Appendix A: U.S Health Care Timeline
Use the following timeline or create a timeline of your own with eight major events, including the four provided below, from the last 50 years. You may change the dates in the box to match the dates of your events. Include the following in your timeline:
Medicare and Medicaid
HIPAA of 1996
State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)
Prospective Payment System (PPS)
1960
Prospective payment system was introduced in the 1960's and its main objection was to have an affective way to collect payments from programs such as medical.
1965
Medicare has been around for years and it was introduced to the public in 1965. This is a coverage for elderly s that are 65 and older, disabled people and people with the end stage renal disease. Medicare is a program that protects everyone by spreading the financial risk across society. Medicare has defined benefit for enrollees.
1966
The HIPPA Act was created in 1966 and has continuity of health care for people who change from jobs.
It also helps with the distribution of health information more like a privacy thing. Making sure the information was comprehended was one of its main focus. Getting the correct information to the patient.
1973
The HMO act of 1973 was introduce under the Nixon administration. The was the groundwork for managed care because federal support was promoted to them even thought there was prepaid group health plans.
1977
1977 was the introducing of the HCFA, this was Health Care Financing Administration and the job was to help with the Medicare and Medicaid programs
1997
The State Children Health Insurance Program was introduced in 1997, and the mission was to make health care affordable to children who would not people able to afford coverage. The way the program work was because it would supplement parents with modest incomes that could not qualify for Medicaid.
2003
HIAA is a organization that was created