September 2013 - Health Affairs - The Network of Care

System Transformation Intensifies Demand for Evidence: The Trust Conundrum

Although we have witnessed historic lows in the rate of growth of healthcare spending, the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and secular trends have created fundamentally new dynamics in how providers, clinicians, and patients are exposed to the...

Published Tue, Sep 10 2013 10:20 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Payment, Pharma, Health Law, Technology, Effectiveness, Biotech, Research

ACA Implementation Advice: Encourage Timely Reports Of Income Changes

In a recent Health Affairs article , we, along with coauthor Dave Graham-Square, examine a potential pitfall in the design and implementation of the tax subsidies individuals and families may receive through the new health insurance marketplaces beginning...

Published Fri, Sep 13 2013 10:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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

Reform The Doctor Recertification Process To Create A Better Health Care System

Editor's note: Peter Orszag coauthored this post with Alan Muney. There’s a lot of talk about creating a better health care delivery system based on value, not volume. Much of the focus is on insurers rewarding doctors financially for improving patients...

Published Tue, Sep 17 2013 12:41 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Physicians, Health IT, Workforce, Quality, Effectiveness

New Health Affairs: Navigating The Thorns Of ACA Implementation

With only weeks to go before health insurance exchanges across the United States open their web portals for business, Health Affairs’ September issue focuses on who stands to gain, or lose. Will employers stop providing health insurance, forcing their...

Published Mon, Sep 09 2013 1:04 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Insurance, Payment, Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Medicaid

Implementing Health Reform: Reporting Requirements For Employer And Minimum Essential Coverage

On September 5, 2013, the Internal Revenue Service issued two notices of proposed rules intended to implement key reporting requirements of the Affordable Care Act. One rule would require large employers to report to the IRS and to their employees information...

Published Fri, Sep 06 2013 4:38 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Insurance, Employer-Sponsored Insurance

Food Marketing To Children: A Commentary On William Dietz’s Health Affairs Article

Editor's note: This post comments on " New Strategies To Improve Food Marketing To Children ," by William Dietz, the former director of the Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in...

Published Thu, Sep 19 2013 9:34 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Nonmedical Determinants, Public Health, Consumers, Prevention, Chronic Care, Children, Obesity

A National Initiative To Reduce Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections: A Model For Reducing Preventable Harm

Editor's note: A full list of coauthors and their affiliated institutions appears at the end of this post. The work to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections in intensive care units is one of few national efforts to use empiric data...

Published Mon, Sep 23 2013 10:13 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Prevention, Policy, Physicians, Quality, Hospitals, Patient Safety, Effectiveness, Research

Understanding State Variation In Health Insurance Dynamics

Editor's note: For more on variations in uninsurance patterns and related policy issues, see " Plano, Texas Vs. Revere, Massachusetts: Sorting Through The Differing Causes And Durations Of Uninsurance ," a Health Affairs Blog post published...

Published Wed, Sep 25 2013 1:06 PM by Health Affairs Blog

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

What Does October 1 Mean To Health Reform?

October 1, 2013, is not the most important date in Affordable Care Act implementation history. The most important date is November 4, 2014, when the next members of the House of Representatives and 1/3 of our senators are elected or re-elected. The nation...

Published Fri, Sep 27 2013 8:34 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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

Will Health Insurance Exchanges Work?

Tomorrow, the doors will open for consumers to enroll in health insurance exchanges in all fifty states and the District of Columbia. With the opening of exchanges, the burning question on everyone’s mind is this: Will health insurance exchanges work...

Published Mon, Sep 30 2013 8:04 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Policy, Insurance, Health IT, Health Care Costs, States, Coverage, Quality, Medicaid, Personal Experience, Technology

The Privacy Conundrum And Genomic Research: Re-Identification And Other Concerns

No matter what the arena -- finance, health care, or national security -- questions surrounding the provision of personal data are always the same: how much benefit vs. how much risk? Who handles these data, and can those individuals be trusted? How do...

Published Wed, Sep 11 2013 6:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Public Health, Consumers, Policy, Bioethics, Health Law, Innovation, Technology, Science and Health, Research

Verifying Eligibility For Affordable Care Act Subsidies: Access To Employer-Sponsored Insurance

Editor's note: Matthew Buettgens coauthored this post with Stan Dorn. Considerable attention has focused on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) one-year suspension of employer penalties and reporting requirements under the Patient...

Published Mon, Sep 16 2013 8:23 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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

Patient Experience Will Drive A Renewal Of Professionalism

The conventional wisdom among many of my closest physician colleagues is that the current surge in interest in measuring “patient experience” is a bit of a fad, and that the measures are not always central to the real work of improving patient care. My...

Published Wed, Sep 18 2013 9:26 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Policy, Payment, Physicians, Health IT, Quality, Hospitals, Technology

Where To Compete In A Post-Reform World

Editor’s note: In addition to Shubham Singhal (photo and linked bio above) this post, the first in a periodic series of posts on the business of health care by McKinsey analysts, is authored by Rohit Kumar, Susan Nolen Foushee, and Jeris Stueland. Rohit...

Published Mon, Sep 30 2013 11:16 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Insurance, Payment, Health IT, Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Competition, Business of Health Care

Getting Transitions In Care Right: Two Agendas For Change

Big changes in health care make headlines. Except when they slip by unnoticed. A memorandum earlier this year from CMS’s Center for Clinical Standards and Quality/Survey & Certification Group to state survey agency directors fits this category. As...

Published Tue, Sep 03 2013 10:02 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Medicare, Hospitals, Medicaid

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