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CMS Announces New Special Enrollment Period, Student Health Plan Guidance
Implementing Health Reform. On February 5, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a guidance at its REGTAP.info recognizing a new special enrollment period (SEP), while the Departments of Labor, Treasury, and HHS issued a new guidance...
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Sat, Feb 06 2016 11:50 AM
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Health Policy Brief: High-Deductible Health Plans
A new policy brief from Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) looks at high-deductible health plans (HDHPs), in which the annual deductible is $1,300 for an individual and $2,600 for a family. An estimated 25 percent of Americans...
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Fri, Feb 05 2016 12:20 PM
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Elsewhere@ Health Affairs
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Payment Policy
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Health Policy Brief
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At Last: The Data To Routinely Discuss Health Spending By Medical Condition
In a paper from the January 2015 issue of Health Affairs , Abe Dunn and colleagues from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) introduce readers to their innovative new Health Care Satellite Account (HCSA) and use the data to provide insights about...
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Fri, Feb 05 2016 9:11 AM
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The 2016 Open Enrollment Tally: 12.7 Million Selected Plans, 1 Million More Than 2015
On February 4, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released its final enrollment snapshot for the 2016 open enrollment period which ended on January 31, 2016. Overall, 12.7 million individuals selected plans during the 2016 open enrollment...
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Thu, Feb 04 2016 2:55 PM
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Several Kansas Foundations Encourage Expansion Of Kansas Medicaid
At the Kansas Health Foundation , after thirty years of grant making, it has become increasingly clear to us that changing policies creates the most change for people. It’s important to ensure that all Kansans have the opportunity to live a healthy life...
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Thu, Feb 04 2016 12:51 PM
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States
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Medicaid
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Health Philanthropy
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GrantWatch
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Kansas
Health Affairs Briefing Reminder: Vaccines
As Seth Berkley, 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...
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Thu, Feb 04 2016 11:25 AM
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Global Health
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Reexamining Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research And Treatment Policy
In recent months, two developments have provided some degree of optimism to people with the illness variously called chronic fatigue syndrome, myalgic encephalomyelitis (“inflammation of the brain and central nervous system, with muscle pain”), CFS/ME...
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Thu, Feb 04 2016 9:00 AM
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PACE trial
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The ACA And Its Employment Effects
Two studies published in the most recent Health Affairs journal raise questions about the contention that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will reduce employment, wages, and hours worked by employees. The study by Gooptu and colleagues examined the effects...
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Wed, Feb 03 2016 10:45 AM
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Claims That The ACA Would Be A Job Killer Are Not Substantiated By Research
Opponents of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have been claiming that the law would be a job killer since its passage, and the claims have not subsided with time. Some supporters of the ACA also worry about the possibility of unintended employment consequences...
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Wed, Feb 03 2016 10:30 AM
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Politics And Policy: What To Expect After 2016
2016 is an important transition year for the debate over health reform in America. By the time a new president takes office in January 2017, it will have been nearly seven years since the enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). What comes next—whether...
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Tue, Feb 02 2016 8:30 AM
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Using The Intensive Outpatient Care Program To Lower Costs And Improve Care For High-Cost Patients
Improving care for patients with chronic diseases has long been a priority for both public and private sector purchasers of health care. A robust body of literature demonstrates that a significant proportion of health expenditures are concentrated among...
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Tue, Feb 02 2016 5:00 AM
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Public Health
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Innovations in Care Delivery
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Population Health
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Costs and Spending
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culture of health
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A Southern City Follows The Way To Wellville: A Five-Year Push To Move The Needle To A Healthier Community
Remaking a community beset by issues of generational poverty and poor health outcomes is messy work. Success depends not upon finding a magic wand or moon shot solution, but rather upon a number of different people and organizations coming together around...
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Tue, Feb 02 2016 4:45 AM
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Access
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Health Philanthropy
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GrantWatch
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Population Health
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Health Promotion and Disease PreventionGW
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Insurance and Coverage
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Obesity Prevention
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Uninsured
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South Carolina
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New CMS Guidance Regarding CO-OPs And CLAS Data And Additional Enrollment Updates
Implementing Health Reform. On January 27, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a couple of guidances affecting insurers issuing coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The first is a set of frequently asked questions...
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Mon, Feb 01 2016 2:06 PM
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How Would Government Negotiation of Medicare Part D Drug Prices Work?
Medicare Part D premiums have been flat in recent years but will increase by 13 percent from 2015 to 2016. For 2016, the average monthly premium across Part D plans (PDPs) is $41.46. PDPs are also increasingly placing high-cost drugs on specialty tiers...
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Mon, Feb 01 2016 5:00 AM
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