June 2012 - Health Affairs - The Network of Care

A New Tool To Track The Progress Of The Health Care System

Editor’s note: In addition to Sherry Glied, the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) at HHS, (photo and linked bio above), this post is coauthored by Erin Miller, a Public Health Analyst and Special Assistant to the ASPE, and Julia...

Published Fri, Jun 01 2012 9:42 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Public Health, Policy, Health Care Costs, Workforce, Quality, Disparities, Research

New Health Affairs Focuses On Americans Covered By Both Medicare And Medicaid

Research and analysis in the newly released June 2012 issue of Health Affairs, supported by a grant from The SCAN Foundation, emphasizes the need to develop new ways of paying for and providing care for the roughly 9 million Americans who are eligible...

Published Tue, Jun 05 2012 12:37 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Health Care Costs, Spending, Medicare, Quality, Medicaid, End-of-Life Care, Aging, Disabilities

Evidence-Based Policymaking In A Polarized Environment: Can The IPAB Bridge The Gap?

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) establishes the executive-appointed 15-member Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). The IPAB is an expert body charged with trimming Medicare costs and improving the quality of health care. Board...

Published Fri, Jun 15 2012 8:55 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Politics, Public Opinion, Spending, Medicare, Access, Research

The EHR Has No Clothes

Having been a serious computer geek in an earlier phase of my life, I always thought that having an electronic medical record (a.k.a. an electronic health record or EHR) would be a wonderful thing. I could access data from anywhere with no lost charts;...

Published Wed, Jun 20 2012 9:59 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Physicians, Health IT, Health Care Costs, Medicare, Quality, Hospitals, Medicaid

What The Supreme Court’s ACA Ruling Will Mean For Providers

The constitutional waiting game is finally over. Nearly three months to the day after the historic hearings on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Supreme Court has upheld the vast majority of the law’s provisions...

Published Thu, Jun 28 2012 2:16 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Politics, Payment, Chronic Care, Health Care Costs, States, Medicare, Quality, Hospitals, Medicaid, Health Law, Aging

Preserving The Republic: Justice Roberts’ Affordable Care Act Opinion

Chief Justice John Roberts did right by America. Thursday’s ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the law’s minimum coverage provision and allowed the Affordable Care Act to move forward. Health reform is often simpler than...

Published Sat, Jun 30 2012 12:12 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Nonmedical Determinants, Prevention, Public Opinion, Health Care Costs, States, Quality, Medicaid, Health Law

Little-Noted Provision On Agents And Brokers Could Mean Big Changes For Exchanges

There has been little attention paid to a game-changing decision by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in its March 2012 health insurance exchange final rule. Yet, this small addition has the potential to drive big changes in the exchange...

Published Fri, Jun 08 2012 8:38 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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

The Health Care Transparency Ecosystem: Challenges Adapting To The Sunshine Act

New “Sunshine Provisions” in the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act add federal requirements to a variety of obligations under state laws that regulate drug and device manufacturers’ marketing to healthcare providers....

Published Wed, Jun 13 2012 7:33 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Policy, Payment, Physicians, Pharma

PROMises, PROMises: Finally, Quality We Really Care About

Patient-centered care and patient engagement have become central to the vision of a high value health delivery system. The delivery system is evolving from a fee-for-service transactional payment model to a value-based purchasing model using outcome data...

Published Mon, Jun 25 2012 12:14 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Payment, Health IT, Quality, Technology, Research

How Hospitals Can Help Get Out The Vote

As I write this, the Supreme Court has yet to reveal its decision about the Affordable Care Act. Regardless of what they decide, we can be certain of one thing. This November, the ability of Americans to get the facts they need to make informed choices...

Published Wed, Jun 27 2012 10:25 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Nonmedical Determinants, Public Health, Consumers, Politics, Physicians, Hospitals

The Supreme Court On The Affordable Care Act: What We Are Waiting For

With the U.S. Supreme Court poised to rule on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) it is worth reminding ourselves of what, exactly, we have been waiting for. We await a judicial opinion that could deliver a decisive blow to all or part of a massive piece of...

Published Fri, Jun 01 2012 11:45 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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

Choosing Wisely: Doctors Want To Do The Right Thing

Getting physicians and patients talking about whether tests are necessary is a small but important first step in addressing what is wrong with our current health care system. Issues such as how we pay for care, how we organize our delivery systems, and...

Published Wed, Jun 06 2012 11:37 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Physicians, Health Care Costs, Spending, Quality, Effectiveness

It’s Too Late To Turn Back: A Transformation To Wellcare Is Underway

As pundits and politicians ruminate on the impact of the looming Supreme Court’s decision on the Affordable Care Act, there is one incontrovertible and uncontroversial message for the country. Our commitment to wellness and health, rather than simply...

Published Mon, Jun 18 2012 5:51 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Public Health, Prevention, Policy, Chronic Care, Health Care Costs, Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Spending, Obesity

Bundled Payments: Toward A Challenging Yet Better Place

‘But I don’t want to go among mad people,’ Alice remarked. ‘Oh, you can’t help that,’ said the Cat. ‘We’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.’ ‘How do you know I’m mad?’ said Alice. ‘You must be,”...

Published Fri, Jun 01 2012 5:59 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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

The Supreme Court’s Medicaid Ruling: ‘A Shift In Kind, Not Merely Degree’

This is a day to think about the Constitutional, rather than the practical, implications of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Nonetheless, the hallmark of the remarkable decision handed down today is the degree to which it navigates multiple...

Published Thu, Jun 28 2012 4:09 PM by Health Affairs Blog

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

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