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Go Slow On Reference Pricing: Why The Federal Agencies Have It Wrong On Regulations
In The Debate About Cost And Efficacy, PCSK9 Inhibitors May Be The Biggest Challenge Yet
The Payment Reform Landscape: Capitation With Quality
The Cost Of A Cure: Medicare’s Role In Treating Hepatitis C
Making Markets Work In Health Care: What Does That Mean?
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Go Slow On Reference Pricing: Why The Federal Agencies Have It Wrong On Regulations
Despite concerns outlined in our previous post on reference pricing , federal oversight agencies essentially have taken a hands-off approach. First, they announced that for large group and self-insured plans, the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) annual...
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In The Debate About Cost And Efficacy, PCSK9 Inhibitors May Be The Biggest Challenge Yet
The American health care system is far and away the most costly in the world. Health care reform is intended to lower costs, but they are still rising, albeit less steeply than in the past. Moderation is not however the case in the area of specialty pharmacy...
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The Payment Reform Landscape: Capitation With Quality
When I began this blog series in February, I explained how Catalyst for Payment Reform (CPR) views different payment reform models along a continuum of financial risk. Thus far, we have used this series to explore the evidence behind “upside only” models...
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The Cost Of A Cure: Medicare’s Role In Treating Hepatitis C
Editor's note: In addition to Tricia Neuman, Jack Hoadley and Juliette Cubanski also coauthored this post. For a patient with hepatitis C, a potentially deadly disease, the prospect of finding a cure with minimal side effects is a really big deal...
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Making Markets Work In Health Care: What Does That Mean?
Editor's note: See Robert Berenson's post on consolidation and market power in health care, also published today, and watch for more on these subjects in Health Affairs Blog. Health Affairs last week posted a set of papers that represent several...
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Acknowledging The Elephant: Moving Market Power And Prices To The Center Of Health Policy
Editor's note: See Stuart Guterman's post on consolidation and market power in health care, also published today, and watch for more on these subjects in Health Affairs Blog. Health Affairs recently published a set of papers addressing the problem...
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Health Affairs June Issue: Where Can We Find Savings In Health Care?
The June issue of Health Affairs , released today, features various approaches to cost-savings in the U.S. health care system. A variety of articles analyze the effects of potential policy solutions on the Medicare and Medicaid programs and their impact...
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Financial Orphan Therapies Looking For Adoption
There exist scientifically promising treatments not being tested further because of insufficient financial incentives. Many of these therapies involve off-label uses of drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration that are readily available and...
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National Health Spending Growth Remains Low For Fourth Consecutive Year
A new analysis from the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), released today in the January 2014 issue of Health Affairs , estimates that health care spending in the United States grew at a rate of 3.7 percent...
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Health Affairs Briefing: The Triple Aim Goes Global
You are invited to join us on Wednesday, April 11, when Health Affairs will hold a briefing to discuss its April 2013 issue , “Triple Aim Goes Global.” The April issue examines how all high-income countries are struggling to pursue better health, better...
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HA Blog Top 10 for January: Reform and Beyond
Here in DC we’re bracing for the storm of the century — snow storm, that is. What better time to catch up on some health policy reading? We list here the top 10 most-read posts from January on Health Affairs Blog. Topics cover health reform...
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