The Impacts of the
Affordable Care Act
on Preparedness
Resources
and Programs
Workshop Summary
Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for
Catastrophic Events
Board on Health Sciences Policy
Board on Health Care Services
Megan Reeve, Theresa Wizemann, Bradley Eckert,
and Bruce Altevogt, Rapporteurs
INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE
OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS
Washington, D.C.
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NOTICE: The workshop that is the subject of this workshop summary was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.
This activity was supported by contracts between the National Academy of Sciences and the American College of Emergency Physicians; American Hospital Association; Association of State and Territorial Health Officials; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Contract No. 200-2011-38807, TO #19); Department of Defense (Contract No. HT0011-11-P-0186); Department of Defense, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (Contract No. HT9404-12-1-0022); Department of Health and Human Services’ National Institutes of Health: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Environmental Sciences, National Library of Medicine (Contract No. HHSN26300007 [Under Base 1 #HHSN263201200074I]); Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (Contract No. HHSO100201000021P); Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (Contract No. HSFE20-13-P-0212); Department of Homeland Security, Office of Health Affairs (Contract No. HSHQDC-13-J-00384 [Under Base 1 #HSHQDC-11-D-00009]); Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (Contract No. DTNH22-10-H-00287); Department of Veterans Affairs (Contract No. 101-G09041); Emergency Nurses Association; Food and Drug Administration (Contract No. HHSF22301027T [Under Base Contract DHHS-8598]); Infectious Diseases Society of America; Martin, Blanck & Associates; Mayo Clinic; Merck Research Laboratories (Contract No. 2391); National Association of Chain Drug Stores; National Association of County and City Health Officials; National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians; Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America; Target Corporation; Trauma Center Association of America; and United Health Foundation. The views presented in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies that provided support for the activity.
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WORKSHOP PLANNING COMMITTEE1
GEORGES BENJAMIN (Co-Chair), American Public Health Association, Washington, DC
GREGG MARGOLIS (Co-Chair), Division of Healthcare Systems and Health Policy, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
TERRY ADIRIM, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
JACK EBELER, Health Policy Alternatives, Inc., Washington, DC
DEBORAH LEVY, Division of Strategic National Stockpile, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
PURVA RAWAL, Avalere Health, LLC, Washington, DC
JEANNE RINGEL, RAND, Santa Monica, CA
LISA TOFIL, Holland & Knight, LLP, Washington, DC
KATHARINE WITGERT, National Academy for State Health Policy, Washington, DC
MATTHEW ZAVADSKY, Medstar Mobile, Fort Worth, TX
IOM Staff
BRUCE M. ALTEVOGT, Project Director
MEGAN REEVE, Associate Program Officer
BRADLEY ECKERT, Research Associate
ALEX REPACE, Senior Program Assistant
ANDREW M. POPE, Director, Board on Health Sciences Policy
ROGER HERDMAN, Director, Board on Health Care Services
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1Institute of Medicine planning committees are solely responsible for organizing the workshop, identifying topics, and choosing speakers. The responsibility for the published workshop summary rests with the workshop rapporteurs and the institution.
FORUM ON MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS FOR CATASTROPHIC EVENTS1
ROBERT P. KADLEC (Co-Chair), RPK Consulting, LLC, Alexandria, VA
LYNNE R. KIDDER (Co-Chair), Consultant, Boulder, CO
ALEX J. ADAMS, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Alexandria, VA
ROY L. ALSON, American College of Emergency Physicians, Winston-Salem, NC
WYNDOLYN BELL, UnitedHealthcare, Atlanta, GA
DAVID R. BIBO, The White House, Washington, DC
KATHRYN BRINSFIELD, Office of Health Affairs, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC
CAPT. D. W. CHEN, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Department of Defense, Washington, DC
SUSAN COOPER, Regional Medical Center, Memphis, TN
BROOKE COURTNEY, Office of Counterterrorism and Emerging Threats, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC
BRUCE EVANS, National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians, Upper Pine River Fire Protection District, Bayfield, CO
JULIE L. GERBERDING, Merck Vaccines, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, PA
LEWIS R. GOLDFRANK, New York University School of Medicine, New York City
DAN HANFLING, INOVA Health System, Falls Church, VA
JACK HERRMANN, National Association of County and City Health Officials, Washington, DC
JAMES J. JAMES, Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, Onancock, VA
PAUL E. JARRIS, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, Arlington, VA
LISA G. KAPLOWITZ, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
ALI S. KHAN, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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1Institute of Medicine forums and roundtables do not issue, review, or approve individual documents. The responsibility for the published workshop summary rests with the workshop rapporteurs and the institution.
MICHAEL G. KURILLA, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Washington, DC
JAYNE LUX, National Business Group on Health, Washington, DC
LINDA M. MACINTYRE, American Red Cross, San Rafael, CA
SUZET M. MCKINNEY, Chicago Department of Public Health, Chicago, IL
NICOLE MCKOIN, Target Corporation, Furlong, PA
MARGARET M. MCMAHON, Emergency Nurses Association, Williamstown, NJ
AUBREY K. MILLER, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
MATTHEW MINSON, Texas A&M University, College Station
ERIN MULLEN, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, Washington, DC
JOHN OSBORN, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
ANDREW T. PAVIA, Infectious Disease Society of America, Salt Lake City, UT
STEVEN J. PHILLIPS, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD
LEWIS J. RADONOVICH, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC
MARY J. RILEY, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
KENNETH W. SCHOR, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
ROSLYNE SCHULMAN, American Hospital Association, Washington, DC
RICHARD SERINO, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC
MARGARET VANAMRINGE, The Joint Commission, Washington, DC
W. CRAIG VANDERWAGEN, Martin, Blanck & Associates, Alexandria, VA
JENNIFER WARD, Trauma Center Association of America, Las Cruces, NM
JOHN M. WIESMAN, Washington State Department of Health, Tumwater
GAMUNU WIJETUNGE, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, DC
Reviewers
This workshop summary has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the National Research Council’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published workshop summary as sound as possible and to ensure that the workshop summary meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this workshop summary:
ELISABETH BELMONT, MaineHealth
DIANE PILKEY, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
ARLENE STANTON, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
JOLENE WHITNEY, Utah Department of Health
Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they did not see the final draft of the workshop summary before its release. The review of this workshop summary was overseen by KRISTINE GEBBIE, Flinders University School of Nursing and Midwifery. Appointed by the Institute of Medicine, she was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this workshop summary was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this workshop summary rests entirely with the rapporteurs and the institution.
Contents
Topics Highlighted During Presentations and Discussions
2 HOW THE ACA WILL CHANGE THE HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM
3 PREPAREDNESS IMPACTS OF THE CHANGES TO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM FINANCING AND DELIVERY INFRASTRUCTURE
Integrated Care and Opportunities for Preparedness
Preparing to Meet the Needs of the Most Vulnerable
4 THE EVOLVING HEALTH WORKFORCE
Workforce Implications of New Care Settings
Changes in Hospital Operations Impacting Workforce
Opportunities for New Provider Roles in Health Care and Preparedness
5 NEEDS AND LOGISTICS OF DATA SHARING AND HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Understanding the Needs of the Population: Turning Data into Information
Transforming the Health Information Infrastructure
Standards and Interoperability
Predictive Analytics in Public Health Preparedness
7 LEVERAGING THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TO INNOVATE
PCCI: Layering Technologies for Information Exchange, Analytics, and Continuity of Care
Integrating Telemedicine into Disaster Plans
Incorporating Health Information Technology into Everyday Use
8 THE CONTINUING ROLE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE
Insurance: Not a Replacement for Public Health
Expanding Public Health Capacity and Reach Through Public–Private Collaborations
