February 2016 - Health Affairs - The Network of Care

The Budget And Health Care: A Quick Rundown

On February 9, 2016, the Obama administration released its proposed budget for 2017 . The 2017 budget includes a host of health care-related proposals , including new initiatives to increase access to mental health care, expand opioid abuse treatment...

Published Tue, Feb 09 2016 2:17 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Medicare, Payment Policy, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, Medicaid and CHIP, Congress, OMB, Obama, 2017 budget

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...

Published Thu, Feb 04 2016 11:25 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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

Health Affairs February Issue: Vaccines

The February issue of Health Affairs explores the current environment in which vaccines are discovered, produced, and delivered. The issue also contains several studies examining the economic benefits and value of sustainably financing vaccinations in...

Published Mon, Feb 08 2016 1:41 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Global Health, Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, Population Health, Featured, Costs and Spending, vaccines, Health Affairs journal

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...

Published Wed, Feb 03 2016 10:45 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Medicaid and CHIP, CBO, Health Affairs journal, economy, employment

Health Affairs Briefing: The Evolving Landscape Of Physician Practice

You are invited to join Health Affairs for our March 2016 issue briefing at which we will highlight a group of articles related to how physicians practice medicine. Specific topics include the cost to physician practices of tracking and reporting on quality...

Published Mon, Feb 22 2016 12:30 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Physicians, Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, patient uses of evidence, physician perspective, events

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...

Published Mon, Feb 01 2016 2:06 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Medicare, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Medicaid and CHIP, open enrollment, CMS, Implementing Health Reform, CO-OP

Symposium: The New Health Care Industry—Consolidation, Integration, Competition In The Wake Of The ACA

Editor’s note: This post by Abbe R. Gluck introduces a Health Affairs Blog symposium featuring many of the participants in “The New Health Care Industry” conference held recently at the Yale Law School’s Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy. Gluck...

Published Wed, Feb 24 2016 10:29 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Quality, Hospitals, Health Law, Population Health, Featured, Insurance and Coverage, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, Accountable Care Organizations, Health Professionals, Yale Health Care Industry Symposium, market consolidation, health insurance mergers

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...

Published Thu, Feb 04 2016 2:55 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, healthcare.gov, open enrollment, CMS, special enrollment periods

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...

Published Fri, Feb 05 2016 9:11 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Featured, Costs and Spending, Drugs and Medical Technology, Health Care Satellite Account, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

Request For Abstracts: Health Affairs Issue On Oral Health

Health Affairs is planning a December 2016 theme issue on oral health. Among other topics, we are interested in work exploring coverage, access, and utilization; disparities and special populations; workforce, training, and scope of practice; prevention;...

Published Tue, Feb 16 2016 11:33 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Oral Health, Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, Featured, request for abstracts, Health Affairs journal

All You Need Are Some Health Policy Valentines

Happy Valentine’s Day to all of our readers! This year Health Affairs joined fellow health policy wonks on Twitter — always a passionate and witty bunch — in proclaiming our love for the trending #healthpolicyvalentines . Check out the...

Published Sun, Feb 14 2016 9:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Social Media, Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, Featured, Health Policy, Valentine's Day

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...

Published Sat, Feb 06 2016 11:50 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, special enrollment periods, student health plans

Decoupling Myths About Employment And Health Insurance

Health Affairs recently published an article that studied whether a link exists between Medicaid expansion and employment status. Despite predictions that new eligibility for public health insurance would lead low-income Americans to work less or not...

Published Mon, Feb 08 2016 9:30 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Quality, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, Medicaid and CHIP, Medicaid expansion, employment, federal poverty level

Eleventh Circuit Upholds Religious Accommodation On Contraceptive Coverage

Implementing Health Reform. On February 18, 2016, the Eleventh Circuit joined the Second, Third, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Tenth, and District of Columbia Circuits in upholding the accommodation that the federal agencies have offered to religious organizations...

Published Fri, Feb 19 2016 8:43 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Hobby Lobby, Supreme Court, contraceptive mandate, Gobeille v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., Eternal Word Television Network v. Burwell

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