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A Ransomware Epidemic And An Overdue National Health IT Safety Center

A rapid increase in computerization of health care organizations (HCOs) around the world has raised their profile as lucrative targets for cyber-criminals. Recently there has been a spate of high-profile ransomware attacks involving hospitals ’ electronic...

Published Fri, Jul 29 2016 9:00 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Health IT, Featured, Costs and Spending, ONC, EHRs, Health IT Safety Center, cyber security
The Power Of Four: Accelerating Interprofessional Collaboration In Nursing

In 2011, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued The Future of Nursing, Leading Change, Advancing Health report , which found that the nursing profession, the largest segment of the health care workforce, has an essential role in transforming the US health...

Published Thu, Jul 28 2016 3:00 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Workforce, Comparative Effectiveness, Nurses, Health Philanthropy, GrantWatch, Health Care Delivery, Organization and Delivery, Health Professionals, Institute of Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, community-based care, The John A. Hartford Foundation
Why ‘Government Patent Use’ To Lower Drug Costs Won’t Stifle Innovation

In a May article in Health Affairs , we proposed that the federal government consider using an existing law to negotiate or compel lower drug prices in the United States for certain important drugs with excessive prices. We’ve been gratified at the interest...

Published Thu, Jul 28 2016 8:30 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Quality, Featured, Costs and Spending, Drugs and Medical Technology, hepatitis C, Research and Development, drug innovation
On The Foundation Freeway: Entering And Exiting Priority Areas With Caution

All funders, no matter their size, have big dreams and limited resources. I have yet to meet grantmakers—even the largest ones—that think they have sufficient money to tackle the myriad challenges that exist. This is certainly true for the New York State...

Published Wed, Jul 27 2016 2:26 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Health Reform, Consumers, Insurance, Payment, Primary Care, Coverage, Hospitals, Medicaid, Health Philanthropy, GrantWatch, Health Promotion and Disease PreventionGW, Insurance and Coverage, Medicaid and CHIP, Diabetes, health insurance, New York State, Healthy Communities
Introducing Health Affairs Today

Last week, Health Affairs launched a new free service for our all of our readers. In an effort to consolidate the many emails that some of you had already been getting from Health Affairs—including Health Affairs Blog updates, GrantWatch, Narrative...

Published Wed, Jul 27 2016 12:00 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, Featured, Health Affairs Today
Fixing The ‘Family Glitch’ Will Boost Economic Security For Low-Income Families And Increase Marketplace Stability

The ‘Family Glitch’ is back in health policy news with an updated estimate of the cost to fix it from researchers at the Urban Institute. This latest research , published in the July issue of Health Affairs, concludes that fixing the family glitch reduces...

Published Wed, Jul 27 2016 9:00 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Quality, Featured, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, Medicaid and CHIP, Equity and Disparities, family glitch, employer-sponsored coverage, ACA Marketplaces, low-income enrollees
CMS Releases Draft QRS And QHP Enrollee Experience Call Letter

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a draft 2016 call letter proposing refinements to the Quality Rating System (QRS) and Qualified Health Plan (QHP) Enrollee Experience Survey. The QRS and QHP Enrollee Experience Survey...

Published Tue, Jul 26 2016 1:00 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, CMS, qualified health plans, quality rating system, ERISA
What’s In A Word? The Evolution Of Effectiveness In Health Care

The health care world is full of colloquial terms like value or affordability that mean different things to different stakeholders. Often how you define them and what you think of them depends on your place within the overall health ecosystem. It’s a...

Published Tue, Jul 26 2016 11:30 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Quality, Hospitals, Population Health, Featured, Insurance and Coverage, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, Health Professionals, ACOs, value based care, Choosing Wisely, Alternative Payment Models
The Payment Reform Landscape: A Road Map For States To Bring Their Transparency ‘A’ Game

It is accepted truth in some academic and policy circles that pursuing real price transparency is a fool’s errand, that making health care prices clear to consumers may only be trivially useful or even counterproductive. Earlier this year, a group backed...

Published Tue, Jul 26 2016 8:00 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: States, Featured, Payment Policy, Costs and Spending, APCDs, Catalyst for Payment Reform, high deductible health plans, Price Transparency, shoppable services
Patients With Severe Schizophrenia Aren’t Getting The Help They Need

Even when effectively treated, schizophrenia can be devastating, impairing a person’s social and family life, ability to work, physical health, and quality of life. Those who have schizophrenia often end up alone and impoverished. Yet the effects of this...

Published Mon, Jul 25 2016 6:15 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Quality, Mental Health, Featured, Costs and Spending, Equity and Disparities, Drugs and Medical Technology, Clozapine, schizophrenia
People Post: Staff And Board Changes At Foundations; Job Opening: Foundation President

In June, Becky Hayes Boober left the Maine Health Access Foundation , where she was a senior program officer. She is now vice president of community impact at the Maine Community Foundation (MaineCF) and is working out of its Ellsworth office. She told...

Published Fri, Jul 22 2016 10:30 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Hospitals, Aging, Long-Term Care, Health Philanthropy, GrantWatch, Mental Health, Health Promotion and Disease PreventionGW, Long-term Services and Supports, California, Behavioral Health, Climate Change, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, culture of health, Opioid Addiction, New York State, adolescents, California Health Care Foundation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, impact investing
HHS Must Improve Language Access To Make Meaningful Access A Reality

Across the country, as health care navigators continue their critical work to help enroll people in health coverage, the experience of multilingual assisters illustrates how one’s voice can be a lifeline for those facing critical barriers to accessing...

Published Fri, Jul 22 2016 8:00 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Quality, Featured, Insurance and Coverage, Equity and Disparities, Navigators, Health Professionals, open enrollment, section 1557, Arkansas, Section 1557 waiver, HHS OCR, limited english proficiency
Government Requests Input On Possible Contraceptive Coverage Compromises

In Zubik v. Burwell , the Supreme Court vacated and remanded six federal appellate judgements on whether an accommodation for employers that object to providing contraceptive coverage under the Affordable Care Act’s preventive services coverage mandate...

Published Thu, Jul 21 2016 2:46 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, contraceptive coverage, employer coverage, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Preventive Services Mandate, advance premium tax credits, data-matching issues
Obamacare Premiums Are Lower Than You Think

Since the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) health insurance marketplaces first took effect in 2014, news story after story has focused on premium increases for certain plans, in certain cities, or for certain individuals. Based on preliminary reports , premiums...

Published Thu, Jul 21 2016 11:00 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, Marketplace premiums, Covered California, ACA Marketplaces
CMS Releases 2017 Enrollment Manual For Individual And Small Business Marketplaces

On July 19, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released the Federally-facilitated Marketplace (FFM) and Federally-facilitated Small Business Health Options Program (FF-SHOP) Enrollment Manual for the fourth (2017) marketplace open enrollment...

Published Wed, Jul 20 2016 2:44 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Federally Facilitated Marketplace, agents and brokers, Federally-facilitated Small Business Health Options Program

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A Ransomware Epidemic And An Overdue National Health IT Safety Center

The Power Of Four: Accelerating Interprofessional Collaboration In Nursing

Why ‘Government Patent Use’ To Lower Drug Costs Won’t Stifle Innovation

On The Foundation Freeway: Entering And Exiting Priority Areas With Caution

Introducing Health Affairs Today

Fixing The ‘Family Glitch’ Will Boost Economic Security For Low-Income Families And Increase Marketplace Stability

CMS Releases Draft QRS And QHP Enrollee Experience Call Letter

What’s In A Word? The Evolution Of Effectiveness In Health Care

The Payment Reform Landscape: A Road Map For States To Bring Their Transparency ‘A’ Game

Patients With Severe Schizophrenia Aren’t Getting The Help They Need

People Post: Staff And Board Changes At Foundations; Job Opening: Foundation President

HHS Must Improve Language Access To Make Meaningful Access A Reality

Government Requests Input On Possible Contraceptive Coverage Compromises

Obamacare Premiums Are Lower Than You Think

CMS Releases 2017 Enrollment Manual For Individual And Small Business Marketplaces