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Do Pediatricians Have A Role In Addressing Maternal Depression? New Medicaid Guidance Shows The Way

When mothers of young children struggle with feelings of depression, it’s often difficult for them to seek the mental health care they need for themselves. Fear and stigma are significant roadblocks. However, there’s an important, if not-so-obvious person...

Published Wed, Jun 29 2016 12:58 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Medicaid, Population Health, Featured, CHIP, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, Medicaid and CHIP, Equity and Disparities, Child Development, Maternal Health, Behavioral Health, pediatrics, maternal depression
Time To Fix The Black Hole In Medicare Data

Every year, the Medicare program pays for nearly 500,000 hip and knee replacement surgeries for America’s seniors. At the same time, approximately 25,000 patients undergo procedures to remove and replace a previous artificial joint, sometimes because...

Published Wed, Jun 29 2016 8:45 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Health IT, Medicare, Quality, Health Policy Lab, Costs and Spending, Health Professionals, Congress, medical devices, Alternative Payment Models, medical device safety, unique device identifier
Is There Any Room Left For Empirical Research On Family Planning?

The United States’ health care safety net relies heavily on states to implement and administer federally funded programs. As the expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has so clearly shown, this reliance is proving to be increasingly...

Published Tue, Jun 28 2016 9:45 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Research, Population Health, Featured, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, Medicaid and CHIP, Texas, Abortion, Medicaid expansion, family planning, Planned Parenthood, reproductive health care, Contraception
Health Costs, But Not Obamacare, Dominate The Future Of Federal Spending

From all the political discussion about health care, you’d think that government health policy generally lives or dies by what happens to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), aka Obamacare. One side offers almost nothing apart from saying Obamacare must (somehow...

Published Mon, Jun 27 2016 11:30 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Medicare, Payment Policy, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, Medicaid and CHIP, ACA, Congressional Budget Office, GDP
Obama Administration Threads Needle In Risk Corridor Case Brief

Implementing Health Reform. The risk corridor program is one of the Affordable Care Act’s three premium stabilization programs. It was modeled after the Medicare Part D prescription drug program’s successful risk corridor program, which has been in operation...

Published Mon, Jun 27 2016 6:50 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, CMS, reenrollment, risk corridor program, Tucker Act
Are The FDA’s New Definitions And Labeling Requirements Good For Us, Or Just Empty Calories?

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently taken three steps toward providing consumers with more and better information about food products that the agency regulates. First, in response to several citizen petitions, the agency requested comments...

Published Fri, Jun 24 2016 8:00 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Quality, Obesity, drug, Population Health, Featured, FDA, nutritional information, consumer choices, Food Drug and Cosmetic Act, Food, Nutrition Labeling and Education Act
What Is The Private Sector Doing To Help Fight Zika?

Golfer Rory McIlroy , from Northern Ireland and one of the top golfers in the world, stated this week that he would not be participating in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. According to USA Today , McIlroy explained that “even though the risk...

Published Thu, Jun 23 2016 5:37 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Consumers, Prevention, Politics, Global Health, Medicaid, Health Philanthropy, GrantWatch, Health Promotion and Disease PreventionGW, Puerto Rico, Zika virus, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Health Spending Growth: Still Facing A Triangle Of Painful Choices

The rate of growth in health spending increased in 2014 and 2015 but has recently trended downward, perhaps toward the record low levels experienced from 2009 through 2013. That’s the good news. The bad news is that even these record low levels are not...

Published Thu, Jun 23 2016 11:00 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Medicare, Featured, Costs and Spending, Medicaid and CHIP, GDP, culture of health, national health spending, Triangle of Painful Choices
Four Ways To Address The Ethical Tensions Around Expedited Approval Of New Prescription Drugs

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires a new drug’s manufacturer to present affirmative evidence of its efficacy and safety before it can be marketed. Because testing new drugs requires a delay between identification of an important, novel prescription...

Published Thu, Jun 23 2016 8:00 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Bioethics, Quality, Population Health, Featured, Drugs and Medical Technology, FDA, Drug approval, priority review, Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies, breakthrough drugs
Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Help Reduce Opioid-Related Death Rates

Over the past two decades, the number of opioid pain relievers sold in the United States has risen dramatically, and the rate of opioid-related overdose deaths has also increased (see the map below for 2013 data by states.) In response, 49 states (all...

Published Wed, Jun 22 2016 1:38 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, Drugs and Medical Technology, Opioid Addiction, opioids, Health Affairs journal, webfirst
Common Law And Common Sense: The Supreme Court Redresses Patient Harm Under the False Claims Act

A young woman from a poor family in Massachusetts struggles in school, and is referred to a behavioral health provider serving Medicaid patients. After prolonged counseling of doubtful quality, she is diagnosed with bipolar disorder and medicated. She...

Published Wed, Jun 22 2016 12:31 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Medicare, Quality, Featured, Medicaid and CHIP, Equity and Disparities, Health Professionals, Supreme Court, Massachusetts, Malpractice, false claims act, Universal Health Services Co. v. United States ex rel. Escobar
The House Republicans’ Health Plan

On Wednesday, House Republicans, led by Speaker Paul Ryan, released a plan for reforming health care in the United States. The plan is part of Ryan’s broader effort to rally his House colleagues around an ambitious policy agenda, covering everything from...

Published Wed, Jun 22 2016 11:01 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: States, Medicare, Quality, Payment Policy, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, Medicaid and CHIP, Cadillac tax, Medicare Advantage, health savings accounts, advance premium tax credits, premium support, consumer-directed health care, age rating
Zika, Flint, And The Uncertainties Of Emergency Preparedness

Ongoing Congressional debates concerning the spreading Zika virus provide the latest reminder about our national uncertainties in preparing for and responding to large-scale health emergencies. Storms, fires, industrial accidents, and infrastructure failures...

Published Wed, Jun 22 2016 8:00 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, States, Quality, Featured, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, Equity and Disparities, CDC, culture of health, emergency funding, Zika, National Health Security Preparedness Index
Let’s Stop Making Excuses For Egregious Medical Errors

To save the life of a child, a zoo sacrifices a prized, endangered gorilla. In exchange for one nearsighted Israeli soldier captured in Gaza, Israel released 1,000 Palestinian prisoners. (This example from the Middle East may not be surprising. In Judaism...

Published Tue, Jun 21 2016 4:11 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Consumers, Physicians, Quality, Hospitals, Patient Safety, Nurses, Health Philanthropy, GrantWatch, Health Professions, Health Care Delivery, Featured, Payment Policy, Organization and Delivery, Payment Reform, Health Professionals, insurers, outcomes data, Medical Errrors, MRSA
HHS Targets Young Adults In Efforts To Improve Marketplace Risk Pool

On June 21, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a fact sheet reporting on yet another series of efforts to strengthen and improve the sustainability of the Affordable Care Act marketplace risk pools. The initiatives announced...

Published Tue, Jun 21 2016 1:00 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, open enrollment, risk pools, ACA Marketplaces, millenials

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Do Pediatricians Have A Role In Addressing Maternal Depression? New Medicaid Guidance Shows The Way

Time To Fix The Black Hole In Medicare Data

Is There Any Room Left For Empirical Research On Family Planning?

Health Costs, But Not Obamacare, Dominate The Future Of Federal Spending

Obama Administration Threads Needle In Risk Corridor Case Brief

Are The FDA’s New Definitions And Labeling Requirements Good For Us, Or Just Empty Calories?

What Is The Private Sector Doing To Help Fight Zika?

Health Spending Growth: Still Facing A Triangle Of Painful Choices

Four Ways To Address The Ethical Tensions Around Expedited Approval Of New Prescription Drugs

Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Help Reduce Opioid-Related Death Rates

Common Law And Common Sense: The Supreme Court Redresses Patient Harm Under the False Claims Act

The House Republicans’ Health Plan

Zika, Flint, And The Uncertainties Of Emergency Preparedness

Let’s Stop Making Excuses For Egregious Medical Errors

HHS Targets Young Adults In Efforts To Improve Marketplace Risk Pool