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Grand-Aides And Health Policy: Reducing Readmissions Cost-Effectively
Hospital readmissions for the same condition within 30 days likely should not occur, and most often indicate system failure. Readmitted patients are either discharged too early, should be placed into palliative care or hospice, or most often are victims...
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Wed, Oct 29 2014 9:15 AM
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North Carolina Dental Board v. FTC: A Bright Line On Whiter Teeth?
On October 14, 2014, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners vs. Federal Trade Commission . The case does not involve the Affordable Care Act, but it goes to the heart of the professional self-regulatory...
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Thu, Oct 30 2014 9:28 AM
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Transforming Care Through Transparency
By year’s end, the Department of Health and Human Services will announce plans for making its Physician Compare website into a consumer-friendly source of information for Medicare patients about the quality of care provided by doctors and other health...
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Fri, Oct 05 2012 6:43 AM
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IRS Again Delays Minimum Essential Coverage Reporting Requirement, And Other ACA Developments
Implementing Health Reform. The Affordable Care Act imposes certain reporting requirements on large employers and providers of minimum essential coverage . Insurers, self-insured employers, and government programs must provide 1095-B statements to individuals...
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Tue, Dec 29 2015 7:31 AM
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Hospice Payment Reforms Are A Modest Step Forward, But More Changes Are Needed
On August 6, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule to update the Medicare hospice payment rates and wage index. This change was made in response to Section 3132(a) of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which called...
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Mon, Jan 04 2016 8:19 AM
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Health Affairs January Issue: High-Cost Populations, Medicaid Spending, And More
The January issue of Health Affairs explores the diverse needs of the small share of the population that accounts for the largest share of health spending in the United States. The issue also contains two studies examining how the Affordable Care Act...
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Tue, Jan 05 2016 1:09 PM
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Health Affairs journal
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Substance Use Disorders
HHS And CVS Health Partner To Promote Consumer-Centered Preventive Services
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) and CVS Health recently formed a public-private partnership. This partnership aims to increase awareness of the availability of convenient...
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Thu, Jan 07 2016 10:09 AM
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Obama Vetoes ACA Repeal, And Other Health Reform Developments
Implementing Health Reform. On January 8, 2016, President Obama to the surprise of no one vetoed HR 3762, the budget reconciliation act that sought to repeal the Affordable Care Act. In his veto message , the President laid out the potential consequences...
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Sat, Jan 09 2016 2:55 PM
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Are Provider-Led Health Care Networks Too Big To Fail?
Are provider-led health care networks equipped to function like insurance companies? Do they have the expertise and experience to assess population health risks and costs and to accurately price health insurance products? The answer is no, and the current...
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Tue, Jan 12 2016 10:45 AM
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Request For Abstracts: Health Affairs Cluster On Health Care Quality In India
Health Affairs is planning to publish a group of papers on the quality of health care in India, which will present research and issues related to policies involved in improving the delivery of health services in that country. Among other topics, we are...
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Thu, Jan 14 2016 11:28 AM
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Reconciliation Of Advance Payment Of Cost-Sharing Reductions
Implementing Health Reform. On January 15, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published at its REGTAP.info website (registration required) a Draft Manual for Reconciliation of Advance Payment of Cost-Sharing Reductions for Benefit Years...
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Mon, Jan 18 2016 8:15 AM
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After Insurer Complaints, Small Steps To Toughen Special Enrollment Period Eligibility
Implementing Health Reform. One of the central Affordable Care Act strategies for expanding access to health insurance (and thus to health care) has been to create a stable individual insurance market where individuals and families can find affordable...
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Wed, Jan 20 2016 5:14 AM
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Supplemental Benefits Under Medicare Advantage
Medicare Advantage has grown rapidly since the 2003 Medicare Modernization Act, and now covers 17 million or 33 percent of the 54 million Medicare beneficiaries — up from 13 percent a decade ago. This option allows seniors and the disabled to receive...
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Thu, Jan 21 2016 10:00 AM
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Health Affairs Briefing: Vaccines
As Seth Berkely, CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, notes in an interview in the forthcoming issue of Health Affairs , “Vaccines do not deliver themselves.” They also don’t finance their own development or distribution, educate the public...
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Mon, Jan 25 2016 12:38 PM
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A Payment Reform Conundrum: Reconciling Conflicting Policy Goals
In early 2015, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Sylvia Burwell, announced goals for shifting Medicare payment from fee-for-service (FFS) to alternative payment models (APMs). Qualifying APMs include, among others, accountable...
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Wed, Jan 27 2016 7:50 AM
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