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Patients Are The Sun: The Imperative For Consumer Engagement In Transforming Health Care

On January 15, Community Catalyst , a national consumer health advocacy organization, launched its Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation at the National Press Club, in Washington, D.C. The event drew more than 150 leaders in health care...

Published Thu, Feb 11 2016 2:17 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Consumers, Health Care Costs, Medicare, Quality, Medicaid, Innovation, Aging, Health Philanthropy, GrantWatch, Health Care Delivery, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, Medicaid and CHIP, Equity and Disparities, health equity

Request For Abstracts: Health Affairs Issue On Oral Health

Health Affairs is planning a December 2016 theme issue on oral health. Among other topics, we are interested in work exploring coverage, access, and utilization; disparities and special populations; workforce, training, and scope of practice; prevention;...

Published Tue, Feb 16 2016 11:33 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Oral Health, Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, Featured, request for abstracts, Health Affairs journal

CMS Releases Final List Of 19,000 Essential Community Providers

Implementing Health Reform. On February 17, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final updated list of over 19,000 essential community providers (ECPs) to assist insurers in complying with the ECP requirements that apply...

Published Wed, Feb 17 2016 1:45 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, QHPs, essential community providers, National Provider Identifier, ECPs

HHS Must Remove Barriers To Coverage For Pregnant Women

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has made strides towards improving access to health care by giving most women access to affordable coverage and requiring private health insurance plans to include maternity coverage and preventive services as part of essential...

Published Fri, Feb 19 2016 7:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Quality, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, Medicaid and CHIP, Women's Health, Maternal Health, special enrollment period, Healthy MOM Act, March of Dimes, prenatal care

Health Affairs Briefing: The Evolving Landscape Of Physician Practice

You are invited to join Health Affairs for our March 2016 issue briefing at which we will highlight a group of articles related to how physicians practice medicine. Specific topics include the cost to physician practices of tracking and reporting on quality...

Published Mon, Feb 22 2016 12:30 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Physicians, Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, patient uses of evidence, physician perspective, events

Dubious Health Care Merger Justifications: The Sumo Wrestler And ‘Government Made Me Do It’ Defenses

Editor’s note: This post is part of a Health Affairs Blog symposium stemming from “ The New Health Care Industry : Integration, Consolidation, Competition in the Wake of the Affordable Care Act,” a conference held recently at Yale Law School’s Solomon...

Published Wed, Feb 24 2016 10:36 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Medicare, Quality, Hospitals, Population Health, Payment Policy, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, Health Professionals, Supreme Court, insurance mergers, Yale Health Care Industry Symposium, market consolidation

CMS Announces New Requirements To Enroll In Special Enrollment Periods

Implementing Health Reform. The Affordable Care Act, of course, abolished health status underwriting in the individual market and required coverage of preexisting conditions. This, however, created a problem — if individuals could sign up for coverage...

Published Wed, Feb 24 2016 1:56 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, healthcare.gov, special enrollment periods

HHS, Labor, And Treasury Propose Revised Summary Of Benefits And Coverage Template

Implementing Health Reform. Section 2715 of the Affordable Care Act directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: develop standards for use by a group health plan and a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage...

Published Fri, Feb 26 2016 5:22 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Featured, Payment Policy, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage

CMS Issues 2017 Benefit And Payment Parameters Rule And Letter To Issuers In The Federally Facilitated Marketplaces

Implementing Health Reform. On February 29, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services released its final 2017 Benefit and Payment Parameters Rule (with fact sheet ) and final 2017 Letter to Issuers in the Federally Facilitated Marketplaces (FFMs...

Published Mon, Feb 29 2016 6:13 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage

New Health Care Symposium: Consolidation And Competition In US Health Care

Editor’s note: This post is part of a Health Affairs Blog symposium stemming from “ The New Health Care Industry : Integration, Consolidation, Competition in the Wake of the Affordable Care Act,” a conference held recently at Yale Law School’s Solomon...

Published Tue, Mar 01 2016 10:14 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Quality, Hospitals, Population Health, Payment Policy, Insurance and Coverage, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, insurer consolidation, Yale Health Care Industry Symposium, market consolidation, consolidation

Accountable Health Communities And Expanding Our Definition Of Health Care

In 1965, Dr. Jack Geiger founded one of the first two community health centers in the U.S. in a desperately poor area of the Mississippi Delta. So many of his patients presented with malnutrition that he began writing prescriptions for food — patients...

Published Wed, Mar 02 2016 9:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Quality, Hospitals, Social Determinants of Health, Population Health, Featured, Equity and Disparities, Health Professionals, Community Health, Food and Health, Accountable Health Communities, safety-net organizations

CMS Releases Final 2017 Letter To Issuers In The Federally Facilitated Marketplaces

On February 29, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its final 2017 Letter to Issuers in the Federally Facilitated Marketplaces . This finalizes the draft 2017 Letter to Issuers CMS released on December 23, 2015. This post...

Published Thu, Mar 03 2016 7:46 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Supreme Court, Medicaid expansion, QHPs, Alaska

New Health Care Symposium: Building An ACO—What Services Do You Need And How Are Physicians Impacted?

Editor’s note: This post is part of a Health Affairs Blog symposium stemming from “ The New Health Care Industry : Integration, Consolidation, Competition in the Wake of the Affordable Care Act,” a conference held recently at Yale Law School’s Solomon...

Published Thu, Mar 03 2016 9:46 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Medicare, Quality, Hospitals, Population Health, Payment Policy, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, Health Professionals, ACOs, Massachusetts, Pioneer ACO program, Yale Health Care Industry Symposium

New Health Care Symposium: Leveraging Today’s Health Care Environment To Achieve The Triple Aim

Editor’s note: This post is part of a Health Affairs Blog symposium stemming from “ The New Health Care Industry : Integration, Consolidation, Competition in the Wake of the Affordable Care Act,” a conference held recently at Yale Law School’s Solomon...

Published Fri, Mar 04 2016 8:45 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Uncategorized, Quality, Social Determinants of Health, Population Health, Payment Policy, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, ACOs, triple aim, Telehealth, Yale Health Care Industry Symposium

US Vaccine Officials Weigh In At The Midpoint Of The Decade Of Vaccines

We’re at the midpoint of the Decade of Vaccines — an intense period marked by efforts to ramp up and extend the benefits of immunization to all people, everywhere. Unfortunately, despite much progress, the world has fallen short. But there is still...

Published Mon, Mar 07 2016 10:30 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Quality, Population Health, Featured, vaccines, Decade of Vaccines, Global Vaccine Action Program

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Patients Are The Sun: The Imperative For Consumer Engagement In Transforming Health Care

Request For Abstracts: Health Affairs Issue On Oral Health

CMS Releases Final List Of 19,000 Essential Community Providers

HHS Must Remove Barriers To Coverage For Pregnant Women

Health Affairs Briefing: The Evolving Landscape Of Physician Practice

Dubious Health Care Merger Justifications: The Sumo Wrestler And ‘Government Made Me Do It’ Defenses

CMS Announces New Requirements To Enroll In Special Enrollment Periods

HHS, Labor, And Treasury Propose Revised Summary Of Benefits And Coverage Template

CMS Issues 2017 Benefit And Payment Parameters Rule And Letter To Issuers In The Federally Facilitated Marketplaces

New Health Care Symposium: Consolidation And Competition In US Health Care

Accountable Health Communities And Expanding Our Definition Of Health Care

CMS Releases Final 2017 Letter To Issuers In The Federally Facilitated Marketplaces

New Health Care Symposium: Building An ACO—What Services Do You Need And How Are Physicians Impacted?

New Health Care Symposium: Leveraging Today’s Health Care Environment To Achieve The Triple Aim

US Vaccine Officials Weigh In At The Midpoint Of The Decade Of Vaccines