March 2016 - Health Affairs - The Network of Care

The 2017 Benefit And Payment Parameters Final Rule: Drilling Down (Part 2)

Implementing Health Reform. This is my third post on the 2017 Benefit and Payment Parameters final rule . The first post summarized the highlights of the rule and the final 2017 Letter to Issuers in the Federally Facilitated Marketplace. The second post...

Published Wed, Mar 02 2016 10:13 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage

Accountable Health Communities And Expanding Our Definition Of Health Care

In 1965, Dr. Jack Geiger founded one of the first two community health centers in the U.S. in a desperately poor area of the Mississippi Delta. So many of his patients presented with malnutrition that he began writing prescriptions for food — patients...

Published Wed, Mar 02 2016 9:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Quality, Hospitals, Social Determinants of Health, Population Health, Featured, Equity and Disparities, Health Professionals, Community Health, Food and Health, Accountable Health Communities, safety-net organizations

Health Care Consumerism: Can The Tail Wag The Dog?

In September 2012, The Los Angeles Times ran a story suggesting that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would usher in a new age of health care consumerism powered by on-line tools, cost calculators, and armies of engaged consumers. In the intervening years...

Published Wed, Mar 02 2016 7:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Quality, Featured, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, Florida, Consumers Union, price variation, shoppable services, HCCI

The 2017 Benefit And Payment Parameters Final Rule: Drilling Down (Part 1)

Implementing Health Reform. On February 29, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services finalized its 2017 Benefit and Payment Parameters (BPP) Rule . The rule finalizes the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) released by HHS on December 2, 2017...

Published Wed, Mar 02 2016 5:22 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage

Patients Must Be Part Of Defining Quality And Increasing Value

We’re all frustrated by the high cost of US health care and a system that’s challenging for patients to navigate and does not consider patients’ goals and wishes. Both the public and private sectors are working hard to discover ways to transform the system...

Published Tue, Mar 01 2016 11:42 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Consumers, Physicians, Quality, Innovation, Health Philanthropy, GrantWatch, patients, quality of life, patient satisfaction, patient experience, outcomes data, clinical research

New Health Care Symposium: Physicians And The New Health Care Industry—Benefits Of Generational Change

Editor’s note: This post is part of a Health Affairs Blog symposium stemming from “ The New Health Care Industry : Integration, Consolidation, Competition in the Wake of the Affordable Care Act,” a conference held recently at Yale Law School’s Solomon...

Published Tue, Mar 01 2016 10:27 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Physicians, Quality, Social Determinants of Health, Population Health, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, Health Professionals, triple aim, Graduate medical education, patient-centered care, Yale Health Care Industry Symposium

New Health Care Symposium: High Prices And Payment Reform—Let’s Get Practical

Editor’s note: This post is part of a Health Affairs Blog symposium stemming from “ The New Health Care Industry : Integration, Consolidation, Competition in the Wake of the Affordable Care Act,” a conference held recently at Yale Law School’s Solomon...

Published Tue, Mar 01 2016 10:20 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Medicare, Hospitals, Population Health, Payment Policy, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, ACOs, value-based payment, Yale Health Care Industry Symposium, market consolidation, health insurance mergers

New Health Care Symposium: Consolidation And Competition In US Health Care

Editor’s note: This post is part of a Health Affairs Blog symposium stemming from “ The New Health Care Industry : Integration, Consolidation, Competition in the Wake of the Affordable Care Act,” a conference held recently at Yale Law School’s Solomon...

Published Tue, Mar 01 2016 10:14 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Quality, Hospitals, Population Health, Payment Policy, Insurance and Coverage, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, insurer consolidation, Yale Health Care Industry Symposium, market consolidation, consolidation

Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt: Quantifying The Case’s Potential Impact On Abortion

Editor’s note: The post below discusses Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt , which will be argued before the Supreme Court tomorrow. The Court today decided another important health-related case, holding in Gobeille v. Liberty Mutual Insurance...

Published Tue, Mar 01 2016 8:35 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Hospitals, Population Health, Featured, Health Professionals, Supreme Court, Women's Health, Reproductive Health, Texas, Abortion, HB2, Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt

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The 2017 Benefit And Payment Parameters Final Rule: Drilling Down (Part 2)

Accountable Health Communities And Expanding Our Definition Of Health Care

Health Care Consumerism: Can The Tail Wag The Dog?

The 2017 Benefit And Payment Parameters Final Rule: Drilling Down (Part 1)

Patients Must Be Part Of Defining Quality And Increasing Value

New Health Care Symposium: Physicians And The New Health Care Industry—Benefits Of Generational Change

New Health Care Symposium: High Prices And Payment Reform—Let’s Get Practical

New Health Care Symposium: Consolidation And Competition In US Health Care

Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt: Quantifying The Case’s Potential Impact On Abortion