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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...
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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...
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Examining The Newly Covered Under The Affordable Care Act
In a little more than a year, physicians and insurers will begin serving a large new patient population that looks, and in many ways behaves, distinctly different from today’s insured population. The Affordable Care Act's coverage provisions -- representing...
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Tue, Oct 30 2012 11:38 AM
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Early Evidence Suggests Medicare Advantage Pay For Performance May Be Getting Results
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) established a Medicare Advantage (MA) pay-for-performance program that, early evidence suggests, may be yielding results. Data from plans shows significant improvement from 2010 to 2011 on measures...
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Mon, Oct 29 2012 8:04 AM
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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...
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Health Affairs Comparative Effectiveness Research Briefing Available For Viewing
Video and speaker materials from the Health Affairs briefing on the journal's October issue, " Current Challenges In Comparative Effectiveness Research ," are available on the Health Affairs website . The event is broken out by panel and...
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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...
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Thu, Oct 25 2012 10:42 AM
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Proportion Of Those With High Medical Costs Unchanged During Recent Recession
During a recession one would expect the percentage of people with high medical costs—those spending 10 percent or more of annual family income—to increase. But a Health Affairs Web First study released yesterday finds that during the 2007–09 recession...
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Thu, Oct 25 2012 9:45 AM
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Will Increased Transparency Requirements For Nonprofit Hospitals Bring Greater Community Health Investments?
Sweeping reforms implemented by the IRS and Treasury in 2009 have pulled back the veil surrounding the community benefit investments required of all nonprofit hospitals seeking federal tax exempt status. Will this new transparency, in combination with...
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Wed, Oct 24 2012 9:20 AM
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Creating Outcome-Driven Health Care Markets
America’s health care market does not work well. It is inefficient, asymmetric, and in most cases not particularly competitive. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) legislated a myriad of changes to reform and improve insurance markets with exchanges as a centerpiece...
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Tue, Oct 23 2012 11:56 AM
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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...
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Mon, Oct 22 2012 9:37 AM
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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...
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Fri, Oct 19 2012 9:41 AM
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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...
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Thu, Oct 18 2012 9:05 AM
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Mixed Financial Incentives for Hospitals to Reduce Surgical Complications’ Frequency
Surgical complications are something that neither patients nor hospitals want. With low complication rates being increasingly recognized as an important measure of good hospital performance, initiatives to lower complication rates are being pursued with...
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Wed, Oct 17 2012 1:22 PM
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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...
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