July 2015 - Health Affairs - The Network of Care

Health Affairs Event Reminder: Medicaid’s Evolving Delivery Systems

As Medicaid marks its 50th year in existence, and enrollment surpasses 70 million people, the July 2015 issue of Health Affairs includes a collection of papers focused on how the program is shaped by and has reshaped care delivery. You are invited to...

Published Mon, Jul 06 2015 6:27 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Payment, Primary Care, Coverage, Medicaid, Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, Payment Policy, Medicaid and CHIP, Health Affairs Briefing, Health Affairs Event

Right-To-Try Laws Fulfill The Constitution’s Promise Of Individual Liberty

Under the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) lengthy approval process, it takes over a decade and a billion dollars for new medicines to get to market. In the meantime, Americans who have exhausted all government-approved options may die waiting for...

Published Tue, Jul 14 2015 9:15 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Quality, Population Health, Drugs and Medical Technology, Health Professionals, Long-term Services and Supports, Supreme Court, FDA, right to try, patients, Kurt Altman, Compassionate Use, terminally ill, Christina Sandefur

Worth The Money? Paying To Ensure A Representative Cohort In The Precision Medicine Initiative

In his January 2015 State of the Union address, President Obama announced the $215 million Precision Medicine Initiative . Moving beyond a “one-size-fits-all” approach to medical care, the initiative is intended to produce the knowledge that physicians...

Published Thu, Jul 30 2015 6:27 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Research, Population Health, Featured, Costs and Spending, Equity and Disparities, Health Professionals, Precision Medicine, Personal Genome Project, Lisa Kearns, Arthur Caplan, Carolyn Plunkett, Ethics

Nudging Toward A Smoother Tax Season

At the core of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the notion that health insurance should be accessible and affordable. In pursuit of that goal, the legislation includes premium tax credits to provide financial assistance to individuals whose income falls...

Published Wed, Jul 29 2015 9:12 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Population Health, Payment Policy, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, ACA, APTC, premium tax credits, galen benshoof, earned income tax credit, DC Health Link, DC Health Benefit Exchange Authority

King v. Burwell And The Importance Of State Politics

The Supreme Court’s decision in King v. Burwell brings an important chapter of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) implementation to a close. The fight about health reform is not over, with Republican presidential candidates promising to repeal the law while...

Published Wed, Jul 01 2015 1:49 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Health Reform, Public Health, States, Featured, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, ACA, King v. Burwell, Heritage Foundation, American Legislative Exchange Council, New Mexico, Mississippi

Implementing Health Reform: IRS Requests Comments On Cadillac Tax

One of the last remaining features of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that has yet to be implemented is the so-called “Cadillac tax,” which takes effect in 2018. Section 4980I will impose a 40 percent excise tax on employee benefits the cost of which exceeds...

Published Fri, Jul 31 2015 8:48 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Payment Policy, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, IRS, Cadillac tax, Tim Jost, Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan, Account-Based Coverage, FSAs

After King v. Burwell, A New Opportunity To Build On Early Success

Editor’s note: This article is part of a series of blog posts by leaders in health and health care who participated in Spotlight Health from June 25-28, the opening segment of the Aspen Ideas Festival . This year’s theme was Smart Solutions to the World...

Published Thu, Jul 02 2015 8:54 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Population Health, Featured, Payment Policy, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, Medicaid and CHIP, Equity and Disparities, ACA, King v. Burwell, Spotlight Health, Medicaid expansion, Chevron

Lessons In Transformation From The Walter Reed Bethesda Merger

“How is the BRAC going?” Former President George W. Bush turned and asked as he strode towards the hospital’s main entrance on a warm summer morning in July 2006. He had just completed another of his frequent visits with the wounded troops and their families...

Published Mon, Jul 13 2015 7:52 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Hospitals, Featured, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, Health Professionals, Department of Defense, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Charles Callahan, Bethesda, Army, National Naval Medical Center, Navy, BRAC, George W. Bush

Implementing Health Reform: State Innovation Wavers; Vermont’s Abortion Coverage Conundrum

Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides for “state innovation waivers.” The Senate bill that became the ACA recognized a central role for the states in health reform. It preserved state regulation of insurance and encouraged states to establish...

Published Thu, Jul 23 2015 10:20 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Payment Policy, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Section 1332 waivers, state based exchanges, Tim Jost, Howe v. Burwell, abortion coverage, marketplace plans

Behavior Change In The Era Of Health Reform

Editor’s note: This article is part of a series of blog posts by leaders in health and health care who participated in Spotlight Health from June 25-28, the opening segment of the Aspen Ideas Festival . This year’s theme was Smart Solutions to the World...

Published Fri, Jul 17 2015 5:55 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Population Health, Featured, Costs and Spending, Equity and Disparities, ACA, Spotlight Health, Aspen Ideas Festival, preventive services, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Howard Koh, culture of health, Hunger-Free Kids Act

New Health Policy Brief: The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment

A new policy brief from Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) summarizes the findings of the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment. In 2008 Oregon created a lottery system to award 10,000 new Medicaid slots to eligible new enrollees...

Published Fri, Jul 17 2015 11:28 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, Population Health, Insurance and Coverage, Organization and Delivery, Medicaid and CHIP, RWJF, ACA, Health Professionals, Health Policy Briefs, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Oregon Health Study Group, Oregon Health Plan

Health Affairs Web First: Improved Pneumococcal Vaccine Costs More, But 10-Year Savings Projected

In 2010 the US Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended that the pneumococcal seven-valent conjugate vaccine (PCV7) given routinely to children up to two years old be replaced by the pneumococcal thirteen-valent version (PCV13)...

Published Wed, Jul 01 2015 1:02 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, Costs and Spending, Drugs and Medical Technology, Web First, CDC, PCV13, ACIP, pneumococcal disease

Thirteen Ways Of Looking At King v. Burwell: A Virtual Symposium

In the week after the Supreme Court handed down its anxiously-awaited decision on King v. Burwell , Health Affairs Blog published a series of nine essays analyzing the justices’ opinions and considering the case’s potential long-term impact. From Tim...

Published Thu, Jul 02 2015 12:04 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Featured, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, ACA, Supreme Court, King v. Burwell, Affordable Care Act

Year Two: Capturing The Evolution Of Oregon’s CCOs

Oregon’s Coordinated Care Organizations (CCOs) are a type of accountable care organization (ACO); these multi-sector partnerships accept upside and downside risk for both health care costs and quality metrics. And yet CCOs deviate from the traditional...

Published Wed, Jul 15 2015 9:22 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Medicare, Hospitals, Population Health, Featured, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, Medicaid and CHIP, Health Professionals, ACOs, PacificSource Community Solutions, Health Share of Oregon, Lauren Broffman, CCOs

Implementing Health Reform: The Final Preventive Services Regulations

The Affordable Care Act requires that all non-grandfathered insured and self-insured health plans cover certain preventive services without cost sharing. These services include preventive care and screenings for women as listed in guidelines promulgated...

Published Fri, Jul 10 2015 3:34 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Featured, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, Hobby Lobby, contraceptive coverage, Affordable Care Act, Jost, preventive services, closely held

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