March 2012 - Health Affairs - The Network of Care

Timothy Jost On The Medicaid Coercion Debate: The Most Important Question Before The Court

Although the media and public have focused on the question of the constitutionality of the minimum coverage requirement, it is arguable that the most important question before the Court in the Affordable Care Act litigation is in fact the constitutionality...

Published Thu, Mar 29 2012 2:19 PM by Health Affairs Blog

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

Implementing Health Reform: A Final Rule On Health Insurance Exchanges

On March 12, 2012, the Department of Health and Human Services promulgated final regulations governing the establishment of the American Health Benefit Exchanges. The exchanges are at the heart of the Affordable Care Act strategy for making health insurance...

Published Tue, Mar 13 2012 11:02 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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

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

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

Health Policy Brief: The Prevention And Public Health Fund

The latest policy brief from Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation focuses on the Prevention and Public Health Fund created under the Affordable Care Act. The fund was originally authorized to spend $15 billion over its first ten years...

Published Thu, Mar 01 2012 9:42 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Prevention, Policy, Politics, Chronic Care, Spending, Obesity

Medicare Hospital Quality Reporting Brings Little Or No Mortality Improvement

Medicare’s seven-year public reporting initiative for hospitals, Hospital Compare, had no impact on reducing death rates for two key health conditions and just a modest effect on a third. That’s the conclusion of a just-released study that raises questions...

Published Tue, Mar 06 2012 4:35 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Medicare, Quality, Hospitals

How Fast Is Health IT Spreading And What Are The Benefits?

Adoption of health information technology (IT) throughout the health care system is “on the march,” according to Farzad Mostashari, the national coordinator for health IT. Nearly 2,000 US hospitals and more than 41,000 doctors have now met the standards...

Published Fri, Mar 09 2012 9:55 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Payment, Health IT, Health Care Costs, Spending, Quality

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

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

Wendy Mariner On The Supreme Court’s Individual Mandate Oral Argument: The Search For A Limiting Principle

The U.S. Supreme Court held oral arguments on Tuesday on the constitutionality of the minimum coverage provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). Not since the New Deal has the Supreme Court considered such a fundamental challenge...

Published Tue, Mar 27 2012 5:37 PM by Health Affairs Blog

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

William Sage On The Supreme Court ACA Arguments Day Two: Where No Law Has Gone Before?

The much-anticipated argument over the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act’s insurance centerpiece, the minimum coverage requirement or “individual mandate,” took place Tuesday morning. It was an entertaining but messy affair, with several individuals...

Published Wed, Mar 28 2012 5:06 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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

Timothy Jost: The Arguments Over Severability Of The Minimum Coverage Requirement

The central issue in the Supreme Court Affordable Care Act (ACA) litigation is the constitutionality of the minimum coverage requirement (individual mandate). If the Court decides that the requirement is unconstitutional, it must next decide how much...

Published Thu, Mar 29 2012 8:07 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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

Wendy Mariner On Severability: Laser Surgery, Friends & Family, Or Blow It Up?

If the Supreme Court finds the individual mandate unconstitutional, will it strike down (sever) that provision alone, additional provisions regulating insurance, or the entire Affordable Care Act (ACA)? That was the question before the U.S. Supreme Court...

Published Fri, Mar 30 2012 8:43 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Politics, Insurance, States, Health Law

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