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Zika May Place Burden On Medicaid

Congress is currently debating the level of federal funding that should be made available to fight to reduce the spread of Zika. Administration officials working with local public health agencies on the ground have recently expressed fear that the funding...

Published Wed, Jun 08 2016 8:00 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, States, Medicaid and CHIP, Equity and Disparities, family planning, Zika

Social Science Insights To Advance A Culture Of Health

Editor’s note : This is part of a periodic series of Health Affairs Blog posts discussing the Culture of Health . In 2014 the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation announced its Culture of Health initiative, which promotes health, well-being, and equity. The...

Published Fri, Oct 21 2016 9:00 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Quality, Equity and Disparities, Health Professionals, culture of health

HHS Targets Young Adults In Efforts To Improve Marketplace Risk Pool

On June 21, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a fact sheet reporting on yet another series of efforts to strengthen and improve the sustainability of the Affordable Care Act marketplace risk pools. The initiatives announced...

Published Tue, Jun 21 2016 1:00 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, open enrollment, risk pools, ACA Marketplaces, millenials

CMS Focuses On Provider Steering Of Medicare- And Medicaid-Eligible People To Marketplaces

Aetna’s August 15 announcement that is reducing its marketplace participation from 778 to 242 counties has further focused attention on the need to stabilize marketplace risk pools. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have already taken...

Published Fri, Aug 19 2016 9:14 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Medicare, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Medicaid and CHIP, APTC, risk pools

Firms Shifting Burden To Workers For Family Coverage

Workers on average are paying nearly $4,000 this year toward the cost of family health coverage — an increase of 14 percent, or $482, above what they paid last year, according to the benchmark 2010 Employer Health Benefits Survey released today...

Published Thu, Sep 02 2010 8:34 PM by Health Affairs Blog

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

New Administration Report Highlights Health Reform Savings

Heading into the August recess and in advance of the anticipated release of the Medicare and Social Security trustees report, the Obama administration released a new report this morning predicting large cost savings from the recently passed Patient Protection...

Published Mon, Aug 02 2010 2:26 PM by Health Affairs Blog

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

In New Health Affairs Issue: Medical Liablity Costs And ER Use

Medical malpractice and reform proposals have been a longstanding battleground of U.S. health policy. On the one hand, studies have shown that health care is rife with errors and avoidable injury to patients. On the other, doctors and hospitals fear frivolous...

Published Tue, Sep 07 2010 5:39 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Malpractice Liability Reform, Physicians, Hospitals, Patient Safety

Breach Notice: The Struggle for Medical Records Security Continues

On July 28 the Obama Administration surprised many in the health sector by withdrawing a pending Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) final “breach notification” rule governing when consumers must be informed of illicit access or use of their...

Published Thu, Oct 07 2010 7:52 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Policy, Politics, Public Opinion, Health IT, Health Law

Invisible High-Risk Pools: How Congress Can Lower Premiums And Deal With Pre-Existing Conditions

As Congress and the Trump administration move forward with plans to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), they are looking for proven state-led reforms that maintain access for those with pre-existing conditions in the current exchange market...

Published Thu, Mar 02 2017 12:54 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Health Policy Lab, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, pre-existing conditions, high-risk pools, ACA repeal and replace

For Rare Disease Patients, A Pathway To Hundreds Of New Therapies

Many rare disease patients use drugs off-label based on limited data because they have no better options available. In fact, it is estimated that 95 percent of rare diseases do not yet have a single FDA-approved treatment . One of the authors of this...

Published Tue, Mar 21 2017 8:46 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: off-label drugs, Drugs and Medical Innovation, off-label promotion, open act, orphan drugs

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

Fighting Antibiotic Resistance By Paying For Appropriate Use

The world faces a public health crisis: growing numbers of bacteria are becoming resistant to available antibiotics, and there are few new antibiotics in the drug development pipeline. Writing in the September issue of Health Affairs, Aaron Kesselheim...

Published Mon, Sep 13 2010 5:29 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Public Health, Physicians, Pharma, Hospitals, Effectiveness

Fleshing Out The Concept Of Insurance Exchanges

The idea of a health insurance exchange is broad enough to encompass many interpretations, and that can be both a good thing and a bad thing, Jon Kingsdale said Tuesday. He spoke at a Health Affairs briefing on implementing health reform, which was keynoted...

Published Thu, Jun 10 2010 12:46 PM by Health Affairs Blog

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

Christiana Care: A Leadership Moment For Hospitals And Physicians

Editor’s Note: Robert Laskowski of Christiana Care Health System (photo and bio above) is a participant in today’s National Press Club briefing on meaningful use of health IT, cosponsored by Health Affairs and the Health Industry Forum at...

Published Thu, Aug 05 2010 9:20 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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

Spurring Provider Entry Into Medicare Advantage

Similar to private health insurance, there is little competition in Medicare Advantage (MA). T he US District Court ’s recent decision against the Aetna-Humana merger is a strong signal that the current Medicare Advantage market does not favor new entry...

Published Thu, Jul 06 2017 7:35 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Medicare, Health Policy Lab, Insurance and Coverage, value based care, Medicare Advantage

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