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Health Law and Regulations Paper
Jennifer Mitchell
HCS 545
August 3, 2015
Linda Hagler-Reid

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Health Law and Regulations Paper
Health care regulatory agencies have to monitor health care organizations, facilities, as
well as practitioners. Regulatory agencies must also promote safety that ensures legal
compliance within the health care industry. The state, Federal, and local regulatory agencies are
the main establishers of the health care industry rules and regulations. These agencies are
mandated to oversee the proper operations of the health care organizations. There are also many
private agencies, such as those that can provide accreditation to facilities; these agencies only
have voluntary participation within the organization. These private agencies are considered just
as important as the mandatory overseers because they can provide certifications and rankings
based on the quality of care that the patients receive while at the facility.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has the responsibility to oversee the drugs,
medical devices, vaccinations, and also establishes the rules for testing clinical trials and
approval of medical treatments. The Center for Medicaid and Medicare (CMS) works with the
health care providers to ensure that quality, cost-effective, efficient care is being provided to the
elderly, disabled, and low income patients. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA) establishes and monitors the safety regulations as it pertains to the employees and
workers.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the newest law in America for health care reform.
There are many rules and regulations as it pertains to this new health care act. The ACA is a very
complex piece of legislation in the attempt to reform the health care system. New benefits, tax
breaks, funding, and education have been reformed due to this health care reform law. All
Americans that has health insurance will gain the benefit of the new rights and protection that
will ensure their proper medical treatment when they are in need. This ACA law has been spread
equally to all of those that are insured in the effort to end health care discrimination

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(obamacarefacts.com). The analyses of the ACA success are to reduce the number of uninsured
Americans. The Medicaid provisions of the law are likely to prove to be as important as its
private insurance-market programs (Hamel & Collins, 2014).