January 2013 - Health Affairs - The Network of Care

P4P Concerns, Medicare Vs. Private Insurance Lead HA Blog’s 2012 Most-Read List

Will pay for performance in health care backfire? That was the question addressed through the lens of behavioral economics by Steffie Woolhandler, Dan Ariely, and David Himmelstein in the most-read Health Affairs Blog post for 2012 . Next on the most...

Published Thu, Jan 10 2013 11:13 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Blog, Consumers, Policy, Politics, Insurance, Payment, Primary Care, Health Care Costs, Spending, Medicare, Hospitals, Health Law, Comparative Effectiveness

Implementing Health Reform: Medicaid And Premium Tax Credit Eligibility And Appeals

Editor's note: This post discusses the first half of a January 14 proposed rule addressing Medicaid and premium tax credit eligibility and appeals, as well as other subjects, under the Affordable Care Act. A second post discussing the rest of the...

Published Tue, Jan 15 2013 11:02 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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

Individual And Group Coverage Under The ACA: More Patches To The Federal-State Crazy Quilt

Throughout the 2012 Presidential campaign, Republican contenders criticized the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as a “federal take-over of health care” for its promotion of national uniformity in health coverage and access. Yet long before passage, the architects...

Published Thu, Jan 17 2013 12:02 PM by Health Affairs Blog

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

Health Affairs Briefing: New Era Of Patient Engagement

You are invited to join us on Wednesday, February 6, when Health Affairs will hold a briefing to discuss its February 2013 issue , "New Era Of Patient Engagement." It is widely agreed that meeting the goals of the famed Triple Aim - better health...

Published Thu, Jan 24 2013 11:47 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Insurance, Physicians, Health Care Costs, End-of-Life Care, Nurses, Effectiveness

Where Is Health Spending Headed? Some Reactions To The CMS Report

For the third year in a row, national health spending in 2011 grew less than 4 percent, according to the CMS Office of the Actuary. However, the report said modest rebounds in pharmaceutical spending and physician visits pointed toward an acceleration...

Published Thu, Jan 31 2013 9:15 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Policy, Insurance, Physicians, Health Care Costs, States, Spending, Medicare, Competition, Access, Pharma, Hospitals, Medicaid

CMS Spending Articles Lead Health Affairs Top-Ten List For 2012

TweetAn extraordinary slowing of growth in the use of health care goods and services contributed to a second year of slow health spending growth in 2010, analysts from the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reported...

Published Wed, Jan 02 2013 11:07 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Physicians, Health IT, States, Spending, Coverage, Disparities, End-of-Life Care, Obesity

January Health Affairs Examines Rocky Road Of Delivery System Transformation

As US health care continues down the path of delivery system transformation, January’s Health Affairs explores areas of opportunities and challenges to achieving better health and better care at lower costs. Other articles focus on a range of topics of...

Published Tue, Jan 08 2013 11:33 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Malpractice Liability Reform, Physicians, Health IT, Primary Care, Health Care Costs, States, Workforce, Quality, Hospitals, Patient Safety, Nurses

New Approaches To Learning In The Learning Healthcare System

A goal of Twenty-First Century Healthcare is to establish and enhance the Learning Healthcare System (LHS). As discussed in numerous forums, journals, and social media, the LHS is viewed as critical to improving healthcare. Fundamentally, the LHS converts...

Published Mon, Jan 14 2013 10:51 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Physicians, Health IT, Hospitals, Comparative Effectiveness, Research

Health Wonk Review: The Inauguration Edition

For the previous Health Wonk Review, Brad Wright chose a Baby New Year theme. However, there were some problems with the new beginning represented by the turnover from 2012 to 2103. For example, with the New Years fiscal cliff deal, one might have hoped...

Published Thu, Jan 17 2013 9:31 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Blog, Public Health, Consumers, Prevention, Policy, Insurance, Health Care Costs, States, Spending, Medicare, Pharma, Medicaid, Aging, Nurses

Creating Realistic Long-Term Care Solutions As Part Of The Entitlement Reform Debate

Great struggles sometimes result in unexpected opportunities. In the waning moments of 2012, Congress remained in session to bridge partisan divides to solve the fiscal cliff impasse with the passage of the American Taxpayer Relief Act (ATRA). Signing...

Published Wed, Jan 23 2013 9:03 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Politics, Chronic Care, Spending, Medicare, Medicaid, Aging, Long-Term Care

A New Feature for Narrative Matters: The Policy Checklist

Health Affairs readers may have noticed something a little different about the Narrative Matters essay in January’s issue. The essay, “ To Fight Bad Suga', Or Diabetes, My Neighborhood Needs More Health Educators ,” by Joseph West of Sinai Urban Health...

Published Mon, Jan 28 2013 11:53 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Nonmedical Determinants, Policy, Chronic Care, Disparities, Personal Experience, Obesity

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