Health Affairs

Improving Care For The ‘Dual Eligibles’

There are nearly nine million people in the United States who receive both Medicare and Medicaid benefits. Recent cost estimates show that this group, known as dual eligibles, accounts for a disproportionate share of spending in both programs. Although...

Published Mon, Apr 23 2012 9:54 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Spending, Medicare, Quality, Medicaid

Is Health Reform Fiscally Responsible?

Editor’s note: On April 10, Charles Blahous released a paper on the fiscal consequences of the Affordable Care Act. Below Len Nichols responds to the arguments Blahous raised in the April 10 paper and offers his own views on the ACA’s fiscal...

Published Fri, Apr 20 2012 12:58 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Payment, Health Care Costs, Spending, Medicare, Coverage

Yes, Health Reform Strengthens Medicare And Reduces The Deficit

Editor’s note: On April 10, Charles Blahous released a paper on the fiscal consequences of the Affordable Care Act. Below Paul Van de Water responds to the arguments Blahous raised in the April 10 paper and offers his own views on the ACA’s...

Published Fri, Apr 20 2012 12:53 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Spending, Medicare

The Fiscal Consequences Of The Affordable Care Act

Editor’s note: On April 10, Charles Blahous released a paper on the fiscal consequences of the Affordable Care Act. Below Blahous presents a condensed and modified version of that paper. In related Health Affairs Blog posts, Paul Van de Water and...

Published Fri, Apr 20 2012 12:49 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Spending, Medicare

South Carolina: Explaining A Finding Against A State-Based Exchange

This past November a committee created under executive order by South Carolina Governor Nikki R. Haley recommended rejecting a state-based health insurance exchange as currently defined by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. After months of...

Published Fri, Apr 20 2012 9:28 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Politics, Insurance, States, Medicaid

Investing In Population Health: A Roadmap For The Future

The U.S. public health system, like its health care system cousin, is a patchwork of services, programs and regulatory authorities that is neither designed for optimal performance nor funded for sustainability and success. Those are the findings of a...

Published Thu, Apr 19 2012 1:00 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Public Health, Prevention, Policy, Spending

The Ryan Plan And The Medicare Debate: The Crucial Questions

While Representative Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) most recent Medicare premium support proposal will be hotly debated during this charged political season, the more durable issue is what it means for the real debate on Medicare that looms after the election. Regardless...

Published Wed, Apr 18 2012 11:25 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Policy, Politics, Health Care Costs, Spending, Medicare, Competition, Quality

Health Affairs Briefing: Trends In The Adoption Of Health Information Technology

On Wednesday, April 25, Health Affairs will hold a briefing on the subjects of recent trends in health information technology adoption among US health care providers; eligibility for federal incentives to support that adoption; and demonstration of meaningful...

Published Tue, Apr 17 2012 1:13 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Payment, Physicians, Health IT, Hospitals

Saving For Health Care: The Policy Pros And Cons Of Different Vehicles

There are two ways people can insure for medical expenses: third party insurance and individual self-insurance. Under the former, a third party (insurance company, employer or government) pays the expenses. Under the latter, people must save and pay the...

Published Tue, Apr 17 2012 11:22 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Policy, Insurance, Health Care Costs, Employer-Sponsored Insurance

A Masterful Health Wonk Review

At his blog Wright on Health, Brad Wright presents a “Masterful” edition of the Health Wonk Review. Celebrating the triumph of fellow University of Georgia grad Bubba Watson, Brad ties each health policy blog post to a hole on the famed course...

Published Mon, Apr 16 2012 10:59 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Blog, Consumers, Quality

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

Congratulations … And Now The Real Work On ACOs Begins

On Tuesday April 10, CMS announced 27 ACOs had begun operating under the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), joining the 32 Pioneer ACOs announced in December and the 6 physician group practice (PGP) sites that converted to being ACOs. Another 150...

Published Thu, Apr 12 2012 1:16 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Payment, Physicians, Spending, Medicare, Competition, Quality, Hospitals

Medicare ACOs: The Integration Of Financial And Clinical Integration

Back in 1996, the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice, in providing antitrust guidance for multi-provider networks, considered financial integration and clinical integration as separate pathways for such networks to avoid per se violations...

Published Wed, Apr 11 2012 10:49 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Physicians, Health Care Costs, Medicare, Competition, Quality, Health Law

Health Affairs Briefing Reminder: Value In Cancer Care

Tomorrow, 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 Wed, Apr 11 2012 9:49 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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

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

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