September 2012 - Health Affairs - The Network of Care

An Evidence-Based Approach To Communicating Health Care Evidence To Patients

It has been 22 years since David M. Eddy—the heart surgeon turned mathematician and health care economist—put the term “evidence-based” into play with a series of articles on practice guidelines for the Journal of the American Medical Association. But...

Published Tue, Sep 25 2012 1:57 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Public Opinion, Physicians, Hospitals, Comparative Effectiveness, Nurses, Effectiveness, Research

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

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

Primary Care Reform Led Health Affairs Blog’s Top Ten For August

Rushika Fernandopulle’s proposal for rethinking the nation’s primary care system was the most-read Health Affairs Blog post for August. It was followed on the month’s top-ten list by Michael Cannon and Jonathan Adler’s argument...

Published Mon, Sep 17 2012 11:07 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Blog, Health IT, Primary Care, States, Medicare, Workforce, AIDS

Today’s Health Wonk Review

At the Colorado Health Insurance Insider, Louise Norris presents a “Football Is Here” edition of the Health Wonk Review. Louise offers a great collection of health policy blogging, including Mark Smith’s Health Affairs Blog post advocating...

Published Thu, Sep 13 2012 12:55 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Blog, Payment, Physicians

New IOM Report Addresses Growing Complexity Of Health Care

Health Affairs Blog commends to readers today’s newly released Institute of Medicine report, “Best Care At Lower Cost: The Path To Continuously Learning Health Care In America.” The report states that “achieving a learning health care system – one in...

Published Thu, Sep 06 2012 7:21 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Policy, Health IT, Health Care Costs, Spending, Workforce, Quality, Science and Health

Rising Executive Compensation At Children’s Hospitals Threatens The Public Trust

Editor’s note: The themes discussed in this post are among those discussed in the new book “Unaccountable,” by Dr. Marty Makary. A video trailer about the book is available here. In addition to Dr. Makary (photo and linked bio above), this blog post is...

Published Fri, Sep 14 2012 9:30 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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

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

The March Of Affordable Care Act Litigation Goes On

Although National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius finally decided the most contested constitutional questions raised by the Affordable Care Act—the constitutionality of the individual responsibility requirement and of the Medicaid expansions...

Published Sun, Sep 09 2012 8:32 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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

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

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

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

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

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

This Week’s Health Wonk Review

Wing of Zock has this week's Nationals Play-Off Edition of the Health Wonk Review . Jennifer Salopek presents a nice line-up of posts, including the Health Affairs Blog post by Michael Saks looking at what the polls really tell us concerning public...

Published Fri, Sep 28 2012 11:56 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Blog, Public Health

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