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Implementing Health Reform: A Summer Lull
The late summer doldrums and the impending election seem to have dampened federal Affordable Care Act regulatory activities. In late August, HHS announced additional funding for consumer assistance, exchange establishment, and COOP grants. HHS has also...
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Fri, Aug 31 2012 2:20 PM
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Health Policy Brief: Risk Adjustment In Health Insurance
A new Health Policy Brief from Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation looks at so-called risk adjustment—an approach that will be needed in insurance exchanges scheduled to open in 2014. When the exchanges created under the Affordable Care...
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Fri, Aug 31 2012 12:44 PM
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More Avoidable Deaths In The US Than In Three European Countries
Amenable mortality—deaths that could have been avoided with timely and appropriate health care—accounts for 21 percent of deaths among men and 30 percent among women under the age of 75 in several high-income countries. A Health Affairs Web First study...
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Thu, Aug 30 2012 8:33 AM
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Expanding Medicaid: The Smart Decision For Maryland
Editor’s note: The post below explains why Maryland has chosen to implement the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion. Watch Health Affairs Blog for an upcoming post explaining why South Carolina has decided not to implement the expansion...
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Wed, Aug 29 2012 12:03 PM
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Seizing The Opportunity To Improve Medication Adherence
Medication use vividly illustrates the paradox of overuse, underuse, and misuse of health care in America. While a growing segment of the population overuses certain medicines — including opioids, central nervous system depressants, and stimulants...
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Tue, Aug 28 2012 10:43 AM
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‘Health In All Policies’ At The Department Of Housing And Urban Development
An August 22 Health Affairs Web First traces the evolution of the health policies of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) from the Johnson administration to the Obama administration. The article, by Raphael Bostic of the University...
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Mon, Aug 27 2012 10:04 AM
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The Stage 2 Meaningful Use Of EHRs Final Rules: Still No Surprises But Important Steps Forward
Six months to the day after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the “preliminary rules” for Meaningful Use, the final rules are in. For clinicians and policymakers who want to see Electronic Health Records (EHRs) play a key role...
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Fri, Aug 24 2012 11:03 AM
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Cost And Quality Concerns, Policy Changes Lead To Innovation, Collaboration — And Accountable Care
Health care in the United States is changing at a pace not seen since the launch of Medicare. The changes are largely a response to runaway medical costs in our health care delivery system. Our nation spends nearly twice as much per person on health care...
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Fri, Aug 24 2012 9:24 AM
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Health Care: An Alternate Economic Universe
In July, 2012, the US economy produced roughly the same volume of goods and services as it did five years earlier with five million fewer workers. Yet, during the first four years of the recession (May, 2007 to May 2011), the US health system, despite...
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Thu, Aug 23 2012 12:09 PM
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Health Affairs Briefing: Payment Reform To Achieve Better Health Care
On Friday, September 7, Health Affairs will hold a briefing to unveil its September 2012 issue, “Payment Reform To Achieve Better Health Care.” The volume contains a thorough examination of the present state of and future challenges for payment...
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Wed, Aug 22 2012 10:48 AM
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Narrative Matters: ‘If Only I’d Known Then What I Know Now’
Patent registries collect data for the scientific assessment of patient outcomes for particular conditions, devices, and treatment protocols. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is currently developing a catalog of all such registries around...
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Tue, Aug 21 2012 11:35 AM
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A Brainy Health Wonk Review
Jaan Sidorov has “A Brainy Health Wonk Review on Health Reform, the Affordable Care Act and Lots More!” over at Disease Management Care Blog. Check out Jaan’s collection of great health policy blogging, including a Health Affairs Blog...
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Mon, Aug 20 2012 9:10 AM
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Health Policy Briefs: Graduate Medical Education, Fraud And Abuse
A new Health Policy Brief from Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation analyzes the debate over financing of graduate medical education (GME). In the United States, approximately 115,000 medical school graduates are being trained each year...
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Fri, Aug 17 2012 10:14 AM
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Bring Medicare Into The Twenty-First Century
Twentieth Century Medicare. Medicare, the federal medical and hospital insurance program for seniors and disabled, reflects the popular understanding of medical care 50 years ago: primarily treatment by doctors of acute episodes such as pneumonia. Medicare...
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Thu, Aug 16 2012 11:40 AM
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Retail Clinic Visits Increased Four-Fold Between 2007 And 2009
Since they began in 2000, retail clinics have become a regular fixture in many American pharmacies, supermarkets, and shopping malls. Although some professional medical organizations have spoken out against them, consumers have appreciated the convenience...
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Thu, Aug 16 2012 9:30 AM
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