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The Challenges Of Payment Reform And Administrative Simplification
As both a Canadian and an analyst who focuses on US healthcare, I have an abiding curiosity in comparisons between the US and Canadian systems, so it was with great interest that I read the recent Health Affairs article by Dante Morra and coauthors entitled...
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Wed, Aug 31 2011 9:57 AM
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Where To For Hospice?
A column by New York Times columnist David Brooks titled “Death and Budgets,” read in combination with a recent report from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Medicare Hospices that Focus on...
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Tue, Aug 30 2011 11:02 AM
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ACO 101: The Basics Of Accountable Care
Regarding the subject of “health care reform” during the past year, it is certain that more has been written about, more conferences have been devoted to, and more consultants have been engaged for the topic of “accountable care organizations” (ACOs)...
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Mon, Aug 29 2011 11:51 AM
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The Cost Of Medicare: You Get What You Pay For
In the battle over bending the cost curve in Medicare, a recent article in Health Affairs should set off alarms. In it, Francis Lukas and colleagues describe the proliferation of new cardiac surgery programs—300 in 10 years–at exactly the same time...
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Fri, Aug 26 2011 9:11 AM
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Risk-Shifting In Health Care And Its Implications: Part Two
Yesterday, in the first installment of a two-part Health Affairs Blog post, Troyen Brennan and Thomas Lee discussed the shifting of risk they see taking place in the health care system, from insurers and employers to provider and patients. In part two...
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Thu, Aug 25 2011 11:02 AM
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Medicare’s Looming Risk Transfer
Editor’s Note: Below, Jaan Sidorov analyzes the risk-shifting inherent in proposals for Medicare reform. Today, Health Affairs Blog is also publishing the first installment of a two-part post by Troyen Brennan and Thomas Lee, which addresses risk...
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Wed, Aug 24 2011 8:53 AM
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Risk-Shifting In Health Care And Its Implications: Part One
Editor’s Note: Below, in the first installment of a two-part Health Affairs Blog post, Troyen Brennan and Thomas Lee discuss the shifting of risk they see taking place in the health care system, from insurers and employers to provider and patients...
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Wed, Aug 24 2011 8:50 AM
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Too Many Medicare Advantage Choices Can Decrease Enrollment
A new Health Affairs Web First study finds that increased choice among Medicare Advantage plans leads to increased enrollment in the program among elderly Americans, but only when beneficiaries are choosing among 15 or fewer plans. When Medicare beneficiaries...
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Fri, Aug 19 2011 7:20 AM
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Implementing Health Reform: Informing Consumers
One of the most important innovations of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is that it dramatically increases and improves the information that consumers have available about health insurance and health care. HHS has already implemented provisions of the ACA...
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Thu, Aug 18 2011 7:49 AM
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Narrative Matters: Eleanor Clift On Her Husband’s Death And End-Of-Life Issues
In the newest Health Affairs Narrative Matters essay, prominent journalist Eleanor Clift writes about her husband Tom Brazaitis and his death from metastatic cancer at age 64. Clift describes the multiple ways in which she and her husband benefited from...
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Wed, Aug 17 2011 11:19 AM
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The Legal Battle Over Health Reform: Analyzing The 11th Circuit Opinions
Editor’s Note: Below, William Sage analyzes Friday’s federal appellate court decision regarding the Affordable Care Act. See Timothy Jost’s earlier post for more on this decision. On August 12, a divided three-judge panel of the US Court...
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Tue, Aug 16 2011 12:40 PM
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Appellate Court: Individual Mandate Falls But Rest Of Affordable Care Act Survives
Editor’s Note: Below, Tim Jost analyzes Friday’s appellate decision regarding the Affordable Care Act. Watch for more coverage of this decision and its significance on Health Affairs Blog. One August 12, 2011, in a case brought by 26 states...
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Mon, Aug 15 2011 11:20 AM
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Implementing Health Reform: Medicaid And Exchange Eligibility Determinations
On August 12, 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services issued two notices of proposed rulemaking (NPRMs) in its ongoing efforts to implement the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The first addresses eligibility for Medicaid and the Children’s...
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Sat, Aug 13 2011 4:44 PM
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Implementing Health Reform: Premium Tax Credits
On August 12, the Departments of Health and Human Services and Treasury (Internal Revenue Service) issued three notices of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) as part of their continuing effort to implement the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The proposed rules will...
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Sat, Aug 13 2011 10:57 AM
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The Coming Transformation Of Public Addiction Treatment
Provisions of the Affordable Care Act and other recent legislative changes will transform public substance abuse treatment in the United States, substantially increasing the funding, expanding access to care, and better integrating it with other health...
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Fri, Aug 12 2011 9:10 AM
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