January 2016 - Health Affairs - The Network of Care

ASPE Releases Enrollment Data From Healthcare.gov And State-Based Marketplaces

Implementing Health Reform. On January 7, 2016 the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Assistant Secretary for Evaluation and Planning (ASPE) released data on marketplace enrollment for both the states that used the Healthcare.gov enrollment...

Published Fri, Jan 08 2016 8:29 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, healthcare.gov, open enrollment, Minorities

Discovering New Medicines And New Ways To Pay For Them

While the rest of the health care system is moving toward paying for value, payments for drugs largely continue to be stuck in a 20th century construct that focuses on price, regardless of the health outcomes of each patient. This lack of payment innovation...

Published Thu, Jan 28 2016 10:00 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Physicians, Featured, Health Policy Lab, Payment Policy, Costs and Spending, Drugs and Medical Technology, regulation, Research and Development, drug pricing, value-based payment

Slavitt Addresses Viability Of Health Insurance Marketplaces, And More ACA Developments

Implementing Health Reform. On January 11, 2016 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt gave a major policy address at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference about the future of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces...

Published Tue, Jan 12 2016 11:24 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Payment Policy, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, premium tax credits, contraceptive mandate, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, COBRA, special enrollment period, Missouri

Federal District Judge Dismisses Ohio Lawsuit Challenging The ACA

Implementing Health Reform. On January 5, 2016, another Affordable Care Act (ACA) lawsuit bit the dust when Judge Algenon Marbley of the federal district court for the Southern District of Ohio dismissed Ohio v. United States . The State of Ohio, four...

Published Thu, Jan 07 2016 7:46 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, open enrollment, Supreme Court, Ohio, ACA lawsuit

Request For Abstracts: Health Affairs Cluster On Health Care Quality In India

Health Affairs is planning to publish a group of papers on the quality of health care in India, which will present research and issues related to policies involved in improving the delivery of health services in that country. Among other topics, we are...

Published Thu, Jan 14 2016 11:28 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Global Health, Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, request for abstracts, India, Health Affairs journal

Reducing Health Care Costs Through Early Intervention On Mental Illnesses

This month’s edition of Health Affairs features an article focusing on patients with high mental health costs — and how they incur 30 percent more costs than other high-cost patients. This research helps to make the increasingly compelling case...

Published Mon, Jan 25 2016 9:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Quality, Mental Health, Featured, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, Equity and Disparities, Health Professionals, chronic disease, Congress

In The Marketplaces Some People May Not Be Able To Purchase The Second Lowest Cost Silver Plan

The Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) Marketplaces allow individuals and families to select and purchase health insurance, with premium subsidies available to qualified individuals to make coverage more affordable. Health insurance premiums vary considerably...

Published Thu, Jan 28 2016 6:17 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: States, Quality, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, silver plan, rating area

CMS Releases Final 2017 Actuarial Value Calculator And Methodology, 2016 Enrollment Updates

Late in the day on January 21, 2016, as the city of Washington prepared to shut down for a massive snowstorm, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Final 2017 Actuarial Value Calculator and Methodology and the Department of...

Published Fri, Jan 22 2016 7:58 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, open enrollment, ASPE, advance premium tax credits, Final 2017 Actuarial Value Calculator and Methodology

Health Affairs January Issue: High-Cost Populations, Medicaid Spending, And More

The January issue of Health Affairs explores the diverse needs of the small share of the population that accounts for the largest share of health spending in the United States. The issue also contains two studies examining how the Affordable Care Act...

Published Tue, Jan 05 2016 1:09 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Global Health, Hospitals, Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, Medicaid and CHIP, ACA, Health Professionals, Medicaid expansion, Health Affairs journal, Substance Use Disorders

CBO Updates The Estimated Costs Of The Budget Reconciliation Act

Implementing Health Reform. On January 4, 2016, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released an updated estimate of the cost of the Budget Reconciliation Act as passed by the Senate. The CBO now estimates that the legislation would reduce federal outlays...

Published Tue, Jan 05 2016 10:13 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Costs and Spending, CBO, Budget Reconciliation Act

Paying Providers For Value: The Path Forward

The release of the Alternative Payment Model (APM) Framework White Paper earlier this week is an important milestone in the progress of the Health Care Payment Learning & Action Network (LAN) toward its goal: driving new and innovative health care...

Published Thu, Jan 14 2016 12:54 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Quality, Population Health, Featured, Payment Policy, Costs and Spending, Health Professionals, ACOs, patient-centered medical homes, Alternative Payment Models, patient-centered care

Health Affairs Briefing: Vaccines

As Seth Berkely, CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, notes in an interview in the forthcoming issue of Health Affairs , “Vaccines do not deliver themselves.” They also don’t finance their own development or distribution, educate the public...

Published Mon, Jan 25 2016 12:38 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Global Health, Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, vaccines, Health Affairs events

CBO Lowers Marketplace Enrollment Projections, Increases Medicaid Growth Projections

Implementing Health Reform. On January 25, 2016, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released The Budget and Economic Outlook, 2016 to 2026 . The report does not update completely the Affordable Care Act (ACA) estimates found in the CBO’s March 2015...

Published Tue, Jan 26 2016 8:12 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, Medicaid and CHIP, open enrollment, CMS, advance premium tax credits

Supplemental Benefits Under Medicare Advantage

Medicare Advantage has grown rapidly since the 2003 Medicare Modernization Act, and now covers 17 million or 33 percent of the 54 million Medicare beneficiaries — up from 13 percent a decade ago. This option allows seniors and the disabled to receive...

Published Thu, Jan 21 2016 10:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Medicare, Payment Policy, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, CMS, fee-for-service, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Modernization Act

Health Affairs In 2015: Editor’s Picks

As Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief, I have the pleasure of reading hundreds of articles — more, I’m sure, than most of our readers have time to read. I have selected my own “top ten” for 2015. The papers I chose go beyond our “most-read” articles...

Published Tue, Jan 26 2016 9:15 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Once In A Weil, Health Affairs journal, most read articles

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