January 2010 - Health Affairs - The Network of Care

Workplace Wellness Programs: The Real Issues

Editor’s Note: The post below responds to an earlier post by Jaan Sidorov, “Why Wellness Incentives Belong In The Workplace.” No one should doubt the importance of wellness and prevention in addressing the growing burden of chronic disease...

Published Thu, Jan 28 2010 1:07 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Prevention, Employer-Sponsored Insurance

Representative Camp: Where Does Health Reform Stand Now?

Speaking at a Health Affairs media breakfast this morning, Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI) did not offer much hope for the prospect of moving toward universal coverage, either now or in the foreseeable future. Camp, the senior Republican on the House Ways and Means...

Published Thu, Jan 21 2010 3:31 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Insurance, Medicare, Coverage

Abortion Coverage And Health Reform: Bringing Evidence To Bear

Editor’s Note: In addition to Kathryn Phillips and Daniel Grossman (pictures and bios above), coauthors of this article include Tracy Weitz, the Director of the Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) program and Assistant Professor...

Published Wed, Jan 13 2010 9:59 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Health Care Costs, Coverage, Health Law

Don’t Handicap The Reform: Protecting Integrated Care Systems

Congress is preparing to finalize a health care bill for both chambers to consider. The purpose of healthcare reform is to increase the number of insured, improve the level of health care and reduce health care spending. Although there are many disputes...

Published Fri, Jan 15 2010 9:41 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Insurance, Innovation

Recession Slowed Health Spending Growth, CMS Analysts Say In Health Affairs

Amid one of the worst economic recessions in recent history, U.S. health spending grew 4.4 percent in 2008, its slowest rate in nearly 50 years. However, overall health spending, which reached $2.3 trillion in 2008 — $7,681 per person — still...

Published Wed, Jan 06 2010 9:43 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Insurance, Physicians, Spending, Medicare, Hospitals, Medicaid

Health Reform After Massachusetts

In health care policy circles the acronym “PMPM” usually stands for “per member per month” – a measurement used to describe payments in a capitated system, or prescriptions used by members of a drug plan. However, after the victory...

Published Tue, Jan 26 2010 12:58 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Politics, Health IT, States

Rethinking Health Reform: The Need For A More Incremental Approach

Editor’s Note: In the aftermath of President Obama’s State of the Union address, what is the state of health reform? Where do we go from here? In the post below, Joseph Antos of the American Enterprise Institute addresses these questions....

Published Fri, Jan 29 2010 9:53 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform

Why Wellness Incentives Belong In The Workplace

The health care reform debate has stirred up strong sentiments on both sides of an important issue that, on its face, doesn’t seem all that complicated: Should employers that offer wellness and prevention programs offer employees monetary rewards for...

Published Tue, Jan 19 2010 8:54 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Prevention, Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Health Law

Can Value-Based Insurance Be Cost-Effective?

A Web First article published January 21 by Health Affairs reports new evidence that value-based insurance design (VBID) programs, in which patients pay little or no copayment fees for high value health care services, can break even, or even save money...

Published Fri, Jan 22 2010 3:06 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Insurance, Payment, Spending, Pharma

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