February 2010 - Health Affairs - The Network of Care

Chronic Conditions Now Drive Medicare Spending Increases

An article published yesterday by Health Affairs finds that the causes of Medicare spending growth have changed dramatically over the past two decades. Twenty years ago, most of the increases were due to inpatient hospital services, especially for heart...

Published Fri, Feb 19 2010 2:01 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Chronic Care, Spending, Medicare

The President’s Health Reform Proposal: Other Provisions

Editor’s Note: Timothy Jost, the author of the post below, analyzed the insurance and revenue provisions of the President’s Proposal for Health Care Reform in an earlier post. Public debate concerning the pending congressional health reform...

Published Mon, Feb 22 2010 2:10 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Politics, Medicare, Medicaid, Health Law, Aging

Informal Caregiving By And For Older Adults

Editor’s Note: For more on informal caregivers and related issues, see Bridging Troubled Waters: Family Caregivers, Transitions, And Long-Term Care and other articles in the January issue of Health Affairs, titled Advancing Long-Term Services &...

Published Tue, Feb 16 2010 9:17 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Aging, Long-Term Care

HA Blog Top 10 for January: Reform and Beyond

Here in DC we’re bracing for the storm of the century — snow storm, that is. What better time to catch up on some health policy reading? We list here the top 10 most-read posts from January on Health Affairs Blog. Topics cover health reform...

Published Fri, Feb 05 2010 6:26 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Blog, Policy, Politics, Spending, Cost, Aging, Long-Term Care

Building A Path To Integrated-Care Payment Systems

With health reform currently in limbo, one of the few areas that command bipartisan support is reforming provider payments to promote integrated-care delivery models such as accountable care organizations, episode-based payments, and medical homes, Paul...

Published Fri, Feb 12 2010 9:19 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Insurance, Payment, Health Care Costs, Medicare, Quality, Innovation

Health Care Summit: The Conclusion

Most of the last three hours of the summit was devoted to the effects of proposed legislation on the federal budget deficit (primarily on Medicare and Medicaid) and on expanding coverage. It seemed to me that the Democrats were stronger in the second...

Published Thu, Feb 25 2010 8:06 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Politics, Medicare, Coverage, Medicaid

Health Reform: The Need To Move Forward

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, Henry Aaron of the Brookings Institution addresses these questions. See also an earlier post...

Published Mon, Feb 01 2010 8:51 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Politics, Public Opinion, States

Health Affairs Briefing: Child Obesity – The Way Forward

“America is guilty of child abuse,” writes Health Affairs Editor-In-Chief Susan Dentzer in the March 2010 issue of the journal, devoted to combating child obesity. The issue examines the childhood obesity epidemic in the United States, analyzing causes...

Published Sun, Feb 21 2010 12:16 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Public Health, Prevention, Primary Care, Chronic Care, Children

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