Addressing different issues of the healthcare industry, Affordable Care Act (ACA), a health care reform law in America was introduced to make quality healthcare insurance affordable to Americans at large with the objective of improving public health and reducing healthcare spending. The legislation that recommended a new health reform was passed by Congress and was …
Cardiology is that branch of science that deals with diseases related to the heart. A physician who specializes in the treatment of heart defects, heart failure, coronary artery disease and all other heart-related abnormalities are called cardiologists. Cardiac surgeons are not the same as cardiologists. A cardiologist will never operate the patient with a heart …
Bariatrics is the medical branch that deals with the treatment of obese and overweight patients by recommending healthy lifestyle changes like exercise, diet, medication, etc. and other weight loss strategies. The physician specializing in the field of bariatric medicine is referred to as Bariatric Physician or Bariatric Doctor. The essential requirement for a candidate to …
An accountable care organization (ACO) is an organization formed by a group of coordinated healthcare practitioners including hospitals, physicians and other medical professionals and healthcare providers. As an organization, ACO is accountable to the population for the quality and cost of services it provides to Medicare patients enrolled in the fee-for-service program.
