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Implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

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This report informs health care leaders, policymakers, and practitioners about the implications of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act for frontline workers, including changing skill sets and roles required to implement new models of delivering care.

Published mar. 10, 2014
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This report informs health care leaders, policymakers, and practitioners about the workforce implications of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act for frontline workers, including changing skill sets and roles required of frontline workers in order to implement new models of delivering care. As ACA implementation progresses, strategic opportunities exist to improve patient care and health while improving the jobs and careers of frontline workers.

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