Question

White a description for each Medical History and Health care delivery.

1. Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015.

2. The American Recovery and Reinvestment act in 2009.

3.The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination act (GINA) 2008.

4. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid services (CMS) 2001.

Answer 1

1. Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015: this was signed in 2015 by President Barack Obama. This Act supports the participation of alternative payment models, promotes the transition to new quality-based payment, positive payment increases and repeals the SGR formula. Under this Act, each of the clinicians receives a score from 0 to 100 and it includes clinical practice improvement, resource use, and clinical quality.

2. The American Recovery and Reinvestment act in 2009: this was signed by President Barack Obama to accelerate the economy and save millions of jobs. It was meant to modernize the national infrastructure to improve as well as preserve affordable health care. This Act facilitated an infusion of 19.2 billion USD to embrace the health information technology like EHR and EMR into the hospitals.

3. The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) 2008: it protects the discrimination of the Americans on the grounds of genetic information and employment. This prevents or inhibits health insurers from discrimination based on enrollee's genetic information. Some of the workplaces implement the employee wellness program to promote disease prevention and good health.

4. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 2001: It is an agency that works to administer the Medicaid programs and the works with the state governments to promote the Medicare programs. Furthermore, it develops standards for long term care facilities.