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The affordable care act: Implementation and implications for addiction specialty care
Author(s) -
McCanceKatz Elinore F.,
Rabiner Chana A.,
Rivers Jacquelyn L.A.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the american journal on addictions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.997
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-0391
pISSN - 1055-0496
DOI - 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2014.12139.x
Subject(s) - specialty , addiction , business , nursing , medicine , family medicine , psychiatry
Converging in 2015 are the implementation of key pieces of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the implementation of the International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition (ICD‐10). The implications for addiction care in the United States are substantial. This editorial discusses opportunities and challenges presented by these major changes to medicine and addiction specialty care. (Am J Addict 2014;23:429–430)