Introduction: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was implemented to guarantee financial coverage for health care for all Americans. The implementation of ACA is likely to influence the insurance status of Americans and reimbursement rates of trauma centers. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of ACA on the patient insurance status, hospital reimbursements and clinical outcomes at a Level I trauma center. We hypothesized that there would be a significant decrease in the proportion of uninsured trauma patients visiting our level I trauma center following the ACA and this is associated with improved reimbursement. Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of the trauma registry and financial database at our level I trauma center for a 27-month (July 2012- September 2014) period by quarters. Our outcome measures were: change in insurance status, hospital reimbursement rates (Total Payments/Expected Payments), and clinical outcomes pre and post-ACA (March 31, 2014). Trend analysis was performed to assess trends in outcomes over each quarter (3 months). Results: A total of 9,892 patients were included in the study. The overall uninsured rate during the study period was 20.3%. Post-ACA period was associated with significantly lower uninsured rate (p
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