July 2013 - Health Affairs - The Network of Care

Toward A Scientific Approach To Workplace Wellness: A Response To Ron Goetzel

We thank Health Affairs for the opportunity to respond to Professor Ron Goetzel’s comments on our recent Health Affairs article, “ Wellness Incentives in the Workplace: Cost Savings through Cost Shifting to Unhealthy Workers.” In many respects our article...

Published Mon, Jul 01 2013 10:14 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Nonmedical Determinants, Public Health, Prevention, Politics, Health Care Costs, Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Bioethics, Effectiveness

Narrative Matters, The Next Chapter: ‘As She Lay Dying’

Editor's note: With this post Health Affairs Blog launches a new series: “Narrative Matters, The Next Chapter.” Narrative Matters essays often capture part of a larger, ongoing story; in this periodic series of HA Blog posts, Narrative Matters authors...

Published Wed, Jul 03 2013 9:30 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Policy, Physicians, Quality, Hospitals, Personal Experience, Patient Safety

The BPC Health Care Reform Plan: A Response To Coulam, Feldman, and Dowd

We commend Robert Coulam, Roger Feldman, and Bryan Dowd for bringing attention to competitive bidding in Medicare, a meaningful strategy to constrain health care costs through reducing inefficiencies in the health care system. The authors have made valuable...

Published Tue, Jul 30 2013 12:06 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Policy, Politics, Payment, Health Care Costs, Uncategorized, Spending, Medicare, Competition, Quality

From Health Affairs: Trends In The Adoption Of Health Information Technology

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act was enacted in 2009. Since then, Health Affairs has published many articles about the promise of health information technology (IT) and the challenges of broad adoption. Today...

Published Tue, Jul 09 2013 3:57 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Payment, Physicians, Health IT, Hospitals

Analysis Of Post-ACA Uninsured Leads Health Affairs Blog June Top Ten

Who will be left uninsured under the Affordable Care Act? That's the question addressed by Rachel Nardin and coauthors in the most-read Health Affairs Blog post for June . Next on last month's top-ten list: Joanne Pohl and coauthors' look...

Published Thu, Jul 11 2013 11:43 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Blog, Policy, Physicians, Health IT, Primary Care, Coverage, Quality, Medicaid, Nurses

Health Care Spending: What’s In Store?

In the May issue of Health Affairs , two teams of Harvard researcher s asserted that the recent slowdown in health care spending could be the beginning of a trend that will lead to decreased health care costs. Their optimism is sharply at odds with the...

Published Tue, Jul 16 2013 10:59 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Health Care Costs, Spending, Innovation

Doctors Should Be Rewarded For Quality Care — Not For Cutting Corners

The current Medicare fee-for-service system has been criticized for rewarding practitioners in the health system for doing more -- more tests, more procedures, more expensive care -- that may not be beneficial. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) sets up new...

Published Fri, Jul 19 2013 8:33 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Policy, Payment, Physicians, Health Care Costs, Medicare, Hospitals, Health Law, Technology, Effectiveness

Medicare Integrate: A New Benefit Option For Medicare Beneficiaries

I. The Need for Medicare Reform Policy options for making the Medicare program sustainable over the long run will have to identify approaches that reduce costs and improve the quality of care delivered. Effective interventions will be ones that target...

Published Tue, Jul 23 2013 12:35 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Prevention, Policy, Chronic Care, Health Care Costs, Spending, Medicare, Pharma, Quality, Comparative Effectiveness, Effectiveness

The First-Year Pioneer ACO Results: Predictable Bumps In The Road

It’s not often that progress comes in straight lines. To tackle complex problems, we test and innovate and then try out our new ideas, and then continuously reconsider, revise and adapt them over time. Few problems are more complex and vexing than figuring...

Published Thu, Jul 25 2013 10:45 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Policy, Primary Care, Health Care Costs, Spending, Medicare, Quality, Innovation

Competitive Bidding In Medicare: A Response To The Bipartisan Policy Center’s Proposal

Competitive bidding underlies a growing body of proposals to control costs and increase the efficiency of the Medicare program. One of the most recent proposals for competitive bidding was released by the Bipartisan Policy Center , a distinguished group...

Published Tue, Jul 02 2013 11:12 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Policy, Politics, Spending, Medicare, Competition

Health Affairs Briefing Reminder: Health Information Technology Adoption And Use

On Tuesday, July 9 , Health Affairs will host a briefing to report latest trends in health information technology adoption among US health care providers and hospitals. The event will feature remarks from Farzad Mostashari, the National Coordinator for...

Published Fri, Jul 05 2013 8:48 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Payment, Physicians, Health IT, Health Care Costs, Quality, Hospitals

CMS Progress Towards Greater Data Transparency

Over time it has become very clear that health care today relies on sharing data to drive improvements in access and care delivery as well as control costs. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has embraced the need for greater data transparency...

Published Wed, Jul 31 2013 11:55 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Payment, Physicians, Health IT, Medicare, Quality, Hospitals, Innovation, Research

Implementing Health Reform: Final Rule On Premium Tax Credit, Medicaid, And CHIP Eligibility Determinations (Part 2)

On July 5, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services released a final rule to implement and coordinate certain Affordable Care Act’s provisions governing Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program and the health insurance exchanges. My first...

Published Sun, Jul 07 2013 6:28 PM by Health Affairs Blog

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

Implementing Health Reform: Tenth Circuit Rejects Liberty University’s ACA Challenge Again

On July 11, 2013, the Fourth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals unanimously affirmed the 2010 decision of district court judge Norman Moon dismissing a case brought by Liberty University and several individual plaintiffs challenging the Affordable Care...

Published Fri, Jul 12 2013 9:56 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Health Reform, Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Health Law

Pioneer ACOs Year One: On The Path To A Learning Health Care System

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services yesterday announced results from the first performance year of the Pioneer Accountable Care Organization Model . The Pioneer Model should be seen as part of a crucial phase of testing alternative payment...

Published Wed, Jul 17 2013 7:46 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Insurance, Payment, Health Care Costs, Spending, Medicare, Quality, Medicaid, Innovation

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