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Structuring Physician Leadership To Promote Accountable Care

Physician leadership is widely seen as crucial to drive accountable care and population health, but the question is how. A recent survey of accountable care organizations (ACOs) across the country has shown significant interest and motivation by physicians...

Published Fri, Apr 17 2015 9:23 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Physicians, Organization and Delivery, Accountable Care Organizations

Health Affairs Blog: Top 10 in 2009

We offer readers the annual “top 10″ list of most-read posts from Health Affairs Blog. Health reform topped the list in 2009. If you missed any of these posts, here’s your chance to catch up on your reading. Propaganda And Prejudice...

Published Mon, Jan 11 2010 2:55 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Blog, Policy, Politics, Payment, Physicians, Primary Care, States, Cost, Aging, Nurses

New Policy Brief Examines Individual Mandate

As negotiations continue to reconcile the differences between the Senate and House versions of the health reform legislation, one thing is clear: most Americans would be required to obtain health insurance and penalties would be imposed on those who failed...

Published Thu, Jan 14 2010 11:37 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Competition, Health Law, Innovation

What Does Indiana’s Religious Freedom Law Mean For Health Care?

Editor’s note: This post is part of a series stemming from the Third Annual Health Law Year in P/Review event held at Harvard Law School on Friday, January 30, 2015. The conference brought together leading experts to review major developments in health...

Published Tue, Apr 21 2015 7:08 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Featured, Equity and Disparities, equality, RFRA, Indiana, same sex marriage, Hobby Lobby

As Vaccination Rates Dip, Parents Walk A Tightrope Between Doubt And Risk

The recent re-emergence of measles in the United States following a 15-year period of occasional cases provides a compelling example of an unresolved societal tension in public health: that between the value of autonomous decision-making and the need...

Published Thu, Apr 23 2015 7:09 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Population Health, Featured, vaccines, autism, risk awareness

Implementing Health Reform: Little Rulemaking, But A Steady Stream Of Guidance

So far, late April 2013 has brought little in the way of formal rulemaking under the private insurance reform and Medicaid titles of the Affordable Care Act. The implementing agencies, however, (the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) of...

Published Tue, Apr 30 2013 8:14 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Insurance, States, Medicaid, Research

Oregon’s Medicaid Experiment: Coverage Is The First Step

As a longtime physician, I know that having access to stable, affordable health coverage is a critical step in achieving better health outcomes. That view is underscored in a study that appeared in today’s (May 2) New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM...

Published Thu, May 02 2013 11:49 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Chronic Care, Health Care Costs, States, Coverage, Access, Medicaid, Mental Health

The Benefits Of Medicaid Expansion: A Reply To Heritage’s Misleading Use Of Our Work

In a publication released in numerous states as well as a JAMA Forum article and a recent list of ten supposed “myths” about Medicaid expansion , the Heritage Foundation repeatedly cites our paper for the proposition that “40 of 50 states are projected...

Published Fri, May 03 2013 6:30 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Payment, Health Care Costs, States, Spending, Coverage, Medicaid, Effectiveness, Mental Health

Let’s Take A More Comprehensive Approach To Mental Health Systems Reform In 2015 Beginning With Children

Could 2015 finally be the year for truly comprehensive mental health reform in America? The answer is yes, but only if policymakers understand two key points. The first is that we can’t build a system of mental health care from the back end forward, beginning...

Published Wed, May 06 2015 6:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Medicaid, Children, Health Policy Lab, CHIP, Paul Gionfriddo, Mental Health America, Mental Health Reform

Renegotiating Retiree Health Care Plans After New Supreme Court Guidance

Few commentators have focused on the huge underfunding of retiree health care plans of states and cities. The US Supreme Court recently set forth principles of contract interpretation that will lead local governments and public unions to reach explicit...

Published Thu, May 07 2015 10:05 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: States, Featured, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, pensions, OPEBs, cities, retiree health plans, collective bargaining, M&G Polymers vs. Tackett

What Does Maximum Transparency Look Like When It Comes To Hospital Ratings?

In our recent paper published in Health Affairs comparing four national hospital ratings, we and our co-authors argued that the lack of agreement among the ratings requires at least two remedies — increasing rating transparency and rethinking the...

Published Fri, May 08 2015 6:23 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Quality, Hospitals, Research, Featured, Organization and Delivery, hospital safety, ranking hospitals, hospital ratings, maximum transparency

We Are Engaged! A Commitment To Patients

The solution to combating health care costs may lie in maximizing patient involvement. Under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Shared Savings Program , Accountable Care Organizations are eligible for financial incentives if they meet...

Published Mon, May 11 2015 11:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Prevention, Population Health, Featured, Organization and Delivery, CMS, EHRs, SDM, Patient Engagement, Shared-Decision Making, BIDMC, Lown Institute

Sleepless Nights In Spite of Medicaid and Marketplace Coverage Gains Stemming from the ACA

Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, remarkable strides have been made in expanding health coverage for more Americans. This progress has not been confined to states with long-standing political support for public health coverage...

Published Tue, May 12 2015 7:01 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Health Reform, Politics, States, Coverage, Medicaid, Health Law, Health Philanthropy, GrantWatch, Insurance and Coverage, Medicaid and CHIP

New Narrative Matters: Aligning The Best Care With Standards Of Care At The End Of Life

In Health Affairs’ May Narrative Matters essay, when her mother is hurt, a health care executive finds that the standardized care she championed isn’t always appropriate. Patricia Gabow’s article is freely available to all readers, or...

Published Thu, May 14 2015 11:52 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Narrative Matters, Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, health care, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, standardized care, Patricia Gabow, End-of-Life

Bridging the Gap between Behavioral and Primary Health Care for Low-Income Patients

“ Mental health is defined as a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his community...

Published Sat, May 16 2015 3:02 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Health Reform, Public Opinion, Primary Care, States, Access, Medicaid, Health Philanthropy, GrantWatch, Mental Health, Health Care Delivery, Population Health, Organization and Delivery, Medicaid and CHIP, Substance Use Prevention

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