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Advancing The Mental Health And Well-Being Movement Through Grant Making: Engaged Philanthropy

Investing in the health of a nation requires thoughtful deliberation and vision. Grantmakers, especially those with a focus on health, play a unique role in helping support community innovation that can advance health. However, without a clear focus on...

Published Thu, Sep 28 2017 1:57 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Policy, Health Philanthropy, GrantWatch, Mental Health, Social Determinants of Health, Population Health, Health Promotion and Disease PreventionGW, costs, substance use, wellness

Alice Noble And Mary Ann Chirba On Severability: Life Is A Highway

On Day Three of arguments about the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, the Supreme Court turned its attention to the question of severability. Should the Court find that the ACA’s minimum coverage requirement is indeed a proper exercise...

Published Thu, Mar 29 2012 9:52 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Medicare, Quality, Medicaid, Health Law, Children

Creating Outcome-Driven Health Care Markets

America’s health care market does not work well. It is inefficient, asymmetric, and in most cases not particularly competitive. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) legislated a myriad of changes to reform and improve insurance markets with exchanges as a centerpiece...

Published Tue, Oct 23 2012 11:56 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Insurance, Payment, Chronic Care, Health Care Costs, Competition, Quality

Bigger May Not Be Better: Does Scale Matter For Payors?

Editor’s note: In addition to Shubham Singhal (photo and 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...

Published Fri, Nov 15 2013 9:58 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Insurance, Payment, Health IT, Health Care Costs, States, Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Competition, Medicaid, Innovation, Business of Health Care

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

Project ECHO GEMH: Disruptive Technology For Geriatric Mental Health

New York State is a leader on many health fronts, whether it be antismoking, obesity reduction , or insurance coverage. But our state is also a leader in another area: we are among the states with the greatest shortages in physician supply. According...

Published Thu, May 28 2015 4:50 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Health IT, Primary Care, Chronic Care, States, Workforce, Access, Innovation, Health Philanthropy, GrantWatch, Mental Health, Health Care for the Elderly, Rural Health Care, Drugs and Medical Technology, Health Professionals, Dementia

State Expectations: Setting The Record Straight In King v. Burwell

On Wednesday, March 4 th , the Supreme Court will hear the latest attack on the Affordable Care Act (ACA): the case King v. Burwell . The King petitioners allege that the Internal Revenue Service overstepped its authority by issuing regulations authorizing...

Published Wed, Feb 25 2015 6:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Policy, Politics, Insurance, Health Care Costs, States, Coverage, Access, Health Law

Linking The Clinical Experience To Community Resources To Address Hunger In Colorado

One in seven U.S. residents struggles to afford food which increases the likelihood of poor diet quality, nutritional deficiencies , chronic diseases , depression, and anxiety . Despite the established link between nutritional deficiencies and disease...

Published Mon, Jul 13 2015 11:39 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Innovations in Care Delivery, Population Health, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, Equity and Disparities, Health Professionals, SDH, SNAP, WIC, clinic-to-community integration, Sandra Stenmark, Hunger Free Colorado, Colorado, Kaiser Permanente

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

Informal Caregiving By And For Older Adults

Editor’s Note: For more on informal caregivers and related issues, see Bridging Troubled Waters: Family Caregivers, Transitions, And Long-Term Care and other articles in the January issue of Health Affairs, titled Advancing Long-Term Services &...

Published Tue, Feb 16 2010 9:17 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Aging, Long-Term Care

Implementing Health Reform: Final Rule on Increased Federal Medicaid Matching Funds and FAQ on Medicaid Premium Assistance Programs

On Good Friday, March 29, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services released a final rule regarding increased federal Medicaid percentage changes under the Affordable Care Act for covering adults who are newly eligible under the ACA’s Medicaid...

Published Sun, Mar 31 2013 6:22 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Blog, Policy, Politics, States, Coverage, Access, Medicaid, Reform

Maryland’s Maverick Health Care Overhaul: A Physician Perspective

Beginning last year, the state of Maryland embarked on an extraordinary new experiment — one that could be a model for the nation. In partnership with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Governor Martin O’Malley’s statewide hospital...

Published Mon, Jul 20 2015 9:15 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Prevention, Quality, Hospitals, Patient Safety, Population Health, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, Health Professionals, AHRQ, fee-for-service, RVU targets, Maryland, Martin Makary, Martin O'Malley

What Do Patients Need From Clinicians? Jessie Gruman On Patient Engagement

Editor's note: The February issue of Health Affairs was a thematic issue focused on patient engagement. In conjunction with the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) , the journal has launched a new initiative inviting questions from...

Published Wed, Mar 20 2013 8:35 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Policy, Physicians, Personal Experience, Nurses

The Electronic Backpack and Crossover Youth: A Connection through the Cloud to Important Life Documents

“And despite all best intentions, when youth leave the foster care system as adults, they are typically only given a sheaf of papers that detail their complicated histories. These records are easily lost and usually incomplete, which often creates burdens...

Published Fri, May 08 2015 10:14 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Nonmedical Determinants, Quality, Children, Technology, Health Philanthropy, GrantWatch, Health Promotion and Disease PreventionGW, foster care

Individual Patient Expanded Access: Developing Principles For A Structural And Regulatory Framework

Editor's note: In addition to Meaghan George, Sara Bencic and Darshak Sanghavi also coauthored this post. Individual patient expanded access, sometimes termed “compassionate use,” refers to situations where access to a drug still in the development...

Published Thu, Jul 31 2014 12:12 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Public Health, Consumers, Policy, Access, Bioethics, Pharma, Health Law, Effectiveness, Research

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