May 2013 - Health Affairs - The Network of Care

Medical Homes Work With The Patient At The Center

"Medical home" has become a term of art within the current wave of health reform. It’s in the medical literature, on the internet and embedded in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. There is much debate over what “medical...

Published Fri, May 03 2013 7:54 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Physicians, Health IT, Primary Care, Quality, Children

Physician Practice Satisfaction: Why We Should Care

In less than nine months millions of Americans will receive new health care coverage through provisions of the Affordable Care Act. Most observers believe that strong physician leadership can help heath care reform succeed, through the optimization of...

Published Thu, May 09 2013 8:38 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Policy, Payment, Physicians, Health Care Costs, Spending, Access, Quality

Implementing Health Reform: Medicaid DSH Payments, Utah Exchanges, And More

New regulatory issuances and guidances are appearing on a daily basis from the federal agencies responsible for implementing the Affordable Care Act. In order to keep up, my posts are likely to appear even more frequently for the immediate future. This...

Published Mon, May 13 2013 3:06 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Health Reform, Insurance, States, Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Hospitals, Medicaid

In One State, Cancer Patients Were 2.65 Times Likelier to File for Bankruptcy

A new study, released today as a Web First by Health Affairs , reports that cancer patients in Washington state were 2.65 times more likely to file for bankruptcy than people without cancer. Of 197,840 cancer patients age 18 or older in the western district...

Published Wed, May 15 2013 1:01 PM by Health Affairs Blog

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

Implementing Health Reform: Preexisting Condition Insurance Plan & Medicaid/CHIP Renewal

Editor's note: Health Affairs Blog has been proud to host Tim Jost's series of posts, "Implementing Health Reform, tracking the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. In recent days the implementing agencies -- Health and Human Services...

Published Mon, May 20 2013 4:50 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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

How Ideas From Private Industry Help Combat Medicare Fraud, Waste, And Abuse

It is increasingly well-known that improper payments cost taxpayers as much as $50 billion each year. These include reimbursements for billing for non-existent patients, falsified diagnoses, non-covered procedures, services not rendered or simply upcoded...

Published Thu, May 23 2013 6:13 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Policy, Insurance, Payment, Health IT, Health Care Costs, Medicare, Competition, Technology

Implementing Health Reform: Workplace Wellness Programs

On May 29, 2013, the departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services released their final regulations governing Affordable Care Act workplace wellness programs . Everyone is in favor of wellness, but support for workplace wellness programs...

Published Wed, May 29 2013 8:04 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Prevention, Insurance, Health Care Costs, States, Employer-Sponsored Insurance

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