Success Healthcare history

On October 20, 2011, CMS released the final rules for the official implementation of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) under the Affordable Care Act.

About 95 percent of the population had health insurance in 2012.

The first open enrollment season for the Marketplace started in October 2013, and it was rocky, to say the least.

A unique element of the PQRS was its focus on pay-for-reporting at the individual physician level [17•]. However, while participation in PQRS is currently voluntary, beginning in 2015, all providers eligible for incentive payments will be subject to penalties for failing to participate.

Nevertheless, 8 million people signed up for insurance through the ACA Marketplace during the first open enrollment season, with enrollment peaking in 2016 at 12.2 million (with 10 million of those receiving subsidies to help pay for insurance).

Since Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States on January 20, 2017, many have questioned what would happen with our healthcare system — specifically, what would happen to the ACA, since Donald Trump ran on a platform of “repealing and replacing” the bill.

According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, the ACA has covered an average of 11.3 million annually since its inception, though 8.5% of the United States population (roughly 27.5 million Americans) remain uninsured, as reported by the KKF in 2018.

Hungry to notch a win on healthcare prior to the 2020 election, the Trump administration continues to push ahead on initiatives designed to reign-in healthcare costs.

KFF. Retrieved from https://www.kff.org/health-reform/state-indicator/marketplace-enrollment/?currentTimeframe=0&sortModel=%7B%22colId%22:%22Location%22,%22sort%22:%22asc%22%7D. Accessed July 12, 2021.