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One Patent Law, Two Economic Sectors: Is The One-Size-Fits-All Patent Law Still Workable?

Editor’s note: This post is part of a Health Affairs Blog Symposium on Health Law stemming from 4th Annual Health Law Year in P/Review conference hosted by the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School...

Published Thu, Mar 17 2016 8:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Quality, Drugs and Medical Technology, The Health Law Year in P/Review, Hatch-Waxman Act, biopharma, patent protection, Patent Trial and Appeal Board, patent litigation

ACA Round-Up: CO-OP Oversight And Reconciling Cost-Sharing Reduction Payments

Implementing Health Reform. On March 18, 2016, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on Federal Oversight, Premiums, and Enrollment for Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans (CO-OP) in 2015. The CO-OP program was created by the Affordable...

Published Fri, Mar 18 2016 12:03 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Payment Policy, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, cost-sharing reduction subsidies, House v. Burwell, cost-sharing reduction payments

To Improve Pandemic Preparedness, Update The Priority Review Voucher Program

Legislation recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would add the Zika virus to the list of diseases in the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) priority review voucher (PRV) program. The Senate HELP Committee has also recently advanced...

Published Tue, Mar 22 2016 7:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Global Health, Research, Featured, Drugs and Medical Technology, Ebola, FDA, Congress, priority review, Zika, outbreaks, pandemic

The Fight Of A Lifetime: Health Systems And Chronic Diseases

Here is something you don’t see too often: a room full of delegates at the World Health Organization (WHO), taking a break from discussions to practice Tai Chi . But so went proceedings at the First Global Meeting of National NCD Program Directors and...

Published Wed, Mar 23 2016 8:30 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Global Health, Quality, Population Health, Featured, WHO, Diabetes, NCDs, LMICs, low-income countries, IFPMA

Funding Zika But Forgetting Tuberculosis

On February 8, the day before the White House sent its Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 budget request to Congress, President Obama requested $1.8 billion in emergency funding to respond to the Zika virus at home and abroad. The World Health Organization (WHO) has...

Published Thu, Mar 24 2016 6:51 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Global Health, Featured, Costs and Spending, infectious disease, WHO, USAID, TB, Obama, 2017 budget, tuberculosis

How Solid Is The Primary Care Foundation Of The Medical Home?

The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) has received attention as an improved care delivery model for primary care physicians — and possibly also for specialists who serve as principle physicians for patients with particular chronic conditions...

Published Fri, Mar 25 2016 9:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Physicians, Primary Care, Quality, Hospitals, Population Health, Health Professionals, ACOs, Patient-Centered Medical Home, MACRA, Alternative Payment Models, physicians perspective

CMS White Paper Examines The ACA Risk Adjustment Methodology

On March 31, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will hold a day-long public meeting in Baltimore to discuss potential changes to its Affordable Care Act (ACA) risk-adjustment program . On March 24, CMS published a White Paper describing...

Published Tue, Mar 29 2016 11:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Medicare, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, Drugs and Medical Technology, Prescription Drugs, risk adjustment program, special enrollment periods, hierarchical condition categories

The Payment Reform Landscape: Where We Started On Transparency Tools And Where We Need To Go

Today we live in the age of information. Modern technology is abundant, providing many with access to a wealth of knowledge and resources. With so much information at our fingertips, we can easily learn more about many of the choices we face in daily...

Published Thu, Mar 31 2016 9:00 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Consumers, Quality, Featured, Payment Policy, Costs and Spending, Catalyst for Payment Reform, high deductible health plans, tiered networks

Medicare Payment Reform: Hospitals Cannot Succeed Without Medicare Data

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is adopting new payment policies that will rapidly shift current reimbursement models that reward volume to alternative models designed to reward value and care coordination. These reforms also expand...

Published Fri, Apr 01 2016 9:00 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Medicare, Quality, Hospitals, Health Policy Lab, Payment Policy, Costs and Spending, Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement, Bundled Payment for Care Improvement demo, Bundled Payments, Hospital Value-Based Purchasing, episode based payment

Health Affairs Event Reminder: Patients’ And Consumers’ Use Of Evidence

The health policy literature is filled with references to providers, but patients are all too often left out of the conversation regarding how to best meet their needs. Growing attention to patient-centered care—with the attendant need for a better...

Published Tue, Apr 05 2016 5:55 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

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

Latest Health Wonk Review Is Up

Today is of course tax day, but over at the HealthBlawg, David Harlow marks the day in happier fashion, offering the best in health policy blogging in the latest Health Wonk Review. In an entertaining edition titled “Block That Metaphor,”...

Published Thu, Apr 15 2010 2:11 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Blog

Implementing Health Reform: Congressional Coverage, Multi-State Plan Program, And ACA Litigation With A Twist

On September 30, 2012, as the federal government reached the end of its fiscal year and teetered on the brink of a shutdown, implementation of the Affordable Care Act moved forward on several fronts. First, the Office of Personnel Management issued a...

Published Tue, Oct 01 2013 4:19 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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

Part Of The Solution: Next Steps In Medication Adherence Policy

We’ve heard a lot of encouraging words lately about how the improved use of medications is an essential but overlooked pathway to improved patient outcomes and sustainable health care costs. Consider these three signposts. . The Congressional Budget Office...

Published Fri, Oct 04 2013 11:26 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Policy, Payment, Chronic Care, Health Care Costs, Spending, Pharma, Quality

Inequality Is At The Core Of High Health Care Spending: A View From The OECD

It is commonly said that the US spends more than twice as much on health care as other developed countries, yet its outcomes are worse. The inference is that too much care is provided, to no good end. Such international comparisons are drawn from the...

Published Wed, Oct 09 2013 9:38 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Nonmedical Determinants, Payment, Chronic Care, Health Care Costs, Spending, Disparities, Obesity, Europe

21st Century Cures Act Lowers Confidence In FDA-Approved Drugs And Devices

President Barack Obama signed the 21 st Century Cures Act on December 13, 2016, bringing into law a piece of health care policy legislation that some describe as landmark. The Act is the result of years of debate on how best to approach a wide range of...

Published Tue, Feb 14 2017 6:00 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Quality, Patient Safety, Drugs and Medical Technology, FDA, 21st Century Cures Act, Drug approval, medical devices, Drugs and Medical Innovation, off-label promotion

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