Health Affairs

Wellness Programs And Diabetes Costs

Two Web-First articles published today by Health Affairs analyze factors driving medical spending and the potential of certain strategies to curtail spending growth. One study evaluates the evidence on workplace wellness programs and finds that the medical...

Published Thu, Jan 14 2010 8:21 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Public Health, Prevention, Chronic Care, Health Care Costs, Spending

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

It’s Time: The Era Of Patient Accountability

Editor’s Note: In the post below, Healthwise CEO Don Kemper discusses empowering patients through information therapy. Kemper will participate in a panel on this topic at the 2010 National Health Policy Conference, which will take place February...

Published Thu, Jan 14 2010 9:52 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Health IT, Innovation, Technology

Abortion Coverage And Health Reform: Bringing Evidence To Bear

Editor’s Note: In addition to Kathryn Phillips and Daniel Grossman (pictures and bios above), coauthors of this article include Tracy Weitz, the Director of the Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) program and Assistant Professor...

Published Wed, Jan 13 2010 9:59 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Health Care Costs, Coverage, Health Law

The Mammograpy Guidelines And Evidence-Based Medicine

As someone who has spent the last several years promoting the development of a comparativeness effectiveness center that would encourage the production of more objective information about what works medically, for whom, and under what circumstances, it...

Published Tue, Jan 12 2010 10:45 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Public Health, Consumers, Prevention, Policy, Politics, Health Law, Comparative Effectiveness, Technology

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 Wonk Review Focuses On Health Reform

On The Health Care Blog, Brian Klepper presents some of the best in recent health policy blogging in the first Health Wonk Review of the year. Brian provides readers with a collection of interesting observations on health reform, including Alain Enthoven’s...

Published Fri, Jan 08 2010 5:15 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Blog

Health Care Reform: State Winners And Losers

Back in October, as health care financing options were being hotly debated and proposals changing on an almost daily basis, one of us noticed an editorial on health care reform in West Virginia’s Martinsburg Journal. We were struck by the extent of opposition...

Published Thu, Jan 07 2010 7:49 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Politics, Health Care Costs, States, Spending, Coverage

Recession Slowed Health Spending Growth, CMS Analysts Say In Health Affairs

Amid one of the worst economic recessions in recent history, U.S. health spending grew 4.4 percent in 2008, its slowest rate in nearly 50 years. However, overall health spending, which reached $2.3 trillion in 2008 — $7,681 per person — still...

Published Wed, Jan 06 2010 9:43 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Insurance, Physicians, Spending, Medicare, Hospitals, Medicaid

Health Affairs Examines Long-Term Services And Support

Congress is now debating whether to include in health reform a new program to help people pay for long-term care services and supports. At this propitious time, leading experts explore critical policy issues related to long-term care in a series of articles...

Published Tue, Jan 05 2010 9:25 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Insurance, Chronic Care, Workforce, End-of-Life Care, Aging, Long-Term Care

Jan. 5 Briefing on Long-Term Services and Supports

The January 2010 edition of Health Affairs focuses on long-term services and supports and the challenges of ensuring affordable, high-quality care to people with disabilities, including many of the nation’s aged. The journal has invited key lawmakers...

Published Mon, Dec 28 2009 7:38 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Politics, Quality, Cost, End-of-Life Care, Aging

Senate Approves Health Reform Bill; What’s Next?

On the morning of Christmas Eve, the Senate voted 60-39 along partisan lines to pass the Senate health reform bill. Now legislators can head home for the recess break. However, the hard work of reconciliation between House and Senate versions of health...

Published Thu, Dec 24 2009 7:52 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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

Will Health Reform Tactics Mean a Pyrrhic Victory?

With the passage of health legislation in both the Senate and House, the presumption now is that reform will happen. Still, let’s not forget that there is the daunting task of reconciling several significantly different provisions –for example, on financing...

Published Thu, Dec 24 2009 7:31 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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

A Practical Solution For Rewarding Efficient Providers

We offer a practical solution to the issues that Jack Wennberg and Shannon Brownlee raised in their November 17th blog, “The Battle Over Rewarding Efficient Providers.” We combine our experience in areas of law and patient care, respectively...

Published Wed, Dec 23 2009 1:12 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Health Reform, Insurance, Payment, Physicians, Uncategorized, Medicare

Would Reform Bills Control Costs? A Response To Atul Gawande

Atul Gawande, MD, is one of the best medical writers of our time. I subscribed to the New Yorker just so I could read him. I reached eagerly for my Dec. 14, 2009 New Yorker when I heard he had an article there. I was deeply disappointed. What worries...

Published Tue, Dec 22 2009 5:27 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Health Care Costs, Competition

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