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Saving Medicare Dollars: Moving From The SGR To Bundled Payments

Editor’s note: The ideas expressed in this post draw on the “IPAB Working Group,” a panel of health care experts supported by Pfizer and charged with identifying strategies the Independent Payment Advisory Board might use to lower Medicare spending...

Published Fri, Feb 24 2012 6:59 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Payment, Physicians, Health Care Costs, Spending, Medicare

Dentzer To Moderate PCORI Event; Still Time To Comment On Research Agenda

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) will hold a National Patient and Stakeholder Dialogue on its first draft National Priorities for Research and Research Agenda on Monday, February 27, 2012, from 9:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. EST, at the National...

Published Fri, Feb 24 2012 1:27 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Comparative Effectiveness

Pay Attention To Health Insurance Non-Benefit Costs!

The McKinsey Global Institute reported in 2007 and 2008 that the United States spends twice as much for health care as for food. According to Census and Department of Agriculture data that pattern continues. Yet millions remain outside the protection...

Published Wed, Nov 16 2011 9:47 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Insurance, Health Care Costs, Spending

Don’t Handicap The Reform: Protecting Integrated Care Systems

Congress is preparing to finalize a health care bill for both chambers to consider. The purpose of healthcare reform is to increase the number of insured, improve the level of health care and reduce health care spending. Although there are many disputes...

Published Fri, Jan 15 2010 9:41 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Insurance, Innovation

People Post: Staff And Board Changes In Health Philanthropy

Zia Agha has been promoted to chief medical officer at West Health, which includes the Gary and Mary West Foundation , West Health Institute, and the Gary and Mary West Health Policy Center. Agha will continue in his position of West Health’s executive...

Published Tue, Sep 27 2016 8:40 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Global Health, Health Philanthropy, GrantWatch

Navigating The ACA Tax Alphabet: Resolving Conflicts Between The 1095-A, 1095-B, And 1095-C

Implementing Health Reform. For the first time in 2015, taxpayers who had received premium tax credits through the health insurance marketplaces received a form 1095-A documenting their receipt of premium tax credits. The information found on the 1095...

Published Mon, Mar 14 2016 12:21 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Medicaid and CHIP, APTC, IRS, advance premium tax credits

Medicaid Spending Growth Exceeds Expectations

Medicaid spending grew at an average rate of 8.8 percent in fiscal year 2010 across all states and the District of Columbia, according to the tenth annual survey of state Medicaid directors by the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Commission on Medicaid and...

Published Thu, Sep 30 2010 3:01 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, States, Medicaid

Non-Emergency Medical Transportation: Will Reshaping Medicaid Sacrifice An Important Benefit?

Medicaid delivers care to 74.5 million individuals for less money than any other large-scale health financing mechanism. A 2016 Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation study noted that “spending per enrollee is lower for Medicaid compared to private insurance...

Published Wed, Sep 20 2017 8:09 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Quality, Population Health, Medicaid and CHIP, Section 1115 waiver, non-emergency medical transportation

ACA Round-Up: Last Bare County Covered, Oklahoma Waiver Application Complete, And More

The Ohio Department of Insurance announced on August 24, 2017 that CareSource has agreed to offer exchange coverage in Paulding County, Ohio , the last “bare county” in the country. Of course, insurers have until September 27 to make a final decision...

Published Fri, Aug 25 2017 7:49 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, 1332 waivers, Oklahoma, MacArthur Amendment

Health Reform Implementation: Governor Rendell’s View

By mid-fall, Pennsylvania should start receiving funds earmarked for state high-risk pools under the recently passed health reform legislation, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). The money will allow the state to serve some of the...

Published Thu, May 13 2010 9:12 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Politics, Insurance, States, Spending

Is The Impact of Comparative Effective Reports Being Evaluated?

It is clear to all informed persons that the nation needs better evidence of what works in health care, and this has propelled comparative effectiveness research (CER) policy developments of late. However, for a number of—mainly political—reasons, recent...

Published Wed, Jun 30 2010 7:34 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Spending, Quality, Comparative Effectiveness, Effectiveness

A Portfolio Strategy For Affordable Coverage: Disaggregating Problems, Aggregating Solutions

America has entered into a renewed debate about health care policy, and already that debate has become fractious, highly charged, and analytically messy. But behind the rhetoric are serious problems in our health care sector that need to be addressed...

Published Fri, Nov 18 2016 8:30 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending

What’s The Story With Obamacare?

States, patients, and voters are wrestling with the pros and cons of dramatic changes in public health insurance coverage, including extending, maintaining, or rolling back Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) — an often...

Published Fri, Dec 09 2016 7:00 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Medicaid and CHIP, Oregon, Medicaid expansion

The Proposed Federal ‘Right-To-Try’ Law Is Not The Answer For Critically Ill Patients

Currently, patients have two main options to access experimental therapies that may treat their conditions but that have not yet been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA): enrolling in a clinical trial or applying to FDA’s expanded access...

Published Tue, Sep 27 2016 8:00 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Quality, Narrative Matters, Featured, Drugs and Medical Technology, Health Professionals, Compassionate Use, clinical trials, Trickett Wendler Right to Try Act, right-to-try laws

Workplace Wellness Programs: The Real Issues

Editor’s Note: The post below responds to an earlier post by Jaan Sidorov, “Why Wellness Incentives Belong In The Workplace.” No one should doubt the importance of wellness and prevention in addressing the growing burden of chronic disease...

Published Thu, Jan 28 2010 1:07 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Prevention, Employer-Sponsored Insurance

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