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Expert:

Dr. Matthew D. McHugh
Assistant Professor of Nursing
University of Pennsylvania

Credentials:

• Public-health-policy researcher with expertise in the Affordable Care Act, the impact of public-health law and policy on vulnerable populations and the effects of nurse staffing-patient ratios on patient care

• Nurse Faculty Scholar at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

• Source on the Affordable Care Act and the requirement that individuals maintain health coverage or face a tax penalty, the role of nurses in health-care reform, mandated nurse-patient ratios, the effects of nurse staffing and work environments on patient outcomes and hospital reimbursement and Medicare.