Health Affairs

Health Policy Brief: Repealing The 1099 Provision

A new Health Policy Brief from Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation describes efforts to repeal the so-called 1099 provision in the Affordable Care Act. That provision was designed to help finance the expansion of health insurance coverage...

Published Tue, Feb 15 2011 8:40 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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

Health Wonk Review Valentine’s Edition

The latest edition of the Health Wonk Review has been posted at the Colorado Long Term Care Insider. Jay Norris offers a collection of some of the best in recent health policy blogging, including Jessie Gruman’s Health Affairs Blog post, “A...

Published Thu, Feb 17 2011 12:08 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Blog

Bundled Payments: Toward A Challenging Yet Better Place

‘But I don’t want to go among mad people,’ Alice remarked. ‘Oh, you can’t help that,’ said the Cat. ‘We’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.’ ‘How do you know I’m mad?’ said Alice. ‘You must be,”...

Published Fri, Jun 01 2012 5:59 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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

How Many Nongroup Policies Were Canceled? Estimates From December 2013

Editor's note: This post is co-authored by Lisa Clemans-Cope and Nathaniel Anderson of the Urban Institute. Last fall, news reports focused on consumer discontent over “cancellation” notices of health insurance policies that did not meet the new minimum...

Published Mon, Mar 03 2014 8:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Policy, Insurance, Medicare, Coverage, Access, Medicaid, Health Law, Research

Assessing A CMS Proposal To Improve Competition Among Medicare Part D Drug Plans

In one provision of its January Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) , for Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage, CMS proposed that it will accept no more than two stand-alone prescription drug plan (PDP) bids from each Part D plan sponsor, starting...

Published Tue, Mar 04 2014 10:17 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Policy, Insurance, Spending, Medicare, Competition, Pharma, Business of Health Care

Medicare Part D Proposed Rule: Where Did Things Go Wrong?

It’s worth sitting up and taking notice when everyone seems to hate what you are doing. Last week, 20 of the 24 members of the sometimes fractious Senate Finance Committee wrote Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Marilyn Tavenner...

Published Thu, Mar 06 2014 12:16 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Policy, Politics, Health Care Costs, Medicare, Competition, Pharma

Implementing Health Reform: Allowing Noncompliant Policies; Benefits And Payment Parameters Rule (Part 2)

Editor's note: Part 1 of this post discussed the Department of Health and Human Services March 5 bulletin extending until October 1, 2016 its transitional policy permitting the renewal of ACA non-compliant individual and small group health insurance...

Published Fri, Mar 07 2014 12:53 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Policy, Insurance, Payment, States, Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Hospitals, Patient Safety

Health Policy Brief: Congress And The Affordable Care Act

A new Health Policy Brief from Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation examines the current congressional fight over derailing implementation of the Affordable Care Act. On January 19, 2011, the Republican-dominated House of Representatives...

Published Mon, Feb 28 2011 9:09 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Politics

Implementing Health Reform: Basic Health Program And More ACA Litigation Results

On March 7, 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services released its final rule on the Basic Health Program (BHP). This rule finalizes a rule proposed by CMS in September of 2013, which was covered...

Published Mon, Mar 10 2014 10:47 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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

PROMises, PROMises: Finally, Quality We Really Care About

Patient-centered care and patient engagement have become central to the vision of a high value health delivery system. The delivery system is evolving from a fee-for-service transactional payment model to a value-based purchasing model using outcome data...

Published Mon, Jun 25 2012 12:14 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Payment, Health IT, Quality, Technology, Research

How Hospitals Can Help Get Out The Vote

As I write this, the Supreme Court has yet to reveal its decision about the Affordable Care Act. Regardless of what they decide, we can be certain of one thing. This November, the ability of Americans to get the facts they need to make informed choices...

Published Wed, Jun 27 2012 10:25 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Nonmedical Determinants, Public Health, Consumers, Politics, Physicians, Hospitals

The Three Most-Read GrantWatch Blog Posts during February 2011

Below, we list the three most-read posts of the month. Take a look in case you missed one of these when the original tweet or e-alert was sent out. 1. “Update on What Foundations Have Been Doing in Oral Health Care” (Jan. 27, 2011). Read about the efforts...

Published Mon, Mar 07 2011 12:35 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Primary Care, Children, Nurses, Obesity, GrantWatch, Health Professions, Health Disparities, Oral Health, Social Media

Mental Illness In America’s Jails And Prisons: Toward A Public Safety/Public Health Model

Editor's note: This post is published in conjunction with the March issue of Health Affairs , which features a cluster of articles on jails and health. Mental Illness in America’s Jails and Prisons The United States continues to have one of the highest...

Published Tue, Apr 01 2014 7:04 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Nonmedical Determinants, Access, Disparities, Mental Health, Substance Abuse

Pre-Tax Purchase Of OTC Drugs: A Prescription For Compromise

One of the most contentious issues in drafting health reform legislation was the tax treatment of health care expenses. From modifying the tax exclusion for employer-provided health coverage to imposing new fees on medical treatments and products, resistance...

Published Mon, Mar 21 2011 9:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Policy, Politics, Physicians, Health IT, Chronic Care, Spending, Pharma, Patient Safety

The Supreme Court Upholds The Individual Mandate: But Who Are We Talking About?

While the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate survived constitutional scrutiny in NFIB v. Sebelius, a Republican president and/or changes in the House or Senate this fall could lead to its demise. As campaigns shift into high gear, the law’s opponents...

Published Thu, Jul 05 2012 7:11 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Insurance, Coverage, Health Law

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