Health Affairs

Supported State-Based Market Places: The Point of Convergence?

On paper, a supported state-based health insurance marketplace (SSBM) could be a match made in policy wonk heaven for many states implementing the Affordable Care Act (ACA). SSBMs —the after-the-fact-name of the hybrid operations that have emerged...

Published Thu, Jun 11 2015 11:21 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: States, Population Health, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, King v. Burwell, health insurance exchanges, CCIIO, SSBM, supported state-based health insurance marketplace

Domestic And Global Health Converge At Spotlight Health

When the Ebola outbreak shattered parts of West Africa and a handful of cases surfaced in the United States, the world was again reminded that a disease anywhere can become a disease everywhere. Yet infectious agents are only one dramatic example, not...

Published Fri, Jun 12 2015 10:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Global Health, Population Health, Featured, Organization and Delivery, Equity and Disparities, Ebola, Agriculture, Spotlight Health, Aspen Institute, food insecurity, trade, Climate Change

Balancing Goals In The MSSP: Consider Variable Savings Rates

Having started with a solid design and attracted a sizable number of organizations, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) continues to improve and evolve the options for health systems to participate in value-based payment reform. On Thursday...

Published Tue, Jun 16 2015 9:23 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Medicare, Hospitals, Population Health, Featured, Payment Policy, Costs and Spending, Health Professionals, ACOs, baseline spending, MSSP, benchmarking

Foundations Begin Investing In Climate Change And Health: New Report

From 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to Vatican City, global leaders are acknowledging the threat of climate change to people around the world. This recognition has come to philanthropy as well. Foundations are finding compelling motives and innovative areas...

Published Wed, Jun 17 2015 12:33 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Nonmedical Determinants, Public Health, Disparities, Health Philanthropy, GrantWatch, Environmental Health, Health Promotion and Disease PreventionGW, Featured, Equity and Disparities, Climate Change

Nature And Nurture: What’s Behind the Variation In Recent Medical Home Evaluations?

Recent evaluations of two regional medical home pilots (i.e., efforts to improve the capabilities and performance of primary care practices) within the Pennsylvania Chronic Care Initiative (PACCI) have produced differing results. In the southeast region...

Published Fri, Jun 19 2015 6:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Primary Care, Chronic Care, Quality, Hospitals, Population Health, Organization and Delivery, Health Professionals, Long-term Services and Supports, AHRQ, EHRs, Pennsylvania, medical homes, Commonwealth Fund, Patient-Centered Medical Home, NCQA

Global E-Health Is Focus Of Health Affairs Briefing

Modern information and communications technology, or e-health, has already significantly transformed health care in the developed world. The way in which in e-health has also begun to transform health care in the developing world, and the potential for...

Published Thu, Feb 18 2010 2:14 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Health IT, Global Health

Briefing: Medicare Spending And Chronic Disease

There will be a briefing on Tuesday, February 23, 2010, from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., to discuss the findings of a study on Medicare cost drivers published February 18 on the Health Affairs Web site. The event...

Published Sun, Feb 21 2010 1:19 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Chronic Care, Medicare

Serious Risks And Few New Benefits From FDA-Approved Drugs

Over the past year, the U.S. Senate and The New York Times have been investigating the failure of the nation’s auto safety regulators to protect citizens from cars with occasionally dangerous faulty devices. But neither august institution has paid attention...

Published Mon, Jul 06 2015 9:24 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Patient Safety, Health Policy Lab, Costs and Spending, Equity and Disparities, Drugs and Medical Technology, FDA, adverse drug events, hospitalizations, prescriptions

Health Affairs’ July Issue: Medicaid’s Evolving Delivery Systems

In recognition of the Medicaid program’s 50 th anniversary, the July issue of Health Affairs contains a cluster of papers focusing on how Medicaid is shaped by and has reshaped care delivery. Other subjects covered in the issue: variation in hospital...

Published Tue, Jul 07 2015 1:05 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, Insurance and Coverage, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, Medicaid and CHIP, DataWatch, caesarean deliveries, IUD, Medicaid 50th Anniversary

Health Affairs Medicaid Briefing Recap

On Wednesday, July 8, 2015, Health Affairs celebrated the release of its July Issue, “ Medicaid’s Evolving Delivery Systems ,” at a forum in Washington, DC, with support from the California HealthCare Foundation, that featured authors...

Published Thu, Jul 09 2015 8:22 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, Population Health, Featured, Payment Policy, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, Medicaid and CHIP, Equity and Disparities, California HealthCare Foundation, Health Affairs Briefing, Washington DC, National Press Club, HA_Medicaid, Health Affairs events

Implementing Health Reform: The Final Preventive Services Regulations

The Affordable Care Act requires that all non-grandfathered insured and self-insured health plans cover certain preventive services without cost sharing. These services include preventive care and screenings for women as listed in guidelines promulgated...

Published Fri, Jul 10 2015 3:34 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Featured, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, Hobby Lobby, contraceptive coverage, Affordable Care Act, Jost, preventive services, closely held

Right-To-Try Laws Fulfill The Constitution’s Promise Of Individual Liberty

Under the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) lengthy approval process, it takes over a decade and a billion dollars for new medicines to get to market. In the meantime, Americans who have exhausted all government-approved options may die waiting for...

Published Tue, Jul 14 2015 9:15 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Quality, Population Health, Drugs and Medical Technology, Health Professionals, Long-term Services and Supports, Supreme Court, FDA, right to try, patients, Kurt Altman, Compassionate Use, terminally ill, Christina Sandefur

Examining Implications Of Health Insurance Mergers

The flurry of announced and rumored mergers in the health insurance sector has focused attention on how the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) might assess the combination of some (or all) of the big five players (in order of size by...

Published Thu, Jul 16 2015 11:07 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Population Health, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, Health Professionals, ACOs, antitrust, Medicare Advantage, mergers, DOJ, Thomas Greaney, Sumo Wrestler theory

New Health Policy Brief: The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment

A new policy brief from Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) summarizes the findings of the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment. In 2008 Oregon created a lottery system to award 10,000 new Medicaid slots to eligible new enrollees...

Published Fri, Jul 17 2015 11:28 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, Population Health, Insurance and Coverage, Organization and Delivery, Medicaid and CHIP, RWJF, ACA, Health Professionals, Health Policy Briefs, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Oregon Health Study Group, Oregon Health Plan

Project ECHO: Force Multiplier For Community Health Centers

Even with the Affordable Care Act, millions of Americans struggle to access health care when they need it. A huge part of the problem is a lack of both primary care and specialty providers in rural and other underserved communities. Without local providers...

Published Mon, Jul 20 2015 12:42 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Physicians, Health IT, Primary Care, Access, Quality, Disparities, Innovation, Technology, Health Philanthropy, GrantWatch, Community Health Centers, Equity and Disparities, Drugs and Medical Technology, Health Professionals, Safety Net

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