September 2012 - Health Affairs - The Network of Care

Payment Innovation Profiles Featured in Health Affairs September 2012 Issue

The newly released September 2012 issue of Health Affairs focuses on changing the way US health care is paid for to shift incentives away from fee-for-service medicine and produce better health and health care at lower cost. The issue, which was supported...

Published Tue, Sep 04 2012 1:05 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Insurance, Payment, Physicians, Health Care Costs, Medicare, Quality, Hospitals, Innovation

Reminder: Health Affairs Payment Reform Briefing Available Online

If you missed the Health Affairs briefing earlier this month on the journal's September payment reform issue, or you just want to relive the good times, the briefing is available on the Health Affairs website. You can view the entire briefing, or...

Published Wed, Sep 26 2012 2:00 PM by Health Affairs Blog

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

Harnessing The Promise Of Comparative Effectiveness Research

The Federal Government has made an unprecedented effort to publicly finance research on the effectiveness of medical treatments. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 established both the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute and...

Published Wed, Sep 12 2012 5:55 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Policy, Spending, Pharma, Comparative Effectiveness, Technology, Research

Offering Physicians A Grand Bargain

The newly released September issue of Health Affairs contains several thoughtful analyses and proposals about how to change our approach to paying physicians and hospitals. It comes at a time when Washington policymakers begin an annual ritual of Kabuki...

Published Wed, Sep 05 2012 7:34 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Payment, Physicians, Spending, Workforce, Quality

South Carolina’s View: The Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid Expansion Is The Wrong Approach

Editor’s note: See Maryland Medicaid director Charles Milligan’s earlier Health Affairs Blog post for a different view of the ACA’s Medicaid expansion. This year more than 1.1 million people will enroll in South Carolina Medicaid —...

Published Thu, Sep 06 2012 11:56 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Public Health, Policy, Payment, Health Care Costs, States, Spending, Disparities, Medicaid

State Perspectives On Building Information Technology For Health Reform

Note: This blog summarizes key findings from a report by the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) Study Panel on Health Insurance Exchanges and the Center for Health Policy and Research at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. The report...

Published Tue, Sep 18 2012 8:29 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Politics, Insurance, Health IT, States, Medicaid, Children, Innovation, Technology

Health Policy Brief: Improving Care Transitions

The latest Health Policy Brief from Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation looks at efforts to improve care transitions. These are the movements that patients make among health care providers and settings as their needs change during the...

Published Fri, Sep 21 2012 8:58 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Policy, Payment, Physicians, Medicare, Quality, Hospitals, Patient Safety

Behind The Uninsured Numbers, A Diminishing Sense Of Urgency

After a summer of disappointing economic news, the recent Census report on the uninsured was a rare bit of sunshine. The number of uninsured Americans declined by about 3 percent, or 1.34 million, to 48.6 million in 2011. This was the largest one-year...

Published Mon, Sep 24 2012 11:13 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Politics, Coverage, Disparities, Medicaid

Health Affairs Briefing: Current Challenges In Comparative Effectiveness Research

On Thursday, October 11, Health Affairs will hold a briefing to unveil its October 2012 issue, "Current Challenges In Comparative Effectiveness Research." The volume examines how findings from comparative effectiveness research will be communicated...

Published Thu, Sep 27 2012 8:03 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Pharma, Health Law, Comparative Effectiveness, Research

Medicaid Expansion: A Closer Look At Vulnerable Populations And State Coverage Opportunities

Since the Supreme Court’s verdict on NFIB v. Sebelius in late June, considerable national attention has converged around the question of whether or not states will opt to expand Medicaid coverage for adults with incomes below 138 percent of the federal...

Published Mon, Sep 10 2012 11:46 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Health IT, States, Disparities, Medicaid, Mental Health, Substance Abuse

The New Census Numbers: Some Good News, But Major Challenges Remain

Over the past year, the American economy has been gradually recovering from the Great Recession. The pace has been well below everyone’s hopes. Meanwhile, some elements of the Affordable Care Act have been put into effect. Against that background, what...

Published Wed, Sep 12 2012 1:04 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Insurance, Health Care Costs, Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Coverage

Reminder: Health Affairs Briefing On September Payment Reform Issue

On Friday, September 7, 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., Health Affairs will hold a briefing on its September 2012 issue, “Payment Reform To Achieve Better Health Care.” Register now to attend the briefing at the National Press Club in Washington DC. You...

Published Wed, Sep 05 2012 12:14 PM by Health Affairs Blog

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

How Mitt Romney Embraced The Individual Mandate In Massachusetts Health Reform

A report in the September issue of Health Affairs traces the circumstances, conversations, and decisions that led Mitt Romney to support the inclusion of a mandate for individuals to obtain health insurance, included in the Massachusetts health reform...

Published Fri, Sep 07 2012 5:06 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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

Caring, Freeloading, And The Fate Of The Affordable Care Act

At the heart of the case for medical coverage for all isn’t the public’s health; it’s private tragedy. Serious illness plunges people into a realm of Dickensian choice. Some forgo life-prolonging treatment to preserve life savings for loved ones. Others...

Published Wed, Sep 19 2012 7:15 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Politics, Insurance, Medicare, Coverage, Disparities, Medicaid, Health Law

What Do Polls Really Tell Us About The Public’s View Of The Affordable Care Act?

Since its passage, the public has been told repeatedly how it feels about the Affordable Care Act (ACA), namely, that most of us disapprove of the ACA and detest its “mandate” that we be insured. A closer look at the national opinion data reveals that...

Published Fri, Sep 21 2012 9:42 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Policy, Politics, Insurance, Public Opinion

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