Since 2014, more than 20 million people have received some form of healthcare coverage through the Affordable Care Act (ACA). While much of the ACA efforts and funding has been focused on the insurance piece, many of the law’s provisions that emphasized patient care, population health and accountable care organizations have been consistently underfunded. Yet experts agree that the ACA has established an improved awareness and appreciation of primary care and the value of coordinated care. As reported by Modern Healthcare, “Stakeholders contend the true legacy of the ACA may be the creation of a primary care delivery system robust enough to meet both the clinical and nonclinical challenges of an evolving healthcare landscape.”
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