August 2012 - Health Affairs - The Network of Care

Reflections On AIDS 2012

Editor’s note: The current issue of Health Affairs is a thematic volume focusing on the President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Last week’s 19th International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C. convened 25,000 scholars, activists...

Published Wed, Aug 01 2012 5:30 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Public Health, Prevention, Policy, Chronic Care, Spending, Access, Bioethics, Global Health, Disparities, AIDS, Research

The Debate Over ‘Re-Identification’ Of Health Information: What Do We Risk?

Dateline: May 18, 1996 – The collapse and attack. Massachusetts Governor William Weld wasn’t feeling well under his commencement cap and gown. He was to about receive an honorary doctorate from Bentley College and give their keynote graduation address...

Published Fri, Aug 10 2012 11:09 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Policy, Health IT, Health Care Costs, Quality, Research

Looking Forward To An Improved Health Care System

Now that the Affordable Care Act has been upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, we must build on the progress that has been made to further improve our health care system. The American Medical Association is committed to making the system work better for...

Published Tue, Aug 14 2012 10:02 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Malpractice Liability Reform, Payment, Physicians, Medicare, Coverage

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...

Published Fri, Aug 24 2012 11:03 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Payment, Physicians, Health IT, Medicare, Quality, Hospitals, Medicaid

Misguided Genetic Exceptionalism

While society should be careful about its uses of genetic testing and its efforts to modify the genome, some people overreact when dealing with DNA. Consider two recent examples reported in the media. A genetic cancer test. In a fascinating series on...

Published Fri, Aug 03 2012 8:46 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Public Health, Prevention, Physicians, Bioethics, Global Health, Biotech, Science and Health, Research

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...

Published Wed, Aug 29 2012 12:03 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Health Reform, Insurance, States, Spending, Coverage, Hospitals, Medicaid

Do You Really Mean Health Expenditures?

Using the term health expenditures yields a narrow and seriously misleading view of what it will really cost to improve population health. I’ve been worried about this for some time, but most recently while reading the excellent and important new report...

Published Tue, Aug 07 2012 8:49 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Nonmedical Determinants, Public Health, Policy, Spending, Comparative Effectiveness, Research

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...

Published Mon, Aug 20 2012 9:10 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Blog

Comment Period Open For PCORI’s Draft Report On Comparative Effectiveness Research Methodology

The public may comment on the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute’s draft methodology report. As many readers know, PCORI is a public-private entity created in the Affordable Care Act to fund and set priorities for comparative effectiveness...

Published Thu, Aug 09 2012 10:57 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Policy, Comparative Effectiveness

The Release Of Massachusetts Health Reform 2.0

After a two-year gestation period for its payment reform and cost control bill, the Massachusetts legislature finally delivered…an exoskeleton. Time will tell whether the law will be transformed through the magic of implementation genetic engineering...

Published Mon, Aug 13 2012 12:07 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Public Health, Prevention, Policy, Politics, Health Care Costs, States, Spending, Competition

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...

Published Thu, Aug 23 2012 12:09 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Payment, Physicians, Health Care Costs, Spending, Workforce, Hospitals, Nurses

The Big Shortage: Rethinking The Need For More Primary Care Doctors

Editor’s note: For more on ways that the traditional primary care model could be rethought, see the Health Affairs May 2010 thematic issue “Reinventing Primary Care.” Although primary care is regarded as the backbone of the healthcare...

Published Thu, Aug 02 2012 10:06 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Policy, Payment, Physicians, Primary Care, Workforce, Access, Nurses

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...

Published Tue, Aug 28 2012 10:43 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Payment, Health IT, Health Care Costs, Medicare, Pharma, Quality

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...

Published Fri, Aug 31 2012 2:20 PM by Health Affairs Blog

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

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