March 2012 - Health Affairs - The Network of Care

Sara Rosenbaum On Day One Of The SCOTUS Health Reform Arguments: What Was That Medicaid Discussion?

As has been widely reported, a sea of skepticism from all points on the Supreme Court’s ideological spectrum greeted arguments by Robert Long, who had been designated as the Court-appointed defender of the position that the Anti-Injunction Act (AIA),...

Published Mon, Mar 26 2012 8:36 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Medicaid, Health Law

The Supreme Court ACA Arguments: Timothy Jost On The Anti-Injunction Act

The first day of Supreme Court oral arguments on the Affordable Care Act focused on the Anti-Injunction Act (AIA). This statute, enacted in 1867, provides that “no suit for the purpose of restraining the assessment or collection of any tax shall...

Published Mon, Mar 26 2012 3:38 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Medicaid, Health Law

Health Policy Brief: Medicare Premium Support

A new Health Policy Brief from Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation examines an approach for restructuring Medicare known as premium support. The concept means that the federal government would make a predetermined annual payment on behalf...

Published Fri, Mar 23 2012 12:04 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Policy, Politics, Spending, Medicare, Competition

The Case For Delaying Implementation Of The ICD-10 Coding System

American health care has a love-hate relationship with the venerable International Classification of Diseases (ICD),” begins a commentary released yesterday as a Web First by Health Affairs. Since 1977 the United States has relied on the ICD, Ninth Revision...

Published Thu, Mar 22 2012 1:46 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Payment, Health IT

Paul Ryan’s Health Care Fantasy

Wisconsin Republican Paul Ryan is frequently hailed for his fiscal responsibility and political courage. After all, the Congressman has now put forward not one but two budget plans that offer “a blueprint for safeguarding America from the perils of debt...

Published Thu, Mar 22 2012 10:52 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Politics, States, Spending, Medicare, Coverage, Medicaid, Children

The Ryan Plan: The Cliffs Notes Version Of Republican Health Reform

For the second year in a row, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) has advanced a comprehensive budget plan that would restructure Medicare and Medicaid, repeal the big-spending portions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and ultimately resolve the fiscal crisis facing...

Published Wed, Mar 21 2012 1:08 PM by Health Affairs Blog

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

HA Entry Point Looks At Three ‘Sleeper’ Issues In ACA Legal Fight

Next week the Supreme Court will hold three days of oral arguments on legal challenges to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Public attention has been focused mostly on the dispute over the constitutionality of the law’s “individual mandate,”...

Published Tue, Mar 20 2012 12:18 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Health Reform, Medicaid, Health Law

Why Aren’t State Exchanges Embracing Prudent Purchasing Strategies?

In the design of health insurance exchanges, one key issue is whether exchanges will offer improved value to people buying insurance in the individual and small group markets. A lot depends on whether the exchanges act as prudent purchasers – making design...

Published Mon, Mar 19 2012 12:20 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Policy, Insurance, States, Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Competition

Implementing Health Reform: A Final Rule On Medicaid Eligibility

On March 16, 2012, the Center on Medicare and Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services released its final rule on eligibility changes for Medicaid that will take effect under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on January 1, 2014. A...

Published Sun, Mar 18 2012 2:28 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, States, Medicaid

Implementing Health Reform: Contraception And Student Health Plans

On March 16, 2012, the Department of Health and Human Services published a final rule regarding student health plans, an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking explaining how it intends to handle coverage of contraception services, and a notice regarding...

Published Sat, Mar 17 2012 5:50 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Prevention, Insurance, Health Law, Children

Implementing Health Reform: The Reinsurnace, Risk Adjustment, And Risk Corridor Final Rule

On March 16, 2012, the Department of Health and Human Services published a final rule on the implementation of the reinsurance, risk adjustment, and risk corridor programs which are to be put in place under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), effective January...

Published Fri, Mar 16 2012 6:48 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Policy, Insurance, Payment, States

A Saint Patrick’s Day Health Wonk Review

Tinker Ready offers a great Saint Patrick’s Day Health Wonk Review at — where else? — Boston Health News. Tinker provides a nice selection of health policy blogging, including a Health Affairs Blog post by Danny McCormick and colleagues...

Published Fri, Mar 16 2012 10:47 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Blog, Health IT

Health IT Meaningful Use Mission Creep

Mission creep is the expansion of a project or mission beyond its original goals, often after initial successes. Mission creep is usually considered undesirable due to the dangerous path of each success breeding more ambitious attempts, only stopping...

Published Fri, Mar 16 2012 7:54 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Politics, Payment, Health IT, Health Care Costs, Medicare, Patient Safety

Meaningful Use Of Health IT Stage 2: The Broader Meaning

On February 24, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) issued the proposed “stage 2” rules for the meaningful use of electronic health records. Stage 2 unequivocally...

Published Thu, Mar 15 2012 11:24 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Payment, Health IT, Quality, Innovation, Technology

The Toll Of Campus Drinking: $469,000 To $546,000 in ED Costs

According to four Harvard School of Public Health national surveys, 44 percent of all college students binge drink, and nearly 600,000 suffered injuries in 2001, many of them associated with alcohol-induced blackouts. A new study, released today as a...

Published Wed, Mar 14 2012 1:24 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Prevention, Spending, Substance Abuse

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