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Changing The Way Physicians Are Paid: Report Of The National Commission On Physician Payment Reform

The loud cries warning that rising health care costs are going to destroy the nation’s economy have been shouted so often that the will to move firmly in any one direction has almost halted. We’ve all heard them: health care costs are unsustainable, excessive...

Published Mon, Mar 03 2013 5:02 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Prevention, Payment, Physicians, Primary Care, Chronic Care, Health Care Costs, Spending, Medicare, Competition, Quality, Hospitals

Where Is Health Spending Headed? Some Reactions To The CMS Report

For the third year in a row, national health spending in 2011 grew less than 4 percent, according to the CMS Office of the Actuary. However, the report said modest rebounds in pharmaceutical spending and physician visits pointed toward an acceleration...

Published Thu, Jan 01 2013 9:15 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Policy, Insurance, Physicians, Health Care Costs, States, Spending, Medicare, Competition, Access, Pharma, Hospitals, Medicaid

Congratulations … And Now The Real Work On ACOs Begins

On Tuesday April 10, CMS announced 27 ACOs had begun operating under the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), joining the 32 Pioneer ACOs announced in December and the 6 physician group practice (PGP) sites that converted to being ACOs. Another 150...

Published Thu, Apr 04 2012 1:16 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Payment, Physicians, Spending, Medicare, Competition, Quality, Hospitals

Long Term Care Post Leads HA Blog November Most-Read List

Now that the Obama Administration has suspended implementation of the CLASS Act, what long-term care financing system should take its place? That is the question that Gloria Eldridge and Joanne Lynn address in the most-read Health Affairs Blog post for...

Published Mon, Dec 12 2011 10:18 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Health Reform, Blog, Consumers, Payment, Physicians, Spending, Medicare, Competition, Long-Term Care

A Better Way To Approach Medicare’s Impossible Task

As Congress faces mounting pressure to rein in Medicare spending, two sides seem to be squaring off. The don’t-touch-a-thing-other-than-squeezing-provider-fees position seems to appeal to mainly Democrats, while eat-your-spinach reforms, including more...

Published Tue, Nov 11 2011 11:44 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Payment, Physicians, Spending, Medicare, Competition

The Cost Of Medicare: You Get What You Pay For

In the battle over bending the cost curve in Medicare, a recent article in Health Affairs should set off alarms. In it, Francis Lukas and colleagues describe the proliferation of new cardiac surgery programs—300 in 10 years–at exactly the same time...

Published Fri, Aug 08 2011 9:11 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Payment, Physicians, Spending, Medicare, Competition, Technology

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