January 2017 - Health Affairs - The Network of Care

The Best-Laid Plans For Health Care

Editor’s note: These issues and more will be discussed at the 5th Annual Health Law Year in P/Review conference, to be held on January 23, 2017, at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, MA. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is...

Published Thu, Jan 05 2017 8:00 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Featured, Health Policy Lab, Payment Policy, Following the ACA, Organization and Delivery, Drugs and Medical Technology, Supreme Court, 21st Century Cures Act, The Health Law Year in P/Review

The Payment Reform Landscape: Early Progress And The Need For Better Tools To Measure Impact

The release on October 25, 2016 of results from the Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network’s (LAN) data collection effort was a milestone in the national effort to move from legacy payment systems to alternative models. It underscores the nationwide...

Published Fri, Jan 06 2017 7:45 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Featured, Payment Policy, Costs and Spending, ACOs, Alternative Payment Models, ealth Care Payment Learning and Action Network

Administration Sticks With Current Accommodation For Employers Objecting To Contraceptive Coverage

As the Obama administration enters its final days, one issue that it needed to wrap up was its response to the Supreme Court in the Zubik contraceptive coverage litigation. On January 9, 2017, the administration checked that off its list by announcing...

Published Tue, Jan 10 2017 9:12 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Supreme Court, Women's Health, contraceptive coverage, contraceptive mandate, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Zubik v. Burwell

ACA Round-Up: Enrollment Report, Repeal Efforts, And More

On January 10, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its fourth marketplace open enrollment report for HealthCare.gov and the state marketplaces, covering the period of November 1 to December 24, 2016. Enrollment remains...

Published Wed, Jan 11 2017 10:52 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, open enrollment, risk corridor payments, advance premium tax credits

Obamacare, Trumpcare, And Your Mouth

In December, Health Affairs published a thematic issue on oral health , a first for the journal. With the timing of that issue and the presidential inauguration upon us, it is the perfect time to discuss Obamacare, Trumpcare, and your mouth. The Mouth...

Published Fri, Jan 13 2017 6:41 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Quality, Oral Health, Dental Care, Following the ACA, Medicaid and CHIP, Medicaid expansion, Essential Health Benefits, dental health, ACA repeal and replace

First, Do No Harm: A Physician Secretary Of HHS And The Reach Of Hippocrates

If the U.S. Senate confirms the nomination of Representative Tom Price to serve as the 23rd U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) he will be only the third physician to lead that department since its formation in 1953. The first was Otis Bowen...

Published Tue, Jan 17 2017 8:30 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Physicians, Featured, Following the ACA, physicians perspective, Hippocratic Oath

Health Affairs Web First: US Six-Month Drug Market Exclusivity Extensions Could Yield Nearly $100 Million

For the past few years, US lawmakers have considered legislation that would grant six additional months of market exclusivity for previously approved drugs that have been successfully tested and subsequently approved by the Food and Drug Administration...

Published Wed, Jan 18 2017 1:03 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, webfirst

Universal Access And Delegation To States: Examining Two Currents In ACA Replacement Plans

As we draw nearer to the time when the Trump administration may unveil its proposals for reforming the Affordable Care Act and the Republicans in Congress may coalesce around a single repeal and replace proposal, two ideas are surfacing that should be...

Published Fri, Jan 20 2017 7:59 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: States, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending

Project ECHO: Misplaced Skepticism Should Not Overtake Its Promise

In a recent Health Affairs Blog post titled “ Project ECHO: Enthusiasm Overtakes Evidence ,” Christopher Langston questions the value of investing in Project ECHO ® (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) , a technology-enabled collaborative learning...

Published Tue, Jan 24 2017 9:45 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Health IT, Quality, GrantWatch, Featured, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, Health Professionals

Trump’s Obamacare Executive Order: Much Ado About Very Little

On Inauguration Day, newly sworn-in President Donald Trump signed an Affordable Care Act (ACA) executive order that the new Administration heralded as a major development. In a Washington Post page 1 story , the headline read “Signed Order Might Start...

Published Thu, Jan 26 2017 7:30 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Congress, Republicans, ACA repeal and replace, executive order, Trump

Can Community Health Centers Fill The Health Care Void Left By Defunding Planned Parenthood?

House Speaker Paul Ryan has stated that the House bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), like its 2016 Congressional predecessor vetoed by President Obama, will include a provision that excludes certain providers that furnish abortions (other than...

Published Fri, Jan 27 2017 7:20 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Primary Care, Quality, Population Health, Community Health Centers, Featured, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, Women's Health, Congress, Planned Parenthood, Republicans, Paul Ryan

Court Blocks Aetna-Humana Deal: The Mega-Mergers Meet The Trump Administration Next?

Big Insurance was dealt a significant blow on Monday, January 23. A federal judge in Washington D.C. ruled in favor of the Department of Justice (DoJ) and blocked the proposed $37 billion merger of Aetna and Humana because it would have anti-competitive...

Published Mon, Jan 30 2017 6:00 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Medicare, Health Law, Insurance and Coverage, Medicare Advantage, Aetna, Humana, mega-merger, Department of Justice

Maryland’s All-Payer Model—Achievements, Challenges, And Next Steps

Three years after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the state of Maryland launched a bold approach to improve care for Marylanders and slow the growth in health care costs, Maryland continues to focus on limiting total per capita...

Published Tue, Jan 31 2017 9:00 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Quality, Hospitals, Population Health, Payment Policy, Organization and Delivery, All-Payer Claims Database, Maryland

Project ECHO: Enthusiasm Overtakes Evidence

Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is a popular model for improving patient outcomes through provider education, which has grown rapidly since its initial success in the treatment of Hepatitis C. Recently, the U.S. Senate passed...

Published Tue, Jan 03 2017 9:00 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Physicians, Primary Care, Health Professionals, hepatitis C, Project ECHO

Judge Certifies Insurer’s Risk Corridor Case As A Class Action

On January 3, 2017, Judge Margaret Sweeney of the United States Court of Claims certified Health Republic Insurance Company v. United States as a class action. This is one of more than a dozen cases that have been brought by insurers in the Court of Claims...

Published Wed, Jan 04 2017 11:08 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, risk corridor payments

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