March 2017 - Health Affairs - The Network of Care

Help Wanted: Cost-Effectiveness Research For Health And Wellness

National health expenditures represented nearly 18 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) in 2015, while efforts to limit cost growth continue to be central objectives for public and private payers alike. Dissemination of research on the evidence...

Published Thu, Mar 30 2017 7:47 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Quality, Research, Social Determinants of Health, Population Health, Costs and Spending, cost-effectiveness, comparative effectiveness studies

Just The Facts: What Consumers In Michigan Told Us About Accessing Care Under The Affordable Care Act

Policymakers who advocate for repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have called the health care law a “disaster” and a failed policy . With the failure of the Republican-proposed American Health Care Act, it appears that the ACA is here to stay, at...

Published Fri, Mar 31 2017 8:50 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Costs and Spending, Medicaid and CHIP, access to care, Michigan, out-of-pocket health care costs, Healthy Michigan Plan

Value Assessment Frameworks: How Can They Meet The Challenge?

Rising health care costs and pharmaceutical prices in particular are among the main factors that have prompted a steady flow of scholarly and lay press articles about moving from paying for volume to paying for value. Proposals from groups such as the...

Published Thu, Mar 02 2017 7:00 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Costs and Spending, cost effectiveness analysis, value-based insurance design, value-based purchasing, Drugs and Medical Innovation, ICER

Reproductive Health Under Assault

Editor’s note: This post is part of a series stemming from the Fifth Annual Health Law Year in P/Review event held at Harvard Law School on Monday, January 23rd, 2017. The conference brought together leading experts to review major developments in health...

Published Fri, Mar 03 2017 7:30 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Quality, Featured, Women's Health, Reproductive Health, Abortion, The Health Law Year in P/Review, Purvi Patel, Global Health Policy, Helms amendment, GOP platform

Health Affairs’ March Issue: Delivery System Innovation

The March issue of Health Affairs explores various aspects of delivery system innovation as it relates to efficiency, improved quality, better patient engagement, and a more satisfied clinical workforce. The issue was supported by Blue Shield of California...

Published Mon, Mar 06 2017 1:15 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, Health Affairs journal

ACA Repeal Would Mean Massive Cuts To Public Health, Leaving Cities And States At Risk

When the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed a little over six years ago, it brought with it the promise of health insurance for all Americans. It also sought to begin to shift the paradigm for health care in this country, emphasizing value over volume...

Published Tue, Mar 07 2017 7:00 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Following the ACA, Costs and Spending, Prevention and Public Health Fund., Community Health, Big Cities Health Coalition

Kenneth Arrow’s Legacy And The Article That Launched A Thousand Studies

Kenneth Arrow, who passed away on February 21 , was, according to many knowledgeable observers, the foremost economist of the second half of the 20th century. Paul Samuelson, the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Economics, said Arrow was the most...

Published Wed, Mar 08 2017 9:36 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Quality, Featured, Costs and Spending, Health Professionals, health economics, Kenneth Arrow

Health Affairs Sacramento Forum: Delivery System Innovation

The March 2017 edition of Health Affairs examines what we have learned about what works and what doesn’t when it comes to delivery system innovation. From leading health care systems seeking to improve their own performance; public and private payers...

Published Thu, Mar 09 2017 12:18 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Elsewhere@ Health Affairs

ACA Round-Up: Repeal And Replace, Additional Legislation, And Risk-Corridor Litigation

The House Ways and Means Committee approved its share of the American Health Care Act early on the morning of March 9, 2017, while the Energy and Commerce Committee voted up its provisions that afternoon. Democrats offered vigorous opposition, proposing...

Published Fri, Mar 10 2017 10:29 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA

CBO Projects Coverage Losses, Cost Savings From AHCA; Administration Signals Flexibility To Governors On Waivers

Late in the afternoon on March 13, 2017, the Congressional Budget Office issued a cost estimate on the House Republican leadership’s American Health Care Act (AHCA). The headlines of the report have already been widely reported: CBO projects that, if...

Published Tue, Mar 14 2017 5:42 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

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

Health Affairs Web First: Repeated TV Ads Increased Enrollment During The ACA’s First Enrollment Period

In the fall of 2013 television viewers in many US media markets saw numerous ads about the new Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplaces. The ads informed consumers about the insurance products and how to enroll. A new study , released by Health Affairs...

Published Wed, Mar 15 2017 1:56 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, Web First

How Should We Measure The Distribution Of Health In A Population?

Population health has been defined as “the health outcomes of a group of individuals, including the distribution of such outcomes within the group.” Measuring population health and its distribution can unite groups across sectors around a set of clear...

Published Fri, Mar 17 2017 7:53 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Population Health, Global Health Policy, population health metrics, population segmentation, Delphi Study, determinants of health

The Unfolding Medicaid Story: Congress, Governors, And The Trump Administration

Anyone who has had the chance to witness (or be part of) any of the epic health reform dramas that continually play out in Washington D.C. will agree: in the end, it always comes down to Medicaid. We have once again arrived at one of those moments. The...

Published Mon, Mar 20 2017 7:35 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: States, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, Medicaid and CHIP, per capita caps, governors, block grants

Redesigning New Jersey’s Medicaid Program: Philanthropy Steps Up

In early March 2017, the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute (NJHCQI) , a nonprofit quality improvement group, released Medicaid 2.0: Blueprint for the Future , a landmark plan to redesign and modernize New Jersey’s Medicaid program. A year in the...

Published Tue, Mar 21 2017 10:39 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: States, Quality, Medicaid, Health Philanthropy, GrantWatch, Health Care Delivery, Organization and Delivery, Medicaid and CHIP, New Jersey

What Can US Policymakers Learn About Essential Health Benefits From Israel?

In a February 14, 2017 article for Health Affairs Blog, Ian Spatz and Michael Kolber argue that the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) essential health benefit (EHB) provisions “go to the heart of what it means to have health insurance and what health care...

Published Wed, Mar 22 2017 9:56 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Quality, Featured, Insurance and Coverage, Essential Health Benefits, Global Health Policy, isreal

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