many providers toward value‐based purchasing systems. It also imposes financial penalties on hospitals with defined rates of hospital‐acquired conditions.

In addition, the legislation establishes a national quality improvement strategy, creates a public‐private institute to analyze the comparative effectiveness of treatments, and creates a patient safety research center to promote the adoption of best practices. It contains provisions to improve delivery of services, particularly to low‐income, underserved, uninsured minority and rural populations. This webinar will help healthcare risk management and patient safety professionals understand and comply with key quality, safety and cost‐control provisions of the new law.

Learning Objectives
By the end of the program participants should be able to:
• Articulate the timing of relevant requirements under the PPACA
• Identify key provisions of the PPACA
• Discuss the risk and safety implications of the new provisions