title: The impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on radiology: beyond reimbursement.
abstract: The 2014 ACR Forum focused on the noneconomic implications of the Affordable Care Act on the field of radiology, with specific attention to the importance of the patient experience, the role of radiology in public and population health, and radiology's role in the effort to lower overall health care costs. The recommendations generated from the Forum seek to inform ACR leadership on the best strategies to pursue to best prepare the radiology community for the rapidly evolving health care landscape.
authors.affiliation: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia. Electronic address: ak8jj@virginia.edu.
authors.forename: Arun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krishnaraj
authors.affiliation: Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Norbash
authors.affiliation: Trinity Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama.
authors.forename: Bibb
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.affiliation: Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, Dallas, Texas.
authors.forename: Paul H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Ellenbogen
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
authors.forename: Ella A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Kazerooni
authors.affiliation: ACR, Reston, Virginia.
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Thorwarth
authors.affiliation: Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
authors.forename: Jeffrey C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Weinreb
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011871:Radiology / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms / Q000458:organization & administration; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States
keywords: ACR Forum; Affordable Care Act; patient experience; population health; public health; value proposition