Journal Article

The Looming Expansion And Transformation Of Public Substance Abuse Treatment Under The Affordable Care Act

Buck, Jeffrey A.

2011

Overview

Public substance abuse treatment services have largely operated as an independent part of the overall health care system, with unique methods of administration, funding, and service delivery. The Affordable Care Act of 2010 and other recent health care reforms, coupled with declines in state general revenue spending, will change this. Overall funding for these substance abuse services should increase, and they should be better integrated into the mainstream of general health care. Reform provisions are also likely to expand the variety of substance abuse treatment providers and shift services away from residential and stand-alone programs toward outpatient programs and more integrated programs or care systems. As a result, patients should have better access to care that is more medically based and person-centered. Adapted from the source document.

• Publisher: The People to People Health Foundation, Inc., Project HOPE
• Subject: Access / Alcohol / Cardiovascular disease / Children & youth / Childrens health / Delivery Systems / Drug abuse / Expenditures / Federal employees / Federal funding / Funding / Health care / Health care access / Health care expenditures / Health care policy / Health Care Services / Health facilities / Health insurance / Health maintenance organizations / Health policy / Health services / HMOs / Information systems / Insurance coverage / Legislation / Local government / Management / Medicaid / Medical service / Medical treatment / Medicare / Mental health care / Methadone / Outpatients / Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act 2010-US / Patients / Primary care / Provisions / Reform / Reforms / Revenue / Services / Substance Abuse / Substance abuse treatment / Transformation / Treatment / Treatment Programs / United States