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The ACA And People With HIV: The ACA’s Impact And The Implications Of State Choices

Editor's note: This post is also co-authored by Rachel Garfield, a senior researcher and associate director at the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, the largest operating program of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Among the groups...

Published Mon, Mar 03 2014 1:05 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, States, Access, Medicaid, Health Law, AIDS
State Of The Union: Let’s Be Honest For A Change

Editor’s Note: Below, Len Nichols, Professor of Health Policy and Director of the Center for Health Policy Research and Ethics at George Mason University, discusses President Obama’s State of the Union address and House Budget Committee chairman...

Published Wed, Jan 26 2011 6:51 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Politics, Malpractice Liability Reform, States, Spending, Medicare, Coverage, Medicaid
Public Opinion And Health Reform

On October 13, the day the Senate Finance Committee passed its version of health reform, the Health Affairs Blog held a roundtable on public opinion and health reform. Participants included Bob Blendon, professor of health policy and political analysis...

Published Fri, Nov 06 2009 8:50 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Public Opinion, Medicare
Payors In Care Delivery: When Does Vertical Integration Make Sense?

Editor’s note: In addition to Shubham Singhal (linked bio above) this post is authored by Rohit Kumar and Jeris Stueland. Rohit Kumar is a consultant in McKinsey’s Chicago office. Jeris Stueland, an expert in McKinsey’s Healthcare Systems and Services...

Published Wed, Feb 05 2014 12:37 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Insurance, Physicians, Health IT, Health Care Costs, Medicare, Competition, Hospitals, Innovation, Business of Health Care
Tackling Medicaid In Massachusetts

Editor’s note: This post is part of a series stemming from the Third Annual Health Law Year in P/Review event held at Harvard Law School on Friday, January 30, 2015. The conference brought together leading experts to review major developments in health...

Published Mon, Jun 22 2015 6:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: States, Medicare, Medicaid, Featured, Payment Policy, Insurance and Coverage, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, Medicaid and CHIP, ACA, legislation, CMS, MassHealth, DSRIP, SIM Initiative
CMS’ Standardized Plan Option Could Reduce Discrimination

In their recently proposed rule , the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) created a “ standardized option ” for plans at the bronze, silver, and gold metal levels. Insurers could elect—but are not required—to create a standardized...

Published Wed, Jan 06 2016 7:30 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: States, Quality, Featured, Payment Policy, Costs and Spending, Equity and Disparities, Drugs and Medical Technology, HIV/AIDS, CMS, Adverse Tiering, Massachusetts, New York, Essential Health Benefits
Section 1332 Waiver Activity Heating Up In States

Editor’s note: This post describes recent state activity regarding ACA Section 1332 State Innovation Waivers. It updates a December 5, 2014 Health Affairs Blog post by the authors. This week, the health policy world is focused on the pending Supreme...

Published Wed, Jun 24 2015 1:13 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, California, Arkansas, Section 1332 waivers, Hawaii, State Innovation Waivers, Minnesota, Wyden Waivers, Rhode Island
It Is Time To Make Oral Health An Integral Part Of Primary Care

While health care experts and health philanthropy are becoming increasingly aware that oral health is essential for healthy development and healthy aging, nationwide, there remains an unacceptably high burden of oral disease. Dental caries is the most...

Published Thu, Jun 25 2015 12:05 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Physicians, Primary Care, Chronic Care, Spending, Workforce, Access, Children, Health Philanthropy, GrantWatch, Health Care Delivery, Oral Health, Health Promotion and Disease PreventionGW, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, Health Professionals
To Reduce Unnecessary Care, Choosing Wisely Moves from Awareness to Implementation

In 2012 the ABIM Foundation launched the Choosing Wisely campaign with the goal of kick-starting an important and needed national conversation about unnecessary health care tests and procedures. A pervasive and persistent problem in our health care system...

Published Tue, Jun 30 2015 5:05 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Consumers, Physicians, Spending, Quality, Health Philanthropy, GrantWatch, Effectiveness, Costs and Spending, Drugs and Medical Technology, Health Professionals, Choosing Wisely
Jan. 5 Briefing on Long-Term Services and Supports

The January 2010 edition of Health Affairs focuses on long-term services and supports and the challenges of ensuring affordable, high-quality care to people with disabilities, including many of the nation’s aged. The journal has invited key lawmakers...

Published Mon, Dec 28 2009 7:38 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Politics, Quality, Cost, End-of-Life Care, Aging
What Kind Of Advance Care Planning Should CMS Pay For?

Currently, Medicare does not offer a paid benefit for advance care planning (ACP). As a result, health care providers who want to assist Medicare enrollees with ACP do so voluntarily and neither they, nor their institutions, are compensated for their...

Published Thu, Mar 19 2015 6:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Prevention, Policy, Insurance, Public Opinion, Physicians, Health Care Costs, Coverage, Quality, Hospitals, Personal Experience, Health Law, Comparative Effectiveness, End-of-Life Care, Long-Term Care, Health Care Delivery, Business of Health Care, Palliative Care
Implementing Health Reform: Final 2016 Letter To Federal Exchange Issuers

Each year the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) releases a letter to issuers (insurers) in the federally facilitated marketplace (FFM) setting out the ground rules for coverage through the FFM for the coming year. A draft letter is published...

Published Sun, Feb 22 2015 6:18 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Policy, Insurance, States, Access, Pharma, Disparities
A Health Care Entitlement Worth Ending

The “fiscal cliff” deal raised taxes on households earning more than $450,000 a year and sheltered everyone else from an automatic income tax increase. Tough decisions about spending were put off until March 1, the new deadline by which Congress must...

Published Wed, Feb 27 2013 11:02 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Payment, Spending, Quality, Innovation, Effectiveness
Reducing Hospital Readmissions: It’s About Improving Patient Care

The issue of unnecessary hospital readmissions is now front and center in the national conversation about the quality of health care. Thanks to Medicare’s readmissions reduction program , hospitals are working hard to bring their readmission rates down...

Published Fri, Aug 16 2013 6:08 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Policy, Payment, Medicare, Quality, Hospitals, Disparities, Innovation
Unpacking The Meaning Of ‘Rationing’: A Response To Dowd And Allison

Bryan Dowd and Kirk Allison are to be thanked for their lengthy treatise on the word “rationing.” It is a term whose interpretation economists have left to politicians -- not invariably models of erudition. Check the subject index of introductory textbooks...

Published Thu, Jun 27 2013 10:44 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Policy, Health Care Costs, Competition, Access, Bioethics, Cost

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The ACA And People With HIV: The ACA’s Impact And The Implications Of State Choices

State Of The Union: Let’s Be Honest For A Change

Public Opinion And Health Reform

Payors In Care Delivery: When Does Vertical Integration Make Sense?

Tackling Medicaid In Massachusetts

CMS’ Standardized Plan Option Could Reduce Discrimination

Section 1332 Waiver Activity Heating Up In States

It Is Time To Make Oral Health An Integral Part Of Primary Care

To Reduce Unnecessary Care, Choosing Wisely Moves from Awareness to Implementation

Jan. 5 Briefing on Long-Term Services and Supports

What Kind Of Advance Care Planning Should CMS Pay For?

Implementing Health Reform: Final 2016 Letter To Federal Exchange Issuers

A Health Care Entitlement Worth Ending

Reducing Hospital Readmissions: It’s About Improving Patient Care

Unpacking The Meaning Of ‘Rationing’: A Response To Dowd And Allison