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Redesigning New Jersey’s Medicaid Program: Philanthropy Steps Up
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Addressing “Triggers Of Decline” In Older Adults’ Physical, Cognitive, Or Mental Health
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Patients Are The Sun: The Imperative For Consumer Engagement In Transforming Health Care
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The Untold Story Of 2013: Governors Lead In Health Care Transformation
As 2013 winds to a close, it is a good time for the health policy community to reflect on a historic year for our nation. The most talked about health care issues have centered on the rollout of new health insurance and Medicaid coverage as part of the...
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Why Has ACO Growth Slowed?
Both public and private organizations have been aggressively pursuing Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) as a way to improve health care outcomes, lower health care costs and improve patient satisfaction with care. With substantive industry interest...
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Hospital Progress To Meaningful Use: Status Update
After languishing in the single digits for many years, hospital EHR adoption rates are dramatically increasing. A major driver is the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs, or the “Meaningful Use” program. A recent Health Affairs study suggested...
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Will Health Insurance Exchanges Work?
Tomorrow, the doors will open for consumers to enroll in health insurance exchanges in all fifty states and the District of Columbia. With the opening of exchanges, the burning question on everyone’s mind is this: Will health insurance exchanges work...
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Moving Forward On Medicaid Reform: Shared Savings In Medicaid, And How To Do It
Editor's note: In addition to Mark McClellan (photo and linked bio above), this post is authored by Keith Fontenot, Sara Bencic, Christine Dang-Vu, and Erica Socker. Fontenot is a visiting scholar at the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at...
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Cutting Health Cost Growth By Shared State-Federal Savings
In a Health Affairs Web First commentary released today, Alan Weil discusses the concept of “cooperative federalism” in light of the Affordable Care Act. He proposes an optional shared savings program between the states and the federal government as a...
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Pioneer ACOs Year One: On The Path To A Learning Health Care System
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services yesterday announced results from the first performance year of the Pioneer Accountable Care Organization Model . The Pioneer Model should be seen as part of a crucial phase of testing alternative payment...
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Analysis Of Post-ACA Uninsured Leads Health Affairs Blog June Top Ten
Who will be left uninsured under the Affordable Care Act? That's the question addressed by Rachel Nardin and coauthors in the most-read Health Affairs Blog post for June . Next on last month's top-ten list: Joanne Pohl and coauthors' look...
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Berenson On Quality Measurement Heads Health Affairs Blog May Top Ten
Bob Berensons set of proposals to improve quality measurement topped May's list of most-read Health Affairs Blog posts. This was followed on the top-ten list by Tim Jost on implementing the Affordable Care Act , Leah Zallman and Danny McCormick on...
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Racial Disparities In Health Care: Justin Dimick And Coauthors’ June Health Affairs Study
Racial disparities in health and healthcare are a persistent and troubling problem for the U.S. Despite substantial policy efforts to the contrary, racial and ethnic minorities, especially African-Americans, often receive a lower quality of care and have...
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Is The Recent Health Care Spending Growth Slowdown Sustainable Over The Long Term?
Following the third straight year in which the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimated the growth in national health expenditures to be a record-low 3.9 percent, considerable speculation on the causes of slower spending growth has come from...
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The Affordable Care Act At Three: Paying For Quality Saves Health Care Dollars
For decades before the passage of the Affordable Care Act, health care costs outstripped inflation, without corresponding improvements in health care quality. Our system didn’t incentivize quality or efficiency. We paid providers for the quantity of care...
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At IHI Event, Discussion Of Trading Hospital Cost Reductions For Flexibility
Hospitals have resigned themselves to an austere revenue environment but would like some things in return, Susan DeVore, president and CEO of the hospital and health systems alliance Premier Inc., said at “Out of the Blocks: Where Do We Go from Here?...
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The Impact Of The 2012 Election On Health Systems And Providers
Editor's note: For more on what yesterday's election means for health policy, see Tim Jost's post published earlier today on Health Affairs Blog. With the election season now (blessedly) behind us, and the endless barrage of campaign ads now...
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Safety Net Challenges In Delivering Accountable Care
Editor's note: In addition to Stephen Shortell (photo and linked bio above), this post is coauthored by Sarah Weinberger, a graduate student at UC Berkeley; Matt Chayt, an associate at Nossaman LLP; and Ann Marie Marciarille, a visiting assistant...
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