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One Patent Law, Two Economic Sectors: Is The One-Size-Fits-All Patent Law Still Workable?

Editor’s note: This post is part of a Health Affairs Blog Symposium on Health Law stemming from 4th Annual Health Law Year in P/Review conference hosted by the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School...

Published Thu, Mar 17 2016 8:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Quality, Drugs and Medical Technology, The Health Law Year in P/Review, Hatch-Waxman Act, biopharma, patent protection, Patent Trial and Appeal Board, patent litigation

Eleventh Circuit Upholds Religious Accommodation On Contraceptive Coverage

Implementing Health Reform. On February 18, 2016, the Eleventh Circuit joined the Second, Third, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Tenth, and District of Columbia Circuits in upholding the accommodation that the federal agencies have offered to religious organizations...

Published Fri, Feb 19 2016 8:43 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Hobby Lobby, Supreme Court, contraceptive mandate, Gobeille v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., Eternal Word Television Network v. Burwell

Trouble Ahead For High Deductible Health Plans?

Benefit plans with high cost-sharing do much more than simply shift costs from employers and health plans. Conventional wisdom suggests that they help lower overall medical expenses by making patients more selective and cost-conscious consumers. However...

Published Wed, Oct 07 2015 12:21 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Quality, Emergency Medicine, Population Health, Featured, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, Long-term Services and Supports, out of pocket costs, ACA silver plan, high deductible health plans

Decoupling Myths About Employment And Health Insurance

Health Affairs recently published an article that studied whether a link exists between Medicaid expansion and employment status. Despite predictions that new eligibility for public health insurance would lead low-income Americans to work less or not...

Published Mon, Feb 08 2016 9:30 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Quality, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, Medicaid and CHIP, Medicaid expansion, employment, federal poverty level

CMS Outlines Pre-Enrollment SEP Verification Process, Reaches Out To Those In Both Medicare And Marketplaces

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released a slide deck describing in greater detail the process that they intend to use for pre-enrollment verification of special enrollment period (SEP) eligibility . CMS has also begun sending out Medicare...

Published Thu, Jun 08 2017 12:13 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, special enrollment periods

Unpacking The Senate’s Take On ACA Repeal And Replace

On June 22, 2017, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the Senate GOP’s version of Affordable Care Act repeal, the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 . The Senate bill is in many respects quite different from the House’s American...

Published Thu, Jun 22 2017 7:05 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, Medicaid and CHIP

As Patients Take On More Costs, Will Providers Shoulder The Burden?

Despite the uncertainty about the future of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and any replacement, in the coming years, more Americans will almost surely find themselves in health plans with considerable patient cost sharing at the point of service (for example...

Published Thu, May 04 2017 7:31 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Payment Policy, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, cost sharing, high-deductible plans, medical debt

ACA Round-Up: Litigation Over Cost-Sharing Reductions And Reinsurance Fees, Tax Filings, And More

On May 30 the House of Representatives filed its response to the motion of attorneys general from 15 states and the District of Columbia asking that the stay in House v. Price be lifted and that they be allowed to intervene in the appeal. The federal...

Published Thu, Jun 01 2017 2:09 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, risk corridor payments, house v. price

WellPoint: Supporting Meaningful Use Through Incentive Alignment And Hospital Financing

Editor’s Note: Charles Kennedy of WellPoint, Inc. (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 Brandeis University...

Published Thu, Aug 05 2010 9:04 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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

Health Wonk Review: The Airline Edition

Want the latest and greatest in health policy blogging? Then check out the Disease Management Care Blog, where Jaan Sidorov hosts the most recent edition of the Health Wonk Review. Despite his “airline” theme for this week’s Wonk Review...

Published Thu, Aug 05 2010 7:14 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Blog

In Senate Health Care Bill, A Few Hidden Surprises

A low-income person, eligible for Medicaid but not enrolled, is hit by a car or a bullet. Gravely injured, she arrives at the hospital unconscious. Thanks to expert, intensive care that lasts for days or weeks, she gradually recovers. Eventually, her...

Published Thu, Jul 13 2017 12:35 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Payment Policy, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Medicaid and CHIP, The Better Care Reconciliation Act, Senate health bill

Health Affairs Web First: Healthy Lifestyle Prolongs Americans’ Life Expectancy

Nearly 80 percent of Americans reach their fifties having smoked cigarettes, been obese, or both . If you are among those that have avoided cigarettes and maintained a healthy body weight, how long will you live, and how healthy will you be? A new study...

Published Wed, Jul 19 2017 1:13 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, Web First

Insurers Seeking Risk Corridor Payments Get First Courtroom Win; IRS Updates Q&As

One of the most litigated questions under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is whether the United States government owes health insurers that offered qualified health plans (QHPs) through the ACA’s marketplaces the full amount that would be due them under...

Published Fri, Feb 10 2017 9:13 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage

ACA Round-Up: Enrollment Report, Repeal Efforts, And More

On January 10, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its fourth marketplace open enrollment report for HealthCare.gov and the state marketplaces, covering the period of November 1 to December 24, 2016. Enrollment remains...

Published Wed, Jan 11 2017 10:52 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, open enrollment, risk corridor payments, advance premium tax credits

Obamacare, Trumpcare, And Your Mouth

In December, Health Affairs published a thematic issue on oral health , a first for the journal. With the timing of that issue and the presidential inauguration upon us, it is the perfect time to discuss Obamacare, Trumpcare, and your mouth. The Mouth...

Published Fri, Jan 13 2017 6:41 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Quality, Oral Health, Dental Care, Following the ACA, Medicaid and CHIP, Medicaid expansion, Essential Health Benefits, dental health, ACA repeal and replace

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