September 2012 - Health Affairs - The Network of Care

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

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

Dismantling The Affordable Care Act: What Could A President Romney And Hill Republicans Do?

On November 6, 2012, Americans will go to the polls to elect a president. One of the many issues that will be on their minds is the future of the Affordable Care Act. Governor Mitt Romney’s website states: On his first day in office, Mitt Romney will...

Published Thu, Sep 20 2012 10:10 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Politics, Spending, Health Law

A Shotgun Blast At Payment Reform

As I first read the list of papers for this month’s issue of Health Affairs, a thematic volume on payment reform, I had a feeling of déjà vu as I recalled the 2009 meetings of the Senate Finance Committee, which I attended as senior health policy advisor...

Published Tue, Sep 11 2012 7:52 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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

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

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

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

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

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

Modest Payment Redistribution Means That Hospital Quality Program Is Working, Not Failing

Rachel Werner and R. Adams Dudley’s article on Medicare’s hospital value-based purchasing (VBP) program in the September Health Affairs concludes that the program is likely to have only a small impact on hospital payments. While it is true that relatively...

Published Thu, Sep 27 2012 11:29 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Payment, Medicare, Quality, Hospitals

Announcement: Upcoming Health Affairs Theme Issue On Patient Engagement And Activation

With generous support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Health Affairs plans to publish a thematic issue in early 2013 on the imperative of Activating and Engaging Patients in Improving Their Health and...

Published Wed, Sep 05 2012 11:21 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Health Care Costs, Quality

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