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Implementing Health Reform: COBRA/ACA Interaction And Other Developments

With the 2014 open enrollment period having finally drawn to a close, the implementing agencies have turned their attention to a number of ongoing ACA issues. On May 2, 2014, the Employee Benefits Services Administration (EBSA) of the Department of Labor...

Published Sat, May 03 2014 10:46 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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

Post On Health Reform And Medicare Tops May’s HA Blog Most-Read List

Thomas Saving’s and John Goodman’s post on the implications of the Affordable Care Act for Medicare leads the list of most-read Health Affairs Blog posts for May. On the list as well are posts on the hazards of ignoring the lessons of the...

Published Fri, Jun 03 2011 8:40 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Medicare, Coverage, Comparative Effectiveness, Environmental Health

Gordon And Betty Moore Foundation Names Harvey V. Fineberg Its New President

Health Affairs was delighted to read today’s announcement that Dr. Harvey V. Fineberg will become the next president of The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, effective January 1, 2015. Until recently, Dr. Fineberg was president of the Institute of Medicine...

Published Mon, Oct 13 2014 11:35 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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Early Observations Show Safety-Net ACOs Hold Promise To Achieve The Triple Aim And Promote Health Equity

Safety-net accountable care organizations (ACOs) have the potential to deliver cost-effective, patient-centered care that engages patients and contributes to achieving the Triple Aim in Medicaid. Safety-net ACOs are playing increasingly important roles...

Published Mon, Sep 15 2014 11:20 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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

Dear Governor-Elect: Some Health Policy Counsel

Congratulations on your election on November 3. It is a mandate for your vision and leadership. Now, like the proverbial dog who has caught the meat truck -- where to begin with this business of governing? As you contemplate the work in front of you,...

Published Tue, Nov 18 2014 12:17 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Politics, Primary Care, States, Medicaid

Is A Study Of HIV Treatment For Mothers In Africa Unethical?

A global health controversy erupted this summer when the prominent scientific journal Nature ran an article entitled “HIV trial attacked.” Within, commentators squared off over whether a huge ongoing study provides suboptimal and thus unethical treatment...

Published Wed, Oct 01 2014 9:52 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Chronic Care, Global Health, Health Care Delivery

In New Health Affairs: Measuring The Benefits Of Boosting Childhood Vaccines

Two new studies published today in the June issue of Health Affairs project huge benefits from a major ramp-up of vaccine development and delivery over the next 10 years in 72 countries. The studies, both from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public...

Published Thu, Jun 09 2011 4:12 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Public Health, Prevention, Primary Care, Global Health

Families Under Stress: Reflections On April’s Narrative Matters Essay On Dementia

Editor's note: This post responds to the April Narrative Matters essay by Gary Epstein-Lubow, a geriatric psychiatrist, which recounts the life-changing stress experienced by relatives who care for loved ones with dementia. Epstein-Lubow's essay...

Published Wed, Apr 16 2014 8:36 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, End-of-Life Care, Aging, Long-Term Care, Mental Health, Narrative Matters

Health Affairs Receives Award From Employers’ Health Group

John Iglehart and Susan Dentzer, Health Affairs’ founding and current editors-in-chief, received the Health Policy Innovation Leadership Award from the National Business Group on Health, a non-profit group of more than 300 large employers. The award was...

Published Wed, Mar 16 2011 7:10 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Employer-Sponsored Insurance

Payment And Delivery Reform Case Study: Cancer Care

Editor’s note: In addition to Darshak Sanghavi, Mark McClellan, and Kavita Patel, this post is also authored by Kate Samuels, project manager at Brookings. It is adapted from a forthcoming full-length case study, the second in a series from the Engelberg...

Published Thu, Jul 03 2014 10:05 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Payment, Chronic Care, Health Care Costs, Spending, Quality, Innovation, Long-Term Care, Health Care Delivery

Interview: IOM President Harvey Fineberg Reflects On Lessons Learned

On June 16, 2014, I spoke with Dr. Harvey V. Fineberg, as he wrapped up his second six-year term as president of the Institute of Medicine (IOM). We discussed how requests for work come to the IOM, the attributes of IOM reports that make them effective...

Published Thu, Jul 10 2014 1:26 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Public Health, Policy, Science and Health, Research, Business of Health Care

Wonk Review Includes HA Blog Post On ACA Legal Fight

Hank Stern has posted a “Spring Cleaning” edition of the Health Wonk Review on InsureBlog. Among the posts Hank highlights is Tim Jost’s Health Affairs Blog post on the first appellate arguments over the constitutionality of the Affordable...

Published Thu, May 12 2011 1:48 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Health Law

Physicians In Congress: A Prescription For Better Health Policy?

Editor's note: This post is also authored by Sachin H. Jain of Harvard Medical School and Boston VA Medical Center. Physicians in Congress are on the rise. From 1960 to 2004, only 25 of the 2196 members of Congress were physicians. During an era that...

Published Wed, Mar 05 2014 9:19 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Politics, Physicians, Health Care Costs, Medicare, Medicaid, Health Law

After The Supreme Court, Higher Cost and Unrealistic Timeline Will Force Major Changes

The Supreme Court has spoken, but problems built into the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have not been resolved by the decision and may have worsened. Even accepting the law’s assumptions about how the health system should be reformed, actually putting all...

Published Mon, Jul 02 2012 12:23 PM by Health Affairs Blog

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

Lessons Learned: Bringing Big Data Analytics To Health Care

Big data offers breakthrough possibilities for new research and discoveries, better patient care, and greater efficiency in health and health care, as detailed in the July issue of Health Affairs . As with any new tool or technique, there is a learning...

Published Mon, Jul 14 2014 9:45 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Health IT, Comparative Effectiveness, Technology, Research, Big Data

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