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Fostering New Connections Among Health Researchers To Promote Diversity And Inclusion In Academia

Building a Culture of Health for America is contingent on cultivating a diverse and inclusive community of faculty and researchers. Yet, when one extrapolates from data in a 2015 article in the Digest of Education Statistics , faculty of color represent...

Published Thu, Feb 18 2016 2:11 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Coverage, Workforce, Access, Disparities, Technology, Health Philanthropy, GrantWatch, Health Care Delivery, Organization and Delivery, Equity and Disparities, Obesity Prevention, health equity, Social Work, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, psychology, leadership

New HIV Diagnoses Have Declined, But Not For Black Gay And Bisexual Men

At the end of 2015, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control announced that diagnoses of HIV in the United States declined significantly over the last decade. On the surface, it was good news: rates of new diagnoses for the general population dropped 19 percent...

Published Thu, Feb 18 2016 10:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Prevention, Quality, Population Health, Featured, Medicaid and CHIP, Equity and Disparities, HIV/AIDS, Medicaid expansion, LGBT issues, sex education

What Accounts For The Lower Growth In Health Care Spending?

Several recent studies have examined the factors accounting for the recent slowdown in growth in real per capita health care spending. The most recent entrant to this literature is the newly published work of Dunn, Rittmueller, and Whitmire . Earlier...

Published Thu, Feb 18 2016 7:30 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Featured, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, Drugs and Medical Technology, Diabetes, Prescription Drugs, hyertension, off patent drugs

CMS Releases Final List Of 19,000 Essential Community Providers

Implementing Health Reform. On February 17, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final updated list of over 19,000 essential community providers (ECPs) to assist insurers in complying with the ECP requirements that apply...

Published Wed, Feb 17 2016 1:45 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, QHPs, essential community providers, National Provider Identifier, ECPs

Health Affairs Web First: In Kentucky, Sharp Low-Income Uninsurance Declines Under ACA

In 2013 Kentucky was one of two southern states to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Recently, newly elected Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin (R) announced that he would discontinue the expansion. A new study , which was completed before...

Published Wed, Feb 17 2016 1:06 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, Insurance and Coverage, Medicaid and CHIP, Web First, Kentucky

Key Ingredient Left Out Of Food Safety Rules

The sign inside my favorite Trader Joe’s announced a recall of raw cashew pieces due to concern over Salmonella . The soup for my dinner party would switch from a cauliflower-cashew to a sweet potato one. Minor inconvenience for me; major one for the...

Published Wed, Feb 17 2016 7:30 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Quality, Featured, CDC, Food and Health, Food Safety Modernization Act, Salmonella, food quality, e-coli

Request For Abstracts: Health Affairs Issue On Oral Health

Health Affairs is planning a December 2016 theme issue on oral health. Among other topics, we are interested in work exploring coverage, access, and utilization; disparities and special populations; workforce, training, and scope of practice; prevention;...

Published Tue, Feb 16 2016 11:33 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Oral Health, Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, Featured, request for abstracts, Health Affairs journal

How Do We Make Special Enrollment Periods Work?

The third annual Open Enrollment period for the Health Insurance Marketplaces ended on January 31, but enrollment will continue year-round for individuals experiencing certain life or work transitions. Individuals who permanently move, get divorced, lose...

Published Tue, Feb 16 2016 9:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Health Policy Lab, Insurance and Coverage, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, ACA, California, insurers, Covered California, special enrollment period

All You Need Are Some Health Policy Valentines

Happy Valentine’s Day to all of our readers! This year Health Affairs joined fellow health policy wonks on Twitter — always a passionate and witty bunch — in proclaiming our love for the trending #healthpolicyvalentines . Check out the...

Published Sun, Feb 14 2016 9:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Social Media, Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, Featured, Health Policy, Valentine's Day

The Payment Reform Landscape: How Does Telehealth Fit Into A High-Value Purchasing Strategy?

Employers and other health care purchasers will continue to seek new ways to procure high-value care for their member populations as long as the cost of health care continues to rise and quality remains uneven. Over the last five years, there have been...

Published Fri, Feb 12 2016 8:30 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Physicians, Health IT, Hospitals, Featured, Payment Policy, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, Health Professionals, Telehealth, Catalyst for Payment Reform

CBO Releases Report On Private Health Insurance Premiums And Federal Policy

Implementing Health Reform. On February 11, 2016, the Congressional Budget Office (with the Joint Committee on Taxation) released a report on Private Health Insurance Premiums and Federal Policy . The report examines the effects of federal subsidies,...

Published Fri, Feb 12 2016 7:15 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Affordable Care Act, premiums, Private Health Insurance

Patients Are The Sun: The Imperative For Consumer Engagement In Transforming Health Care

On January 15, Community Catalyst , a national consumer health advocacy organization, launched its Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation at the National Press Club, in Washington, D.C. The event drew more than 150 leaders in health care...

Published Thu, Feb 11 2016 2:17 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Consumers, Health Care Costs, Medicare, Quality, Medicaid, Innovation, Aging, Health Philanthropy, GrantWatch, Health Care Delivery, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, Medicaid and CHIP, Equity and Disparities, health equity

Expanding Coercive Treatment Is The Wrong Solution For The Opioid Crisis

Amidst a surging crisis of opioid abuse and overdoses, many policymakers have called for expanded use of coercive treatment. Many states, including Massachusetts, already allow physicians, police, and court officers to seek a court order authorizing involuntary...

Published Thu, Feb 11 2016 12:49 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Featured, Drugs and Medical Technology, Massachusetts, Opioid Addiction, drug addiction, drug rehabilitation

Why Are We Years Away From A Zika Vaccine?

In the new and urgent fight against the Zika Virus, most global health officials and policymakers are focused on immediate steps to curb the disease’s transmission. That’s important because the chances of developing a vaccine anytime soon are slim. To...

Published Thu, Feb 11 2016 10:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Global Health, Podcast, Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, Featured, Organization and Delivery, Drugs and Medical Technology, vaccines, Zika virus

The Importance Of Promoting Tobacco Cessation Services For Medicaid Beneficiaries

In an ideal world, promoting prevention should involve three logical and easy steps: 1) identify a high-risk population, 2) encourage effective preventive services to lower risk in that population, and 3) document high uptake of those services with subsequent...

Published Thu, Feb 11 2016 9:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Prevention, Population Health, Featured, Medicaid and CHIP, Massachusetts, tobacco, smoking cessation

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