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We’re Failing Adolescents And Families Coping With Behavioral Health Issues

During my twenty-five years as president and CEO of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) , I have learned how to help people navigate the health care system. But I have struck out miserably when it comes to helping people facing behavioral health issues...

Published Tue, May 31 2016 5:53 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Access, Quality, Health Philanthropy, GrantWatch, Effectiveness, Mental Health, Health Promotion and Disease PreventionGW, Behavioral Health, behavioral service needs, adolescents

Health Affairs Briefing: Behavioral Health

With a raging opioid abuse epidemic under way and renewed concerns over rising suicide rates and underdiagnosed maternal depression, mental health and substance abuse are garnering increased attention in the health policy sphere and the public at large...

Published Fri, May 27 2016 6:30 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, Behavioral Health, events

The ACA’s Section 1332: Escape Hatch Or Straightjacket For Reform?

In state capitols across the country, health care lobbyists and consultants are pushing a relatively unknown provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA): Section 1332. According to some proponents, these waivers will “ turbocharge state innovation ” and...

Published Thu, May 26 2016 7:45 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: States, Medicare, Payment Policy, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, Medicaid and CHIP, employer mandate, Section 1332 waivers, Essential Health Benefits, Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver

Knowledge Is Power: Improving Health Care Information For The Most Vulnerable

In health care, being an informed consumer is essential to promoting positive outcomes. Whether the issue is finding affordable care where prices vary widely , minimizing harm from medical errors, or just finding a provider, knowledge is power. Navigating...

Published Wed, May 25 2016 3:26 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Nonmedical Determinants, Public Health, Consumers, Global Health, Quality, Disparities, Health Philanthropy, GrantWatch, Health Promotion and Disease PreventionGW, Featured, Costs and Spending, Equity and Disparities, caregivers, pharmacists, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, health information, Spanis-speakers

Understanding How Payment And Benefit Designs Work Together In Health Care

There is a lot of commotion around payment reform, with a proliferation of ways to pay health care providers and many different definitions of similar terms. This has led to efforts by experts and stakeholders in health care to define or classify payment...

Published Wed, May 25 2016 10:20 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Medicare, Featured, Payment Policy, Costs and Spending, Medicaid and CHIP, ACOs, Catalyst for Payment Reform, Alternative Payment Models, Payment Reform Landscape

A Creative Plan That Could Help Providers Ineligible For Meaningful Use Not Get Left Behind In The Paper World

The Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs—commonly known as meaningful use—have been credited with increasing adoption of EHRs among hospitals and ambulatory care providers . Long-term care, public health...

Published Wed, May 25 2016 8:06 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Health IT, Medicare, Hospitals, Featured, Medicaid and CHIP, Health Professionals, ONC, EHRs, State Innovation Model, MACRA, health information exchange, meaningful use

Congressional Risk Corridor Payout Limits Spawning Legal Difficulties

Update On Qualified Health Plans. On May 23, 2016, CMS released at its REGTAP.info website a question and answer addressing the issue of whether qualified health plans (QHPs) may contract with excluded providers and list them in their provider directories...

Published Tue, May 24 2016 12:20 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, risk corridor program, risk corridor payments, risk corridors, CO-OP

New Health Policy Brief: Uninsurance Rates And The Affordable Care Act

A new policy brief from Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation considers how uninsurance rates are changing under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which was implemented to decrease the number of Americans lacking health insurance. Four government...

Published Tue, May 24 2016 11:00 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, ACA, uninsurance

Paying For Value: Perspective From The Front Lines

The concept of value-based health care is rapidly gaining traction in the U.S., yet implementation remains a significant challenge. For example, the current Medicare “shared savings” payment approach penalizes high-value providers , while rewarding historical...

Published Tue, May 24 2016 8:45 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Health Policy Lab, Payment Policy, Costs and Spending, fee-for-service, Bundled Payments, global payment, value-based payment

Preventing A Thousand Flints: Getting Reform Of Chemical Regulation Right

The contamination of water with lead in Flint, Michigan has rightly refocused national attention on the ongoing tragedy of childhood lead exposure in the United States. As John Oliver has rightly and wittily noted , water is but one source of exposure;...

Published Mon, May 23 2016 12:01 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Quality, Environmental Health, Featured, Drugs and Medical Technology, Michigan, Flint, Lead poisoning, EPA, Toxic Substances Control Act

Will Hospitals Help Or Hinder A Better Report Card?

Medicare recently delayed a plan to issue a simple “star” rating of individual hospitals’ care after 60 senators and 225 House members signed letters supported by major industry groups that questioned Medicare’s methodology. Rick Pollack, president and...

Published Mon, May 23 2016 8:55 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Medicare, Quality, Hospitals, Featured, Health Professionals, hospital ratings, MACRA, hospital report cards

Integrating Health Care And Housing To Promote Healthy Aging

One of the most important public health findings over the last several decades has been that there are a number of factors, beyond medical care, which influence health status and contribute to premature mortality. Of these factors, social circumstances...

Published Mon, May 23 2016 7:00 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Medicare, Quality, Aging, Population Health, Costs and Spending, Long-term Services and Supports, New York, MACRA, Housing, seniors, falls prevention, money follows the person

Health Affairs Founding Editor John Iglehart Receives William B. Graham Health Services Research Prize

Health Affairs congratulates our founding editor, John K. Iglehart, on being named the 2016 recipient of the William B. Graham Prize for Health Services Research. The Prize, awarded by The Baxter International Foundation and the Association of University...

Published Fri, May 20 2016 9:30 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, health services research, William B. Graham Prize

Retail Clinics Drive New Health Care Utilization And That Is A Good Thing

Once the stepchild of the American health care system, primary care is now the linchpin of efforts to improve the health and health care of individuals and communities and to bring down costs. Factors contributing to the demand for primary care include...

Published Fri, May 20 2016 7:55 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Primary Care, States, Quality, Population Health, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, Equity and Disparities, Health Professionals, retail clinics, health care access

Place Matters: Making The United States The Healthiest Nation, Community By Community

Our health is affected by more than what happens in the doctor’s office. The factors that can make or break our health include the many societal conditions we face on a daily basis—determinants such as access to fresh foods, neighborhood walkability,...

Published Thu, May 19 2016 12:39 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Nonmedical Determinants, Public Health, Disparities, Health Philanthropy, GrantWatch, Counties, Health Promotion and Disease PreventionGW, Equity and Disparities, cities, Smoking Prevention, Native Americans, food deserts, tribes

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