October 2012 - Health Affairs - The Network of Care

Will Pay For Performance Backfire? Insights From Behavioral Economics

Editor's note: In addition to Steffie Woolhandler and Dan Ariely (photos and linked bios above), this post is authored by David Himmelstein, a professor at the CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College. Paying for performance (P4P) has strong...

Published Thu, Oct 11 2012 12:44 PM by Health Affairs Blog

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

A New Initiative To Put Outcomes Measurement At The Center Of Health Reform

Faced with the alarming implications of health care spending growth and suboptimal quality, many nations are turning to market-based reforms. The United Kingdom recently empowered primary care physician groups to choose among competing specialty care...

Published Wed, Oct 31 2012 6:12 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Payment, Competition, Quality, Comparative Effectiveness

The October Health Affairs Narrative Matters Essay

A patient in his nineties and in decline chooses the only legal way in most of the United States to hasten his death: He stops eating and drinking. His doctor wonders whether that is just or compassionate. This is the situation David Muller writes about...

Published Mon, Oct 15 2012 12:06 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Physicians, Personal Experience, End-of-Life Care

The Growing Bipartisan Support For Health Courts

The rising cost of America’s health care system – already 18 percent of GDP – is driving the country toward the fiscal brink, and nowhere is the need for a new paradigm to control costs more evident than in the area of medical liability. Doctors’ justified...

Published Tue, Oct 02 2012 12:46 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Politics, Malpractice Liability Reform, Physicians, Health Care Costs, Spending, Health Law

Turning Consumers Into Shoppers: Using High-Deductible Plans Wisely

As insurance exchanges emerge next year, and as states grapple with exactly what options health plans will provide, high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) are likely to be on the menu. But do such plans have the secret sauce to move participants from being...

Published Thu, Oct 18 2012 9:05 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Prevention, Insurance, States, Spending, Comparative Effectiveness

Realizing The Promise Of Integrated Care For The ‘Dual Eligibles’

One of the highest priorities in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is care delivery transformation for Americans enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid, known as “dual eligible beneficiaries” or sometimes simply “duals.” This priority is embodied in federal...

Published Mon, Oct 22 2012 9:37 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Primary Care, Chronic Care, States, Medicare, Quality, Medicaid

Health Policy Brief: Nurse Practitioners And Primary Care

A new Health Policy Brief from Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation examines policy proposals that would allow nurse practitioners to practice to their full potential—and the extent to which the medical profession, policy makers, and...

Published Thu, Oct 25 2012 10:42 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Primary Care, States, Workforce, Nurses

New Health Affairs: Promise & Pitfalls Of Comparative Effectiveness Research

The October 2012 issue of Health Affairs provides an in-depth look at challenges in comparative effectiveness research. To surface issues around communication of research results, the issue includes a hypothetical comparative effectiveness case study...

Published Tue, Oct 09 2012 1:10 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Medicare, Pharma, AIDS, Comparative Effectiveness, Technology, Research

Young Leader Award Winners Announced As RWJF Celebrates Fortieth Anniversary

Editor's Note: This post originally appeared on GrantWatch Blog , Health Affairs Blog's sister blog. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) , based in Princeton, New Jersey, announced the ten winners of an award for young people with “strong...

Published Thu, Oct 25 2012 1:16 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Innovation, Health Philanthropy

Assuring Post-Acute Care Treatment for Medicare Beneficiaries

A federal judge in Vermont may soon act to approve a proposed settlement in a national class action suit, Jimmo v. Sebelius . In the case, the plaintiffs argue that Medicare contractors and administrative officials have been denying nursing and therapy...

Published Wed, Oct 31 2012 8:01 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Chronic Care, Health Care Costs, Spending, Medicare, Access, Quality, Health Law

GDP+0: Prospects And Challenges Of Bending The Health Care Cost Curve

Editor's note: In addition to Kenneth Kaufman and Charles Roehrig (photos and linked bios above), this post is coauthored by Paul Hughes-Cromwick, a health economist and Senior Analyst at Altarum Institute and Charles Kim, a Senior Vice President...

Published Tue, Oct 16 2012 12:32 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Health Care Costs, States, Spending, Medicare, Medicaid, Innovation

An Alternative Approach To Health Reform: Vouchers For All

While the Supreme Court’s decision in NFIB v. Sibelius largely lifted the constitutional cloud over the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a darker cloud looms—it is not clear at all that the ACA will serve its purposes effectively. Indeed, the real threat to...

Published Wed, Oct 03 2012 8:40 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Policy, Politics, Insurance, Medicare, Access, Disparities

Getting Specific: Selecting Patient- And Stakeholder-Initiated Topics For PCORI Funding

Every day, patients, caregivers and clinicians must make any number of complex health care decisions. They might have to choose between several options for preventing, diagnosing or treating a disease or condition. They might need to decide between doing...

Published Fri, Oct 19 2012 9:41 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Policy, Disparities, Comparative Effectiveness, Research

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