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Engineering Science And Episode-Based Hospital Payment

Editor’s Note. This post is authored by Eugene Litvak PhD, Arnold Milstein MD, MPH and Mark Smith MD, MBA. Photos and bios for Milstein and Smith are above. Litvak is President and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Optimization and also an Adjunct...

Published Wed, Sep 15 2010 6:45 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Insurance, Payment, Physicians, Health Care Costs, Hospitals, Patient Safety, Nurses

Health Policy Brief: The Independent Payment Advisory Board

An important and controversial element of the Affordable Care Act is the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). Beginning in 2013, the panel will have significant authority to recommend ways to put on the brakes if projected increases in Medicare...

Published Fri, Dec 16 2011 4:43 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Payment, Medicare

Narrative Matters: Drug Company Payments To Physicians

In the December Health Affairs Narrative Matters essay, multiple sclerosis patient Maran Wolston describes how she lost trust in her physician when she found out he was receiving payments from drug companies. Wolston says she was fortunate to be able...

Published Tue, Dec 20 2011 9:09 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Payment, Physicians, Bioethics, Pharma, Personal Experience

New Uninsured Numbers Lead September’s HA Blog Most-Read List

A post on the spike in the ranks of the uninsured reported by the Census Bureau was the most-read Health Affairs Blog post for September. Next on the list was a discussion of Health Affairs‘ September issue on medical liablity and emergency department...

Published Tue, Oct 12 2010 11:44 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Blog, Medicare, Coverage, Medicaid

Health Reform: What Is The Future For Undocumented Aliens?

Editor’s Note: Today on Health Affairs Blog, Courtney Burke and Erica Martin of the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government at the State University of New York in Albany examine two related issues that will be important to monitor and address...

Published Fri, Oct 15 2010 7:27 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Health Reform, States, Coverage, Access, Hospitals, Medicaid

Patient-Centered Care: What It Means And How To Get There

At a recent symposium concerning both saving money and improving patient care, Health Affairs Editor-in Chief Susan Dentzer stated, “It is well established now that one can in fact improve the quality of health care and reduce the costs at the same time...

Published Tue, Jan 24 2012 1:44 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Payment, Physicians, Primary Care, Health Care Costs, Quality, Personal Experience

Health Policy Brief: Medicaid Reform

Medicaid, the nation’s largest public health insurance program, provides health coverage for low-income people, or about one in five Americans. The program will also play a central role in expanding insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act...

Published Fri, Jan 27 2012 5:50 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Health Reform, States, Spending, Medicaid, Health Law

Berwick Finally Faces The Finance Committee — Briefly

Don Berwick’s long-awaited appearance before the Senate Finance Committee turned out to be a bit anticlimactic and abbreviated, as votes taking place on the Senate floor limited the hearing to a little over an hour. Republicans complained that they couldn...

Published Wed, Nov 17 2010 11:29 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Politics, Spending, Quality

Meaningful Use Of EHRs Stage 2: What To Expect In The Proposed Rules

There will be many blogs and news reports, on Health Affairs Blog and elsewhere, about the very-soon-to-be-released Stage 2 proposed rules on the Meaningful Use of electronic health records (EHRs). This report is more impressionistic. The message of the...

Published Thu, Feb 23 2012 6:46 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health IT, Quality

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

Health Affairs Briefing: Value In Cancer Care

On Thursday, April 12, Health Affairs will hold a briefing to unveil its April 2012 issue, “Issues In Cancer Care: Value, Costs & Quality.” The volume explores a range of cancer-related topics, with the centerpiece a cluster of articles on assessing...

Published Tue, Apr 03 2012 11:02 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Prevention, Policy, Payment, Medicare, End-of-Life Care, Effectiveness

Health Affairs Now On iPad

Now you can explore the intersection of health, health care, and policy with Health Affairs on iPad. Download Health Affairs’ new mobile application for iPad to tap into a full interactive experience with Health Affairs content, including: Free...

Published Wed, Apr 04 2012 11:43 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Blog, Policy

New Health Affairs: On Cancer Care, U.S. Spends More And Gets More

The United States spends more on cancer care than European countries. However, a study published in the newly released April issue of Health Affairs suggests that investment also generates a greater “value” for US patients, who typically live nearly two...

Published Tue, Apr 10 2012 9:16 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Payment, Spending, Pharma, Technology, End-of-Life Care, Effectiveness

Bending The Health Care Cost Curve: More Than Meets The Eye?

During the past months, a number of important articles have appeared in the healthcare literature on the subject of the recent slowing of health-spending growth in the U.S. In an article in January’s Health Affairs, economists at the Centers for Medicare...

Published Fri, Apr 13 2012 8:11 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Physicians, States, Spending, Pharma, Hospitals

Narrative Matters: Providing Dental Care In Remote Corners Of Alaska

In the November Health Affairs Narrative Matters essay , one of the nation's few dental therapists explains why his profession could help address dental workforce shortages in the United States. Conan Murat's article is freely available to all...

Published Thu, Nov 21 2013 1:17 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Workforce, Access, Personal Experience

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