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Health Affairs Web First: Choosing Wisely Campaign
The Transformation Of Medical Education From Choosing More To Choosing Wisely
Professionalism And Choosing Wisely
ACA Round-Up: Iowa, Massachusetts Waivers Stymied; States In CSR Case Face Tough Questioning
1332 Reinsurance Waivers Revisited: Could Oregon’s Approval Beget An Oklahoma Do-Over?
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People Post: Staff And Board Changes In Health Philanthropy; Honors; Request For Proposals
Happy New Year to GrantWatch readers! Here is some light reading for the holiday weekend. Grantmakers In Health (GIH) has announced that six new members have been elected to its board. They are Ned Calonge, president and CEO of the Colorado Trust ; Nichole...
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How Might Proposed Payer Mergers Impact State Insurance Markets?
With recent news of the proposed Aetna/Humana , Anthem/Cigna , and Centene/Health Net mergers, a number of stakeholders have raised questions about consolidation’s impact on the competitiveness of health care markets. For these proposed deals, we estimated...
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Tue, Dec 01 2015 9:26 AM
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Taking Stock Of Choosing Wisely
Since its launch in 2012, the ABIM Foundation’s Choosing Wisely campaign has helped create conversations among clinicians and patients—both in the U.S. and abroad—about unnecessary care, particularly where significant risks of a test or treatment...
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The Impact Of New Hepatitis C Drugs On National Health Spending
Those who follow Altarum Institute’s monthly health sector briefs and trend reports are well aware that the five-year run of record low growth rates in national health spending (from 2009 through 2013) has come to an end, or at least been interrupted...
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Mon, Dec 07 2015 8:13 AM
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Health Care Price Transparency: A Meeting Of The Minds In Kentucky
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky held its second health care price transparency symposium on October 16. This convening occurred a year after the foundation’s first symposium , in which state and national speakers discussed the need for price transparency...
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Tue, Dec 08 2015 11:00 AM
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Preventing Older Adults From Falling: Evaluation Of A New York Foundation’s Initiative Shows Success
Chances are that you have fallen at least once or twice in your life. You’ve tripped over the dog or slipped on ice. If you’re lucky, you might end up with a bruised knee (and maybe a bit of a bruised ego), but you move on with your day. However, as you...
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Thu, Dec 10 2015 4:05 PM
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Implementation Of The Biosimilars Provisions Of The ACA — Where Are We Now?
Despite the passage of a 2010 law addressing such medicines, the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval this year of the first biosimilar has prompted a flurry of regulatory activity aimed at filling gaps left by the statute. For a helpful primer...
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Mon, Dec 14 2015 8:38 AM
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Macy Foundation Goes On The Road To Spotlight Innovations In Doctor Training
Since the July 2014 release of the Institute of Medicine’s report calling for a more publicly accountable graduate medical education (GME) system, the report has sparked an often contentious discourse among stakeholders about who wins and who loses. Because...
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Tue, Dec 15 2015 9:48 AM
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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...
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Wed, Dec 16 2015 1:49 PM
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IRS Releases Final Rule On Premium Tax Credits, Notice Addressing Employer Coverage
Implementing Health Reform. On December 16, 2015, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released a final regulation containing a number of premium tax credit eligibility provisions. Several of these concern the question of when an employer-sponsored health...
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Thu, Dec 17 2015 12:55 PM
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Evaluating A New Era In Medicare Hospice And End-Of-Life Policy
The hospice benefit was added to the Medicare program in 1983 to provide comprehensive, interdisciplinary care for beneficiaries in the last six months of life. Currently, one in two beneficiaries use some hospice care prior to their death. New Year’s...
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Tue, Dec 22 2015 10:15 AM
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Synchronizing Medicare Advantage And ACOs To Support The Secretary’s Quality And Value Payment Goals
In January 2015, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell announced the Department will tie an increasing percentage of Medicare reimbursement to quality or value. While unanticipated, the announcement was not surprising, since...
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Mon, Dec 28 2015 8:45 AM
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Six Big Trends To Watch In Health Care For 2016
With the upcoming Presidential election, health care is once again keeping us up at night. How much of the current debate is hyperbolic rhetoric? What policy changes are realistic in an election year? What market trends in the private sector will drive...
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Wed, Dec 30 2015 7:00 AM
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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...
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Tue, Dec 01 2015 2:11 PM
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Loan Fund Helps Safety-Net Providers Grow And Innovate
During a period of increasing concern about widening economic inequality, the community development finance sector has grown to channel nearly $3 billion of capital to high-need communities in the United States. Health care in low-income communities is...
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Thu, Dec 03 2015 12:39 PM
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