February 2015 - Health Affairs - The Network of Care

Implementing Health Reform: 2016 Benefit And Payment Final Rule, Consumer Provisions

On February 20, 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) of the Department of Health and Human Services published its massive Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters (BPP rule) for 2016 Final Rule , accompanied by a fact sheet . This...

Published Sun, Feb 22 2015 6:09 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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

Indirect Effects From Menu Labeling Can Improve The Public’s Health

Just this past November, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released sweeping final rules requiring that calorie information be posted on menus, menu boards, and vending machines. The regulations expand the proposed rule to include a wide variety...

Published Tue, Feb 24 2015 6:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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

Top 5 Health Care Trends to Watch in 2015

With a new Congress, health care is once again an issue of tremendous scrutiny and debate. Many of the federal policy debates in 2015 will be largely symbolic, resulting in little more than tweaks to existing law. However, health care policy is not just...

Published Wed, Feb 25 2015 12:27 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Payment, Health IT, Health Care Costs, States, Spending, Pharma, Quality, Innovation, Big Data

Building A Framework To Assess The Impact Of Change

Editor’s note: This post is part of a series of several posts related to the 4 th European Forum on Health Policy and Management: Innovation & Implementation , held in Berlin, Germany on January 29 and 30, 2015. For updates on the Forum’s results...

Published Fri, Feb 27 2015 6:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Innovation

The Challenges Of Developing A Sustainable Network For The Care Of The Chronically Ill

Editor’s note: This post is part of a series of several posts related to the 4 th European Forum on Health Policy and Management: Innovation & Implementation , held in Berlin, Germany on January 29 and 30, 2015. For updates on the Forum’s results...

Published Wed, Feb 11 2015 6:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Chronic Care, Innovation, Technology, Long-Term Care, Effectiveness, Health Care Delivery

Implementing Health Reform: Excepted Benefits, Employer Mandate, And Cost-Sharing Reduction Payments

Three developments in the second week in February, 2015, remind us that implementation of the Affordable Care Act is a multi-department effort. Supplemental Excepted Benefits The first of these is a new guidance on "excepted benefits." The Affordable...

Published Sun, Feb 15 2015 10:58 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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

Health Affairs’ February Issue: Biomedical Innovation

The February issue of Health Affairs includes a number of studies examining issues pertaining to biomedical innovation. Some of the subjects covered: how declining economic returns for new drugs may affect future investments, the changing landscape of...

Published Mon, Feb 02 2015 1:05 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Medicare, Pharma, Innovation, Technology, Biotech, Science and Health, Research, HA_BiomedInnovation

The Puzzle Of Antibiotic Innovation

Editor's note: This post is part of a series stemming from the Third Annual Health Law Year in P/Review event held at Harvard Law School on Friday, January 30, 2015. The conference brought together leading experts to review major developments in health...

Published Tue, Feb 03 2015 9:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Health Care Costs, Access, Pharma, Global Health, Innovation, Science and Health, Research

New Narrative Matters: How Access, Knowledge, And Attitudes Shaped My Sister’s Care

Health Affairs ‘ February Narrative Matters essay features a woman who helps her sister get the care she needs when a tooth infection turns into a health emergency. Elizabeth Piatt's article is freely available to all readers, or you can listen to...

Published Fri, Feb 06 2015 6:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Public Health, Policy, Coverage, Access, Disparities, Medicaid, Personal Experience, Dental Care, Emergency Medicine, Narrative Matters

Vaccinating Against Iron-Deficiency Anemia: A New Technology For Maternal And Child Health

When we think of killer diseases of global health importance, iron-deficiency anemia (IDA) is not something that immediately comes to mind. Yet the December 2014 publication of leading causes of death by the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 reveals...

Published Thu, Feb 19 2015 6:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Nonmedical Determinants, Public Health, Prevention, Pharma, Global Health, Health Care Delivery

In Regulating E-Cigarettes, No Easy Fix For The FDA

Sometime in the next few months, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to issue the so-called deeming regulations, which will open the door to the federal regulation of e-cigarettes. In considering whether to issue the regulations, which...

Published Fri, Feb 20 2015 9:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Public Health, Consumers, Prevention, Policy, Health Law, Science and Health, Research

Implementing Health Reform: 2016 Benefit And Payment Final Rule, Insurance Provisions

On November 21, 2014, the Centers on Medicare and Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services released its final 2016 Benefit and Payment Parameter (BPP) Rule . (Fact sheet here .) My first post examined the provisions of this rule...

Published Sun, Feb 22 2015 2:26 PM by Health Affairs Blog

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

Implementing Health Reform: Beginning The Cadillac Tax Regulatory Conversation And Other ACA News

The Cadillac high-cost health plan excise tax, which goes into effect in 2018, is one of the last-to-be-implemented provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). It was one of the most controversial provisions of the ACA, which contributed to its delayed...

Published Tue, Feb 24 2015 9:10 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Politics, Insurance, Health Care Costs, Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Spending, Coverage, Medicaid, Health Law, Children, Reform

What Happens When A Retail Pharmacy Decides To Stop Selling Cigarettes?

Editor’s note: This post is part of a series stemming from the Third Annual Health Law Year in P/Review event held at Harvard Law School on Friday, January 30, 2015. The conference brought together leading experts to review major developments in health...

Published Thu, Feb 26 2015 6:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Public Health, Consumers, Prevention, Policy, Health Care Costs, Business of Health Care

Health Affairs Web First: Assessing Health And Health Care Perceptions In sub-Saharan Africa

A large share of Western aid to developing countries goes to sub-Saharan Africa, a region where spending on health care is around $100 per person in 2005 price-adjusted terms. This region, which experienced large gains in life expectancy in the years...

Published Fri, Feb 27 2015 7:26 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Public Health, Global Health, Quality, AIDS

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