December 2015 - Health Affairs - The Network of Care

ACA Update: Effects On Ability To Pay Medical Bills And Labor Supply; Enrollment Snapshot; And More

Two recently released federal studies provide further insight into the effects, or potential effects, of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). CDC Reports Fewer Adults Having Trouble Paying Medical Bills First, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

Published Wed, Dec 09 2015 1:26 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, CBO, CDC, National Health Interview Survey

Health Affairs Web First: National Health Spending Growth Accelerates In 2014

A new analysis from the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) estimates that in 2014, health care spending in the United States grew at a rate of 5.3 percent to $3.0 trillion, or $9,523 per person. The previous...

Published Wed, Dec 02 2015 1:16 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Medicare, Hospitals, Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, Featured, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, Medicaid and CHIP, Drugs and Medical Technology, ACA, Web First, national health spending

ACA Marketplace Enrollment Numbers Up From Last Year

Implementing Health Reform. On December 18, 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that 5.97 million consumers have actively selected a plan through healthcare.gov for coverage effective January 1, 2016. This compares to 3.4 million...

Published Fri, Dec 18 2015 11:26 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Featured, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, open enrollment, Federally Facilitated Marketplace

Health Policy Brief: Dietary Guidelines For Americans

A new policy brief from Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) focuses on the upcoming Dietary Guidelines for Americans, set for release later this month. The 1990 National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act requires the...

Published Fri, Dec 11 2015 12:47 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, Social Determinants of Health, Population Health, Featured, USDA, Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee

Health Affairs Conversation: Arnold Milstein Discusses The California Health Policy Landscape

In the latest installment of the Health Affairs Conversations podcast series , Arnold Milstein discusses important aspects of the California health policy landscape. Milstein, a Professor of Medicine at Stanford University and Medical Director of the...

Published Tue, Dec 15 2015 12:29 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Medicare, Featured, Insurance and Coverage, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, California, Cadillac tax

CMS Finds Exchange Plans Don’t Measure Up To CHIP And Other ACA Developments

Implementing Health Reform. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) required the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) by April 1, 2015 to review the benefits and cost-sharing in qualified health plans (QHPs) and certify that those plans offer benefits...

Published Tue, Dec 01 2015 2:11 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: States, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, Medicaid and CHIP, qualified health plans, cost sharing, benefits packages

Nothing (Still) Matters: ERISA Preemption Returns To The Supreme Court

It’s back. After more than a decade without a major health care dispute involving the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) reaching the United States Supreme Court, the justices heard oral arguments on December 2 in Gabeille v. Liberty...

Published Mon, Dec 07 2015 11:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Featured, Insurance and Coverage, Supreme Court, All-Payer Claims Database, Employee Retirement Income Security Act, Gabeille v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co

Senate Approves Reconciliation Bill Repealing Large Portions Of ACA

Implementing Health Reform. On December 3, 2015 the Senate voted 52 to 47 to repeal large parts of the Affordable Care Act. The House has voted over fifty times to repeal the ACA since the Republicans took control in 2011, but this is the first time the...

Published Fri, Dec 04 2015 12:13 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Featured, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Medicaid and CHIP, Cadillac tax, ACA repeal, Senate, budget reconciliation

HHS And Treasury Release Substantive Guidance On ACA State Innovation Waivers

Implementing Health Reform. Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act provides for waivers for state innovation. The idea behind this provision is that if individual states can find a better way of reaching the goals of the ACA, they should be allowed to...

Published Fri, Dec 11 2015 5:00 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: States, Featured, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, Medicaid and CHIP, vulnerable populations

Health Affairs December Issue: Affordability, Access, Models Of Care, And More

The December issue of Health Affairs , a variety issue, covers a range of topics: the impact of competition in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplaces, life expectancy determinants, managing complex care in the United States and elsewhere, and others...

Published Mon, Dec 07 2015 1:07 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Global Health, Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, Social Determinants of Health, Featured, Equity and Disparities, Health Affairs journal, marketplace exchanges, marketplace competition

How Does The Budget Agreement Affect The ACA?

Late in the day on December 15, 2015, House Republicans released the $1.1 trillion Consolidated Appropriations Act for 2016 and a $650 billion tax extenders package . The legislation embodies an agreement among Congressional leaders that will keep the...

Published Wed, Dec 16 2015 11:41 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Featured, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, open enrollment, Cadillac tax, Prevention and Public Health Fund., health insurance provider fee, medical device tax, risk corridors

Interpreting New Data On Health Care Spending Growth

Health care spending growth is an important issue, especially since health care spending accounted for 17.5 percent of GDP in 2014. Health care spending growth slowed significantly during, and immediately following, the recession years. Between 2009 and...

Published Wed, Dec 02 2015 1:19 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Featured, Payment Policy, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, spending trends, national spending, payment models, long term spending

Court Rejects Challenge By Secular Entity To ACA Contraceptive Coverage Requirement

Implementing Health Reform. On December 10, 2015, Judge John Jones III of the federal district court of the Middle District of Pennsylvania decided yet another contraceptive coverage case . Unlike the dozens of challenges to the Affordable Care Act contraceptive...

Published Mon, Dec 14 2015 11:40 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Population Health, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, Equity and Disparities, Drugs and Medical Technology, Pennsylvania, contraceptive mandate, Religious Freedom Restoration Act

The Payment Reform Landscape: A Standard Framework To Evaluate Payment Reform Programs

As health care costs continue to rise and the quality of care remains inconsistent, employers, other private and public health care purchasers, health plans, and providers are now experimenting in earnest with reforms to how we deliver and pay for health...

Published Wed, Dec 16 2015 1:17 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Quality, Featured, Payment Policy, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, Catalyst for Payment Reform, payment reform progams

Health Affairs Web First: Access To Care In The US Rose 3.4 Percentage Points Since ACA Implementation

While millions of Americans have gained insurance coverage since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) expanded access to health insurance coverage in January 2014, little is known about how access to and affordability of care are changing under the ACA. A new...

Published Wed, Dec 16 2015 1:49 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, Featured, Insurance and Coverage, Medicaid and CHIP, access to care, Web First, ACA coverage, Health Reform Monitoring Survey

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