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Health Affairs Briefing: Current Challenges In Comparative Effectiveness Research

On Thursday, October 11, Health Affairs will hold a briefing to unveil its October 2012 issue, "Current Challenges In Comparative Effectiveness Research." The volume examines how findings from comparative effectiveness research will be communicated...

Published Thu, Sep 27 2012 8:03 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Pharma, Health Law, Comparative Effectiveness, Research

The ‘Decade Of Vaccines’: Promise And Challenge

Vaccinating children around the world against infectious diseases has saved the lives of millions over the past several decades. Now new opportunities exist to overcome remaining challenges, according to articles in the June 2011 issue of Health Affairs...

Published Tue, Jun 14 2011 12:31 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Public Health, Prevention, Global Health, Children

The Mixed (De)Merits Of ‘Bending The Cost Curve’

Political scientists emphasize the importance of “framing” in policy debates. The health care cost control debate in the United States has been reframed by the promotion of a metaphor, “bending the curve.” This metaphor has merits but they are decidedly...

Published Fri, Jun 17 2011 6:41 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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

What About Lousy Hospitals?

Excellence in American hospital care is rare. It is common knowledge that many hospitals fall alarmingly short on safety, quality, effectiveness, patient satisfaction, and cost. As Mark Chassin wrote in Health Affairs , “quality and safety problems in...

Published Wed, Nov 05 2014 6:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Workforce, Quality, Hospitals

Yes, We Can Transcend Obamacare

In a recent Health Affairs Blog post , Washington and Lee University law professor Timothy Jost described a new health-reform plan designed by one of us (Roy) and fiscally modeled by the other (Parente) as a “serious proposal [that] deserves to be taken...

Published Thu, Nov 06 2014 11:49 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Politics, Insurance, Health Care Costs, Spending, Medicare, Quality, Medicaid, Europe

Implementing Health Reform: Defining Group Health Plans And More

A primary goal of the Affordable Care Act is to extend individual health insurance coverage through the exchanges and the premium tax credits to Americans who would otherwise be uninsured. But most working-age Americans and their families remain insured...

Published Sun, Nov 09 2014 10:09 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Insurance, States, Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Medicaid

The Short-Term And Long-Term Outlook Of Drug Coupons

In the October 2014 Health Affairs article, “ Specialty Drug Coupons Lower Out-Of-Pocket Costs And May Improve Adherence At The Risk Of Increasing Premiums ,” Catherine Starner and coauthors explore the relationship between drug coupons and specialty...

Published Wed, Nov 12 2014 6:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Policy, Insurance, Payment, Health Care Costs, Medicare, Pharma, Medicaid, Comparative Effectiveness

Health Affairs Web First: For Global Health Programs Aiding Developing Countries, Analyzing A New Funding Model

Development assistance for health in low-and-middle-income countries nearly tripled from 2001 to 2010, with much of that growth directed toward the response to HIV. Donor agencies struggle to determine how much assistance a country should receive. A new...

Published Thu, Nov 13 2014 7:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Public Health, Policy, Chronic Care, Global Health, AIDS

Mixed Financial Incentives for Hospitals to Reduce Surgical Complications’ Frequency

Surgical complications are something that neither patients nor hospitals want. With low complication rates being increasingly recognized as an important measure of good hospital performance, initiatives to lower complication rates are being pursued with...

Published Wed, Oct 17 2012 1:22 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Payment, Quality, Hospitals

The Beacon Communities At One Year: The Mississippi Delta Experience

The federal government’s Beacon Program provides funding to 17 communities that have already made inroads in the development of secure, private, and accurate systems of electronic health record (EHR) adoption and health information exchange. This is the...

Published Wed, Jul 27 2011 11:59 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Public Health, Prevention, Health IT, Primary Care, Chronic Care, Health Care Costs, Quality, Disparities

Evolving Medicaid To Better Serve Children With Medically Complex Conditions

The fragmented Medicaid system must evolve to better meet the needs of children with medically complex conditions, a growing population responsible for a high proportion of health care spending. Regional care networks and national data support are two...

Published Mon, Dec 08 2014 7:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Chronic Care, Medicaid, Children

Does Public Health Have A Future?

Ebola’s arrival in the U.S. hit Americans with a jolt. Regardless of how you feel about the response to date, it should remind everyone of the importance of public health. Fortunately, public health in the U.S. has built an extraordinary track record...

Published Wed, Dec 10 2014 6:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Public Health, Prevention, Environmental Health

The Accidental Administrative Law Of Policymaking In The Medicare Program

Editor’s note: This post is part of a series of several posts stemming from presentations given at “ The Law of Medicare and Medicaid at Fifty ,” a conference held at Yale Law School on November 6 and 7. When Congress establishes a new regulatory program...

Published Thu, Dec 11 2014 9:40 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Payment, Physicians, Spending, Medicare, Coverage, Quality, Hospitals, Medicaid, Health Law

The Innovation Conundrum In Health Care

Editor’s note: This post is part of a series of several posts related to the 4 th European Forum on Health Policy and Management: Innovation & Implementation , to be held in Berlin, Germany on January 29 and 30, 2015. For more information or to request...

Published Fri, Dec 12 2014 9:08 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Pharma, Quality, Innovation, Technology, Europe, Health Care Delivery, Research

New Health Policy Brief: Physician Compare

A new policy brief from Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) looks at the evolution and current development plans for Physician Compare, a website mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). A simple version of the site first launched...

Published Tue, Dec 16 2014 6:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Physicians, Medicare

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