March 2014 - Health Affairs - The Network of Care

The ACA’s Contraception Coverage Mandate: Constitutional Limits On Exempting Employers

On March 25, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments over whether the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) requirement that for-profit companies cover contraception—commonly called the contraception mandate—is legal. Thus far, most public debate, scholarship...

Published Thu, Mar 20 2014 7:19 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Coverage, Health Law

Countering Cancer: The New Foreign Policy Issue

For years internationalists have being trying to make the argument to ordinary Americans that foreign policy matters -- that we must contend with complex issues overseas like countering terrorism while also focusing resources and energies on economic...

Published Fri, Mar 21 2014 10:51 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Chronic Care, Global Health

Health Insurance Coverage Is Just The First Step: Findings From Massachusetts

As the rollout of coverage expansions under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) continues across the country, more Americans are gaining insurance coverage , with all the benefits that that implies in terms of health care access and financial protections. However...

Published Wed, Mar 26 2014 7:24 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Insurance, Health Care Costs, States, Coverage, Access, Cost

A March Madness Health Wonk Review

Welcome to the “March Madness” edition of the Health Wonk Review. The NCAA college basketball tournament seemed like a natural theme for a health care policy blog post: huge amounts of money floating around in ways that only sometimes correlate with performance...

Published Thu, Mar 27 2014 7:32 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Blog, Nonmedical Determinants, Public Health, Consumers, Policy, Insurance, States, Coverage, Quality, Obesity

The Payment Reform Landscape: Pay-For-Performance

Editor’s note: This is the second post in a Health Affairs Blog series by Catalyst for Payment Reform Executive Director Suzanne Delbanco. Over the coming months, Delbanco will examine how different methods of payment reform are being employed and how...

Published Tue, Mar 04 2014 7:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Insurance, Payment, Physicians, Health Care Costs, Spending, Quality, Hospitals, Disparities, Effectiveness

New Health Policy Brief: Geographic Variation In Medicare Spending

A new Health Policy Brief from Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation describes geographic variation in Medicare spending. Data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) show that in 2012 Medicare spent an average of $9...

Published Thu, Mar 06 2014 12:20 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Nonmedical Determinants, Payment, Health Care Costs, Spending, Medicare, Medicaid

The Dangers Of Quality Improvement Overload: Insights From The Field

Editor's note : This post is also co-authored by Ksenia O Gorbenko, Catherine van de Ruit, and Charles Bosk of the University of Pennsylvania. Quality improvement (QI) and patient safety initiatives are created with the laudable goal of saving lives...

Published Fri, Mar 07 2014 10:09 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Physicians, Workforce, Quality, Hospitals, Patient Safety, Nurses, Effectiveness, Research

Howard Koh To Keynote Health Affairs Briefing Tomorrow On ACA And HIV/AIDS

One of the least explored yet most important parts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are provisions that hold promise for addressing serious health care challenges facing the 1.1 million Americans who are living with HIV/AIDS -- and others like them -...

Published Mon, Mar 10 2014 9:53 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Prevention, Policy, Insurance, Chronic Care, States, Access, Disparities, Medicaid, AIDS

Neighborhood Grocery Stores Combat Obesity, Improve Food Perceptions

The Cummins et al article “ New Neighborhood Grocery Store Increased Awareness of Food Access but Did Not Alter Dietary Habits or Obesity ,” published in the February issue of Health Affairs , generated considerable media attention, with headlines claiming...

Published Wed, Mar 12 2014 10:05 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Nonmedical Determinants, Public Health, Prevention, Access, Disparities, Obesity

A Lifetime Value-Based Proposal For Medicare Payment Reform

urrent Medicare reform policy proposals mainly focus on lowering annual cost or cost increase per capita, but they fail to recognize Medicare as a lifetime plan that covers each beneficiary from age 65 to death. I propose a Lifetime Value-Based Payment...

Published Fri, Mar 14 2014 9:53 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Policy, Insurance, Payment, Chronic Care, Health Care Costs, Spending, Medicare, Innovation

Incarceration And Release From Jail: Improving Re-integration Into Society Using A Health Information Exchange

Editor’s note: This post is coauthored by Mary Darby, vice president for health policy at Burness Communications, working on issues related to health care and jails. In the Narrative Matters essay, “ To Improve Public Health And Safety, One Sheriff Looks...

Published Mon, Mar 17 2014 10:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Coverage, Disparities, Mental Health, Substance Abuse

The New Nutrition Facts Panel: Public Health Improvement Or Distraction?

Last month, the United States Food and Drug Administration announced long awaited proposed changes to the Nutrition Facts Panel (NFP), the nutrition information found on the back of packaged foods and beverages. The NFP is required to be on all packaged...

Published Wed, Mar 19 2014 9:20 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Nonmedical Determinants, Public Health, Consumers, Prevention, Policy, Health Law, Obesity

New Health Policy Brief: Transitioning To ICD-10

A new Health Policy Brief from Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation looks at an important change expected in the American health system later this year: the transition to the ICD-10 coding system by all health providers for diagnoses...

Published Thu, Mar 20 2014 2:40 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Health IT, Medicare, Workforce, Medicaid, Technology

March Madness: Medicare Part D’s Persistent Challenge And Opportunity

March Madness came early for CMS, with more than 7,600 public comments received on their Medicare Part D proposed rules and technical changes for 2015 . Less than 72 hours after that docket closed, CMS unfurled their white flag via a March 10 letter to...

Published Mon, Mar 24 2014 12:03 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Payment, Medicare, Pharma, Medicaid, Innovation

Health Affairs Briefing: Long Reach Of Alzheimer’s Disease

Despite decades of effort, finding breakthrough treatments or a cure for Alzheimer's has eluded researchers. In the April 2014 issue of Health Affairs , The Long Reach Of Alzheimer's Disease , we explore the many subjects raised by the disease...

Published Wed, Mar 26 2014 1:59 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Chronic Care, End-of-Life Care, Aging, Research

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