April 2014 - Health Affairs - The Network of Care

Payment and Delivery Reform Case Study: Congestive Heart Failure

Editor’s note : In addition to Darshak Sanghavi (photo and bio above), this post is coauthored by Meaghan George, a project manager at the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at the Brookings Institution. The post is adapted from a full-length case...

Published Tue, Apr 15 2014 6:51 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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

We’ll Need A Bigger Boat: Reimagining The Hospital-Physician Partnership

Editor's note: In addition to Francis J. Crosson, this post is coauthored by John Combes. Change is underway in the delivery and financing of American health care, and it is manifested in the evolving relationship of hospitals and physicians across...

Published Thu, Apr 17 2014 8:36 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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

Hobby Lobby, Conestoga Wood, The ACA, And The Corporate Person: A Historical Myth Bedevils The Law

On March 25, 2014, the Supreme Court of the United States heard arguments in two cases— Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc . and Conestoga Wood Specialties v. Sebelius —challenging the validity of the Affordable Care Act’s (“ACA”) mandate that employer...

Published Fri, Apr 18 2014 9:07 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Public Health, Prevention, Health Law

Travels In Hyperreality: What If Bipartisan ACA Fixes Were Possible?

Since enactment of the Affordable Care Act in March 2010, a strange, relatively unnoticed phenomenon has occurred: Congress has passed bipartisan changes to it. These amendments were generally to such esoteric components of the law that they dodged the...

Published Wed, Apr 23 2014 4:47 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Policy, Politics, Insurance, States, Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Coverage, Medicaid, Children

Implementing Health Reform: Federal SHOP Procedures And Other ACA Guidance

With open enrollment completed and regulations largely in place for 2014 and 2015, implementation efforts at the federal level have quieted down. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, however, continue to issue technical guidance both to clarify...

Published Thu, Apr 24 2014 6:18 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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

When Less Is More: Issues Of Overuse In Health Care

Editor’s Note: This post is part of an ongoing Health Affairs Blog series on palliative care, health policy, and health reform. The series features essays adapted from and drawing on an upcoming volume, Meeting the Needs of Older Adults with Serious Illness...

Published Fri, Apr 25 2014 7:37 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Physicians, Primary Care, Chronic Care, Health Care Costs, Quality, Hospitals, End-of-Life Care, Aging, Long-Term Care, Effectiveness

Responding To ‘The Hidden Curriculum’: Don’t Forget About The Patient

Narrative Matters readers might remember Joshua Liao’s moving essay about the dangers of the Hidden Curriculum . Liao, a resident physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, wrote about the consequences of making a serious mistake as a medical student...

Published Thu, Apr 03 2014 8:38 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Physicians, Workforce, Hospitals, Patient Safety, Podcast

Health Affairs Briefing Reminder: 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 Fri, Apr 04 2014 9:14 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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

Accelerating Medicines Partnership: A New Public-Private Collaboration For Drug Discovery

Editor's note: This post is also coauthored by Yongtian Tan and is published in conjunction with the April issue of Health Affairs , which explores the many subjects raised by Alzheimer's disease including a new public-private research collaboration...

Published Tue, Apr 08 2014 6:26 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Pharma, Biotech, Research

Takeaways From The Aspen Institute’s Care Innovation Summit

Back in February , The Aspen Institute and The Advisory Board Company sponsored the Care Innovation Summit in Washington, DC. With a keynote address from Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, the daylong summit featured some of the...

Published Thu, Apr 10 2014 2:12 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Health IT, Health Care Costs, Medicare, Hospitals, Medicaid, Health Law, Business of Health Care

Implementing Health Reform: First Marketplace Open Enrollment Ends With More Than Seven Million Enrollees

The White House announced on Tuesday April 1, 2014 that as of the end of open enrollment, 11:59 p.m. on March 31, 2014, 7.1 million Americans had signed up for health plans under the Affordable Care Act. Tens of thousands more will be added from individuals...

Published Tue, Apr 01 2014 9:00 PM by Health Affairs Blog

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

The Subsidy Cliff: Incentives For Increasing Projected Income To Qualify For Exchange Subsidies

Editor's note: This post is also coauthored by Jacob Wallace. During the first round of open enrollment under the ACA, millions of Americans learned whether they qualify for subsidized health insurance coverage through the law’s exchanges. At that...

Published Tue, Apr 29 2014 11:37 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Nonmedical Determinants, Health Care Costs, Coverage, Access, Medicaid, Health Law

Origins In Oregon: The Alternative Payment Methodology Project

Editor’s note: This post is part of a periodic Health Affairs Blog series, which will run over the next year, looking at payment and delivery reforms in Arkansas and Oregon. The posts will be based on evaluations of these reforms performed with the support...

Published Mon, Apr 14 2014 7:32 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Nonmedical Determinants, Payment, Medicare, Medicaid

Implementing Health Reform: CBO Projects Lower ACA Costs, Greater Coverage

On April 14, 2014, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, together with the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation, released an updated estimate on the Effects of the Insurance Coverage Provisions of the Affordable Care Act. The CBO report brings...

Published Tue, Apr 15 2014 11:14 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Insurance, Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Spending, Coverage, Access, Medicaid

Four Years Into A Commercial ACO For CalPERS: Substantial Savings And Lessons Learned

Editor's note: In addition to Glenn Melnick, this post is coauthored by Lois Green. Background: In a very short period of time, Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) have become an important and widespread part of the US health care landscape. A recent...

Published Thu, Apr 17 2014 10:35 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Policy, Physicians, Health Care Costs, States, Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Spending, Quality, Hospitals, Innovation

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