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The educators at Doctors In Training have tackled a topic that anyone who works in healthcare should understand, but let’s face it – most of us don’t! This short lecture series (6 lectures at approximately 30 minutes each) provides an unbiased view of the new Health Care Reform Act.
Lectures can be purchased for 2 learning credits (or $6) each. 
Why You Should Care About PPACA (The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act)
- PPACA-mandated changes to Medicare and Medicaid
- Increased insurance industry transparency and limitations to variations in insurance premium rates
- The establishment of state-based exchanges for the purchase of health insurance policies
- Future provisions that include: encouragement for insurance companies to create wellness programs, expansion of loan programs for students in health career education programs, and taxes and fees on the healthcare industry designed to increased federal revenue
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Who Is It For?
Physicians
- Medical Students
- Interns
- Residents
- Attendings
Health Professionals
- Nurses
- Nurse Practitioners
- Physician Assistants
- Pharmacists
Administration
- Healthcare education administrators
- Residency program directors and administrators
- Hospital administrators
- Practice administrators and office managers
- Billing and coding specialists
Healthcare Industry
- Insurance industry
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Nursing home/long-term care industry
Anyone with an interest in Public Health Care Policy and/or Health Care Finance
- Lobbyists/political activists
- Teachers/Professors
- Journalists
- Seniors groups
- Child advocacy groups
- Economists
- Investors
Lectures are just $6 each!
- Purchase only the lectures you want to watch
- Each lecture comes with a downloadable one-page outline - no additional shipping costs!
All lectures given by Brian Matz, PhD in Social Ethics
- Current professor at Carroll College in Helena, MT
Lecture Descriptions
1.Understanding Health Care Reform: PPACA Basics, Part 1 2 Learning Credits | Available Now
Dr. Matz provides a brief overview of the key components of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), including the law’s popular and potentially not-so-popular features. He begins a discussion of the reforms to the health insurance industry, including increased transparency and limitations to variations in insurance premium rates.
2.Understanding Health Care Reform: PPACA Basics, Part 2 2 Learning Credits | Available Now
Dr. Matz continues the discussion of the reforms to the health insurance industry begun in Part 1. Featured topics include statutory changes to the medical loss ratio, new “essential benefits” requirements, and the prohibition of benefit caps.
3.Understanding Health Care Reform: PPACA Basics, Part 3 2 Learning Credits | Available Now
Dr. Matz examines the establishment of state-based exchanges for the purchase of health insurance policies, and looks at specific features of three different proposed models for these exchanges. Dr. Brian Jenkins also discusses the mandate for individual health insurance under PPACA, and the tax penalties associated with failure to purchase insurance.
4.Understanding Health Care Reform: PPACA Basics, Part 4 2 Learning Credits | Available Now
Dr. Matz discusses the PPACA-mandated changes to the Medicaid program, including expansion of eligibility, expansion of benefits, and the increases in the states’ financial liability for Medicaid services.
5.Understanding Health Care Reform: PPACA Basics, Part 5 2 Learning Credits | Available Now
Dr. Matz reviews the changes to Medicare, including cost-containment measures, delivery system reforms, changes to the Medicare Advantage program, and changes to the popular prescription drug benefit (Medicare Part D).
6.Understanding Health Care Reform: PPACA Basics, Part 6 2 Learning Credits | Available Now
Dr. Matz concludes this introduction to PPACA by describing several other noteworthy provisions not yet discussed, including the encouragement for insurance companies to create Wellness programs, expansion of loan programs for students in health careers education programs, and taxes and fees on the healthcare industry that designed to increase federal revenue.
Once you begin a lecture, you have 24 hours to watch it all the way through. After 24 hours or one complete viewing, that lecture will expire and you can move on to another one.
