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Is Health Reform Fiscally Responsible?
Editor’s note: On April 10, Charles Blahous released a paper on the fiscal consequences of the Affordable Care Act. Below Len Nichols responds to the arguments Blahous raised in the April 10 paper and offers his own views on the ACA’s fiscal...
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Fri, Apr 20 2012 12:58 PM
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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...
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Congratulations … And Now The Real Work On ACOs Begins
On Tuesday April 10, CMS announced 27 ACOs had begun operating under the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), joining the 32 Pioneer ACOs announced in December and the 6 physician group practice (PGP) sites that converted to being ACOs. Another 150...
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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...
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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...
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Mon, Apr 09 2012 12:01 PM
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Urologists’ Self-Referral Led To Higher Utilization And Worse Results: Jean Mitchell Responds
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...
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Mon, Apr 30 2012 12:32 PM
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Investing In Population Health: A Roadmap For The Future
The U.S. public health system, like its health care system cousin, is a patchwork of services, programs and regulatory authorities that is neither designed for optimal performance nor funded for sustainability and success. Those are the findings of a...
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Thu, Apr 19 2012 1:00 PM
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A Masterful Health Wonk Review
At his blog Wright on Health, Brad Wright presents a “Masterful” edition of the Health Wonk Review. Celebrating the triumph of fellow University of Georgia grad Bubba Watson, Brad ties each health policy blog post to a hole on the famed course...
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Mon, Apr 16 2012 10:59 AM
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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...
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Tue, Apr 03 2012 11:02 AM
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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...
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Tue, Apr 10 2012 9:16 AM
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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...
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Mon, Apr 23 2012 9:54 AM
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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...
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Wed, Apr 25 2012 11:31 AM
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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...
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Fri, Apr 13 2012 8:11 AM
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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...
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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...
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