April 2012 - Health Affairs - The Network of Care

Health Affairs Briefing: Value In Cancer Care

On Thursday, April 12, Health Affairs will hold a briefing to unveil its April 2012 issue, “Issues In Cancer Care: Value, Costs & Quality.” The volume explores a range of cancer-related topics, with the centerpiece a cluster of articles on assessing...

Published Tue, Apr 03 2012 11:02 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Prevention, Policy, Payment, Medicare, End-of-Life Care, Effectiveness

Health Affairs Now On iPad

Now you can explore the intersection of health, health care, and policy with Health Affairs on iPad. Download Health Affairs’ new mobile application for iPad to tap into a full interactive experience with Health Affairs content, including: Free...

Published Wed, Apr 04 2012 11:43 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Blog, Policy

New Health Affairs: On Cancer Care, U.S. Spends More And Gets More

The United States spends more on cancer care than European countries. However, a study published in the newly released April issue of Health Affairs suggests that investment also generates a greater “value” for US patients, who typically live nearly two...

Published Tue, Apr 10 2012 9:16 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Payment, Spending, Pharma, Technology, End-of-Life Care, Effectiveness

Bending The Health Care Cost Curve: More Than Meets The Eye?

During the past months, a number of important articles have appeared in the healthcare literature on the subject of the recent slowing of health-spending growth in the U.S. In an article in January’s Health Affairs, economists at the Centers for Medicare...

Published Fri, Apr 13 2012 8:11 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Physicians, States, Spending, Pharma, Hospitals

Blahous Responds To Van de Water And Nichols: The Fiscal Consequences Of The ACA

On April 10, Charles Blahous released a paper on the fiscal consequences of the Affordable Care Act. On Friday, Health Affairs Blog offered a condensed and modified version of that paper, along with responses to the April 10 paper from Paul Van de Water...

Published Tue, Apr 24 2012 10:44 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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

Implementing Health Reform: Amidst Turbulence, Federal Work Goes On

The Supreme Court continues to mull the fate of the Affordable Care Act. The House of Representatives continues to push budget bills that would defund ACA programs. Many state legislatures have adjourned for the year without taking significant action...

Published Fri, Apr 27 2012 10:35 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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

Learning From Amy Berman: Barriers To Palliative Care And How We Might Overcome Them

Editor’s note: You can hear Amy Berman discuss her April Health Affairs Narrative Matters essay at the recent release event for the April issue. You can also join Amy tomorrow (May 1) at noon for live online chat hosted by the Washington Post, which...

Published Mon, Apr 30 2012 2:02 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Physicians, Quality, Hospitals, Personal Experience, End-of-Life Care

The Ryan Plan And The Medicare Debate: The Crucial Questions

While Representative Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) most recent Medicare premium support proposal will be hotly debated during this charged political season, the more durable issue is what it means for the real debate on Medicare that looms after the election. Regardless...

Published Wed, Apr 18 2012 11:25 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Policy, Politics, Health Care Costs, Spending, Medicare, Competition, Quality

Yes, Health Reform Strengthens Medicare And Reduces The Deficit

Editor’s note: On April 10, Charles Blahous released a paper on the fiscal consequences of the Affordable Care Act. Below Paul Van de Water responds to the arguments Blahous raised in the April 10 paper and offers his own views on the ACA’s...

Published Fri, Apr 20 2012 12:53 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Spending, Medicare

The Latest Wonk Review: From The Supreme Court To ‘Mad Men’

Over at the Health Business Blog, David Williams presents a great collection of health policy blogging in the most recent edition of the Health Wonk Review. The posts included range from discussions of last week’s Supreme Court arguments to historical...

Published Tue, Apr 03 2012 1:54 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Health Reform, Blog, Health Law

Public Reporting Of Health Care Quality: Principles For Moving Forward

Several papers in the March issue of Health Affairs expose some of the challenges with reporting information about health care quality to the public, including the shortcomings of hospital reporting, the importance of framing quality information in ways...

Published Mon, Apr 09 2012 12:01 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Policy, Payment, Health IT, Quality, Patient Safety, Effectiveness

Medicare ACOs: The Integration Of Financial And Clinical Integration

Back in 1996, the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice, in providing antitrust guidance for multi-provider networks, considered financial integration and clinical integration as separate pathways for such networks to avoid per se violations...

Published Wed, Apr 11 2012 10:49 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Physicians, Health Care Costs, Medicare, Competition, Quality, Health Law

Improving Care For The ‘Dual Eligibles’

There are nearly nine million people in the United States who receive both Medicare and Medicaid benefits. Recent cost estimates show that this group, known as dual eligibles, accounts for a disproportionate share of spending in both programs. Although...

Published Mon, Apr 23 2012 9:54 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Spending, Medicare, Quality, Medicaid

Hospitals, Practice Administrators and Clinicians: You Gotta Learn to Love Patient Ratings

You are increasingly being held accountable for the outcomes of the health care you deliver. Pay for performance; shared savings in ACOs; public report cards…the list of strategies to monitor and measure the effects of your efforts is lengthening. Many...

Published Wed, Apr 25 2012 11:31 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Payment, Physicians, Quality, Hospitals, Personal Experience

Evidence, Not Finances, Drives Urologists’ Care: A Critique Of Jean Mitchell’s Article

Editor’s note: In the April issue of Health Affairs, Jean Mitchell reported that “self-referring” urologists, who billed Medicare for both prostate biopsies and the associated surgical pathology services, charged Medicare for more specimens per...

Published Mon, Apr 30 2012 12:29 PM by Health Affairs Blog

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

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