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Health Affairs Web First: Health Spending Growth To Remain Moderate Compared To Pre-Recession Highs

New estimates released today from the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) project a 5.5 percent rate of health spending growth for 2014, consistent with previous predictions. The average rate of longer-term projected...

Published Tue, Jul 28 2015 1:00 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Medicare, Hospitals, Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, Featured, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, Medicaid and CHIP, Drugs and Medical Technology, ACA, Health Professionals, CMS, Web First, Office of the Actuary, Sean Keehan, aging population, spending projections

The Core Quality Measures Collaborative: A Rationale And Framework For Public-Private Quality Measure Alignment

Editor’s note: The full list of authors for the Core Quality Measures Collaborative Workgroup is included at the end of the blog post. In today’s health care system, physicians are faced with an unprecedented number of quality measures required by different...

Published Tue, Jun 23 2015 6:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Quality, Hospitals, Population Health, Featured, Payment Policy, Organization and Delivery, AHRQ, CMS, AHIP, 3Rs, National Quality Forum, health outcomes

Health Affairs Briefing: The Work/Health Relationship

The February 2017 issue of Health Affairs will shine an important spotlight on the complex and constantly evolving relationship between work and health, from the perspective of both employers and employees. To draw attention to the issue, Health Affairs...

Published Tue, Jan 31 2017 1:00 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, events

Budget Legislation Would Repeal Auto-Enrollment Requirement For Large Employers

Implementing Health Reform. On October 27, 2015, the provisions of the proposed Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 became publicly available. If adopted, this legislation would, among other things, increase caps on discretionary spending for 2016 and 2017...

Published Tue, Oct 27 2015 8:13 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, nudge provision, section 1511, Department of Labor, auto-enrollment

Building Health Care Systems In Post-Earthquake, Post-Constitution Nepal

Nepal finds itself at a critical juncture in its history. On September 20, 2015 a new Constitution was brought into full force, crystallizing the coming of age of the world’s youngest democratic republic. Today, challenges abound in Nepal —...

Published Thu, Apr 14 2016 10:00 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Global Health, Quality, Hospitals, Population Health, Payment Policy, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, Equity and Disparities, ACOs, triple aim, EHRs, public-private partnership, Nepal, universal health care, Nepal Health System Strategy

Implementing Health Reform: Contraceptive Coverage Final Regulations

The most controversial single issue presented by the Affordable Care Act is arguably the regulatory requirement that group health plans and insurers cover contraceptive services. The ACA requires non-grandfathered group health plans and health insurers...

Published Sat, Jun 29 2013 2:52 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Public Health, Prevention, Policy, Politics, Insurance, Employer-Sponsored Insurance

The Public Health Dimension Of Germany’s Refugee Crisis

Germany is expecting up to 1.5 million asylum-seekers in 2015 who need shelter, food, and access to basic services. The continued influx of migrants is a major challenge for Germany’s health care system, which is tasked with providing essential medical...

Published Thu, Oct 22 2015 7:35 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Global Health, Mental Health, Population Health, Featured, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, Equity and Disparities, Long-term Services and Supports, healthy migrant effect, European refugees, Germany, immigration crisis, immunizations

A Reprieve For Women: Embracing Inclusive Scientific Research

Historically, understanding a woman’s unique biology and developing optimal interventions for women has been somewhat of a blind spot for medical research. For much of the 20th century, scientists favored enrolling men in large clinical trials. Men were...

Published Mon, Sep 12 2016 9:02 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Population Health, Featured, Equity and Disparities, NIH, Women's Health, HIV/AIDS, heart disease, clinical trials, REPRIEVE

Let’s Adapt Health Care Quality Measures To Meet The Needs Of Transgender People

Editor’s Note: This month’s issue of Health Affairs also features a personal essay by a transgender doctor about meeting the health care needs of transgender patients. As transgender people become increasingly visible , so have the challenges they face...

Published Mon, Sep 11 2017 7:00 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Quality, Population Health, equality, health equity, Alternative Payment Models, quality measures, transgender health, LGBT health

Another Exciting Episode Of Health Wonk Review

Over at the New America Foundation, on The New Health Dialogue, Joe Colucci marks what would have been Jim Henson’s 75th birthday with a Muppet edition of the Health Wonk Review. (The title of this blog post is shamelessly stolen from Joe’s...

Published Fri, Sep 30 2011 9:01 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Health Reform, Blog, Policy, Insurance, States

Creating Realistic Long-Term Care Solutions As Part Of The Entitlement Reform Debate

Great struggles sometimes result in unexpected opportunities. In the waning moments of 2012, Congress remained in session to bridge partisan divides to solve the fiscal cliff impasse with the passage of the American Taxpayer Relief Act (ATRA). Signing...

Published Wed, Jan 23 2013 9:03 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Politics, Chronic Care, Spending, Medicare, Medicaid, Aging, Long-Term Care

Posts On ACA Legal Challenges Lead Health Affairs Blog July Top Ten

Two posts regarding legal challenges to the Affordable Care Act were the most-read Health Affairs Blog posts in August. In the top spot: Tim Jost's discussion of Supreme Court actions that were arguably at odds with the Court's Hobby Lobby decision...

Published Thu, Aug 07 2014 9:32 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Blog, Payment, Health Law, Health Care Delivery, Most-Read

HHS And CVS Health Partner To Promote Consumer-Centered Preventive Services

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) and CVS Health recently formed a public-private partnership. This partnership aims to increase awareness of the availability of convenient...

Published Thu, Jan 07 2016 10:09 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Primary Care, Quality, Population Health, Featured, Organization and Delivery, Health Professionals, HHS, preventative care, ODPHP, Minute Clinic, retail clinics, Healthfinder.gov, CVS Health

Four Key Issues In Health Law That Are As Relevant As Ever In 2016

Spring may be the season of renewal and growth, but each year, January offers a chance for reflection and hope, learning from the past and taking on new challenges. The same is true in the world of health policy. As we embark on the new year, it’s the...

Published Wed, Jan 20 2016 11:15 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Medicare, Quality, Costs and Spending, Medicaid and CHIP, FDA, 21st Century Cures Act, The Health Law Year in P/Review

The Pathway To Sustainability: Aligning Ambulatory Patient Experience Survey Implementation

Across the United States health care system, there is a growing imperative to deliver more patient-centered care. Listening to the voice of the patient is increasingly recognized as an essential part of this transformation. Health care is late to the...

Published Thu, Sep 03 2015 9:08 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Quality, Hospitals, Featured, Costs and Spending, Drugs and Medical Technology, RWJF, Health Professionals, Maine, patients, culture of health, CAHPS, Surveys, AH4Q

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