October 2016 - Health Affairs - The Network of Care

Social Science Insights To Advance A Culture Of Health

Editor’s note : This is part of a periodic series of Health Affairs Blog posts discussing the Culture of Health . In 2014 the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation announced its Culture of Health initiative, which promotes health, well-being, and equity. The...

Published Fri, Oct 21 2016 9:00 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Quality, Equity and Disparities, Health Professionals, culture of health

The Health Care Payment Learning And Action Network: Supporting Effective Action On Alternative Payment Models

Better care, smarter spending, healthier people—the Triple Aim. The Health Care Payment Learning & Action Network (LAN) has been working to support health care providers in achieving these goals by speeding adoption of effective alternative payment...

Published Tue, Oct 25 2016 4:45 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Quality, Featured, Payment Policy, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, triple aim, Alternative Payment Models, Learning Action Network

Examining The Nurse Pipeline: Where We Are And Where We’re Headed

Nurses play a central role in our health care system. Key factors determining the future supply of nurses are the number who are being educated by US nursing programs and the number entering the US after graduating from foreign nursing programs. The number...

Published Wed, Oct 26 2016 8:00 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Workforce, Nurses, Featured, Health Professionals, nurse practitioners

ACA Round-Up: Dollar Thresholds For 2017; Information For Agents And Brokers

On October 27, the Internal Revenue Service released a number of inflation-adjusted thresholds for 2017 . For calendar year 2017, the dollar individual responsibility penalty for failure to have minimum essential coverage or to claim an exemption from...

Published Thu, Oct 27 2016 2:06 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Navigators, open enrollment, SHOP marketplace

A New Health Affairs Blog Featured Topic: ‘Health Equity’

Health Affairs Blog is launching a new featured topic on “Health Equity.” Health disparities and health care disparities—including differential access to treatment and inequity in the quality of care—have been covered extensively in our journal...

Published Mon, Oct 31 2016 9:05 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: health equity

HHS Vigorously Defends Against Insurer Claims For Risk Corridor Payments

The Affordable Care Act risk corridor program requires the Department of Health and Human Services to collect funds from excessively profitable insurers that offer qualified health plans (QHPs) through the marketplaces while paying out funds to QHP insurers...

Published Tue, Oct 04 2016 6:18 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, ACA litigation, risk corridor program, fixed indemnity insurance

In Medicaid Expansion States, Uninsured Adults’ Share of Physician and ED Visits Has Declined

There is growing evidence that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has helped to reduce the number of uninsured adults, particularly in States that implemented the ACA’s Medicaid expansions. Research has also begun to show how the ACA’s changes in coverage...

Published Wed, Oct 05 2016 8:30 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Emergency Medicine, Featured, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, AHRQ, Medicaid expansion, medicaid expansion states, ambulatory care, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey

Report: IRS Doing Well On Shared Responsibility Payments, Tax Credit Overpayments

A number of government investigative agency reports released in recent months have been quite critical of federal agency Affordable Care Act (ACA) implementation and management efforts. In a number of instances, these reports have resulted in congressional...

Published Thu, Oct 06 2016 2:36 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, APTC, IRS

A Friendly Competition To Increase ACA Marketplace Stability: Calling All Actuaries

An important feature of the recent insurance coverage expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and arguably one of the law’s most significant achievements, has been the growth of the newly regulated individual insurance market. Nearly 20 million...

Published Tue, Oct 11 2016 7:00 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: GrantWatch, Insurance and Coverage, Affordable Care Act, reinsurance, risk adjustment

The Cost Of US Adult Vaccine Avoidance: $8.95 Billion In 2015

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), only 42 percent of US adults ages 18 and older received the flu vaccine in the 2015–16 flu season. This is just one example of US adults’ not receiving vaccinations at recommended levels...

Published Wed, Oct 12 2016 1:05 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, Featured, vaccines, Web First, vaccination

The Culture Of Health Action Framework And Systems Science: Opportunities And Challenges

Editor’s note: This is part of a periodic series of Health Affairs Blog posts discussing the Culture of Health . In 2014 the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation announced its Culture of Health initiative, which promotes health, well-being, and equity. The...

Published Mon, Oct 17 2016 9:00 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Quality, Population Health, Featured, Equity and Disparities, culture of health, systems science

Examining The HHS Projections For 2017 Marketplace Enrollment

The fourth marketplace open enrollment period begins on November 1, 2016. On October 19, the Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) released projections of 2017 marketplace enrollment . CMS also...

Published Wed, Oct 19 2016 2:33 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, employer coverage, advance premium tax credits, ACA Marketplaces

Government Files Brief In House v. Burwell; ASPE Lays Out 2017 Plans And Premiums

On October 24, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell and Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew filed their initial brief in their appeal of House v. Burwell in the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia Circuit. On October...

Published Tue, Oct 25 2016 5:07 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Marketplace premiums, House v. Burwell, marketplace plans, cost-sharing reduction payments, separation of powers, benchmark premiums, advance premium tax credits, ACA Marketplaces

Primary Care Workforce: The Need To Remove Barriers For Nurse Practitioners And Physicians

For the past four years , we have tracked primary care workforce numbers comparing the annual primary care residency match data with the primary care nurse practitioner (NP) graduation rates. While NP data continue to surge, the physician numbers, both...

Published Wed, Oct 26 2016 8:30 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Physicians, Primary Care, Quality, Nurses, Featured, Organization and Delivery, Health Professionals, nurse practitioners, primary care workforce, residents

How Are Hospital-Based ACOs Addressing Community Health?

As Risa Lavizzo-Mourey , president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), noted earlier this year, Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are no longer the “mythical unicorn creatures” they once were. In just six short years following the...

Published Thu, Oct 27 2016 8:45 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Hospitals, Health Philanthropy, GrantWatch, Population Health, Featured, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, Accountable Care Organizations, ACOs

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