The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of March 2010 (PPACA) Section 1561 will, when fully activated by 2014, extend affordable health care to an estimated 32 million more people. Which of the following is not a financial impact of the Act?
A)A need for increased supplies
B)The need to hire more staff
C)The need to monitor patient outcomes
D)The need to hire additional health information technology (HIT) coordinators

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Monitoring patient outcomes, while important for quality of care and potentially influenced by the Act, is not directly a financial impact in the same way as the need for increased supplies, hiring more staff, or hiring additional HIT coordinators, which directly involve increased costs.