July 2010 - Health Affairs - The Network of Care

Wonk Review Features Reinhardt On Insurers And Cost Control

Over at the Workers’ Comp Insider, Julie Ferguson presents some of the best examples of recent health policy blogging in the latest edition of the Health Wonk Review. Among the posts included is Uwe Reinhardt’s Health Affairs Blog post asking...

Published Fri, Jul 23 2010 6:09 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Blog, Insurance, Spending, Competition, Quality

Health Policy Brief: Extra Federal Medicaid Support

As the annual August congressional recess approaches, one of the issues still to be resolved is whether to extend into the first six months of 2011 a temporary increase in federal contributions to states for Medicaid funding. This provision was enacted...

Published Fri, Jul 16 2010 6:48 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Politics, States, Medicaid

Calculating Caring

The small waiting room was packed with young mothers holding teary-eyed toddlers, older folks with resting tremors and oxygen tanks, and an obese man just stepping in from a smoke. I’m a family physician about to share my afternoon with each of them,...

Published Wed, Jul 21 2010 3:07 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Physicians, Primary Care, Coverage, Personal Experience

Debating The Lessons Of Massachusetts

What does the Massachusetts experience tell us about the prospects for success of national health reform? That’s the subject of an ongoing debate that relies heavily on research published in Health Affairs by Urban Institute researchers. The pessimistic...

Published Mon, Jul 19 2010 1:10 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Politics, States, Spending, Access

Partners HealthCare Applauds EHR Meaningful Use Regs

Partners HealthCare’s clinical and information system leaders are still poring over and absorbing the details of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) program for Meaningful Use of certified interoperable electronic health record technology...

Published Fri, Jul 23 2010 5:25 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health IT, Hospitals

Implementing Health Reform: Pre-Existing Condition Coverage

Editor’s Note: Earlier posts by Timothy Jost provide analyses of regulations implementing provisions of the new health reform legislation governing appeals of coverage denials, coverage for preventive services, a patient bill of rights, grandfathered...

Published Fri, Jul 30 2010 12:07 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Insurance, Spending, Coverage, Health Law

Viable — And Reliable — Alternatives To Colonoscopies

According to the American College of Gastroenterology, colorectal cancer is currently the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. The colonoscopy is considered the “gold standard” for colon cancer detection. However, a new Health...

Published Thu, Jul 29 2010 5:57 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Public Health, Consumers, Health Care Costs, Spending, Quality, Effectiveness

Implementing Health Reform: The Appeals Process

Editor’s Note: Earlier posts by Timothy Jost provide analyses of regulations implementing provisions of the new health reform legislation governing coverage for preventive services, a patient bill of rights, grandfathered plans, tax exempt hospitals,...

Published Sun, Jul 25 2010 5:12 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Insurance, Coverage, Health Law

July Health Affairs: The Impact Of Health Reform

The new health reform law charges the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) with testing new payment and delivery models intended to improve health outcomes and restrain costs. But as the July issue of Health Affairs, published yesterday...

Published Thu, Jul 08 2010 8:54 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Politics, Payment, Health IT, Chronic Care, Medicare, Coverage, Medicaid, Children, Technology

Changing The Name — But Not The Political Game

Editor’s Note: Yesterday, the Obama administration announced interim final regulations governing the temporary Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Below, Thomas Miller and James Capretta...

Published Fri, Jul 30 2010 5:59 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Politics, Insurance, Spending, Coverage, Health Law

End-Of-Life Savings: The ‘Fool’s Gold’ Of Reform?

Just over 1 in 4 dollars spent by the Medicare program last year was spent on someone who was in their last year of their life. This is nothing new–the basic proportion has not changed since it was first noted in the 1970s. Other nations that spend...

Published Wed, Jul 28 2010 1:12 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Payment, Health Care Costs, Spending, Medicare, Quality, End-of-Life Care, Effectiveness

The Fight Against HIV/AIDS: Becoming More Efficient

The International AIDS Conference is currently taking place in Vienna. One of the major themes of the conference, voiced by such notables as Bill Gates and Bill Clinton, is the need for the fight against HIV/AIDS to become more efficient. In the face...

Published Tue, Jul 20 2010 2:21 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Global Health, AIDS

Humanitarian Assistance: Turning Commitment And Competence Into Professionalism

Until recently, much of the humanitarian response to disasters from the volunteer sector could be characterized as committed and compassionate – and competent as well, if sometimes just barely. From the South Asian tsunami of 2004, to the devastating...

Published Mon, Jul 26 2010 9:17 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Workforce, Global Health

Implementing Health Reform: Preventive Services

Editor’s Note: Earlier posts by Timothy Jost provide analyses of regulations implementing provisions of the new health reform legislation governing a patient bill of rights, grandfathered plans, tax exempt hospitals, the small employer tax credit, the...

Published Thu, Jul 15 2010 8:48 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Prevention, Insurance, Health Care Costs, Coverage, Access

Health Policy Brief: Accountable Care Organizations

Americans will soon be hearing more about a new type of entity: accountable care organizations. That’s because the health care reform legislation enacted earlier this year authorizes Medicare to contract with accountable care organizations, or ACOs, to...

Published Tue, Jul 27 2010 12:54 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Health Reform, Payment, Physicians, Hospitals, Health Law

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