Health Affairs

Implementing Health Reform: The Employer Responsibility Final Rule (Part 1)

Editor's note: This is part 1 of a two-part post by Timothy Jost describing the Internal Revenue Service's final rule implementing the Affordable Care Act's employer responsbility requirement. Part 2 will appear later today or tomorrow. It...

Published Tue, Feb 11 2014 11:14 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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

Health Affairs Web First: Positive Results For Value-Based Insurance Design Plans

One of the provisions of the Affordable Care Act calls for the creation of guidelines to facilitate the broader use of Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) plans. Existing VBID plans have been structured in a variety of ways, and these variations could...

Published Wed, Feb 12 2014 1:58 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Insurance, Health Care Costs, Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Coverage, Pharma, Effectiveness

Eradicating Polio: Will We Succeed This Time?

Editor’s Note: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and other global health leaders recently launched a new effort to eradicate polio. Below, Scott Barrett comments on the potential rewards and the risks of this new initiative, and in another post...

Published Wed, Feb 16 2011 12:42 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Public Health, Prevention, Policy, Health Care Costs, Pharma, Global Health

The Future of Consumer-Directed Health Care

Over the next decade I believe we are going to see a major transformation of American medicine. It won’t be the kind of transformation that is normally discussed at health care conferences and at inside-the-Beltway briefings. Nor will it be the...

Published Fri, Feb 18 2011 8:51 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Policy, Insurance, Primary Care, Spending, Workforce, Access

Health Affairs Blog Most-Read Posts For February

Timothy Jost’s examination of a Florida federal court decision striking down the Affordable Care Act was the most-read Health Affairs Blog post for February. Next on last month’s top-ten list comes John Goodman’s post on the future of...

Published Tue, Mar 01 2011 2:17 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Spending, Health Law

World Health Care Congress Convenes April 4-6

The 8th Annual World Health Care Congress (WHCC) will convene April 4-6, 2011 in Washington D.C. with more than 1,800 health care leaders to address the challenges of health care cost, quality and delivery. Health Affairs is a supporting publication for...

Published Thu, Mar 03 2011 11:58 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Prevention, Physicians, Health IT, Pharma, Hospitals, Innovation, Technology

Health Information Exchange In NYC Jails: Early Policy Challenges

Editor's note: This post is published in conjunction with the March issue of Health Affairs , which features a cluster of articles on jails and health. For more on jails and health information technology in particular, see here , here , and here Read...

Published Thu, Mar 20 2014 11:17 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Nonmedical Determinants, Policy, Health IT, Chronic Care, States, Disparities, Medicaid

The Health Workforce: A Critical Component Of The Health Care Infrastructure

Editor’s note: This is the first in a periodic series of Health Affairs Blog posts on health workforce issues by Edward Salsberg. Mr. Salsberg has spent over 30 years studying the health workforce, including nearly 20 years establishing and directing...

Published Mon, Mar 24 2014 11:22 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Physicians, Health Care Costs, Workforce, Access, Global Health, Quality, Disparities, Nurses, Research

HA Web First: New Medicaid Recipients Healthier Than Pre-ACA Enrollees

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) gives states the option of expanding Medicaid coverage to individuals and families with incomes of up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level. A new study, being released today as a Web First by Health Affairs , used...

Published Wed, Mar 26 2014 1:45 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Nonmedical Determinants, Insurance, Coverage, Access, Medicaid, Mental Health

Should Provider Performance Measures Be Risk-Adjusted For Sociodemographic Factors?

The National Quality Forum released draft recommendations on March 18 to change the way we assess the care that doctors and hospitals provide, and they are sure to cause a buzz in and beyond the health care community. That’s a good thing, because reflection...

Published Thu, Mar 27 2014 10:45 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Payment, Physicians, Quality, Hospitals, Disparities

Pre-Tax Purchase Of OTC Drugs: A Prescription For Compromise

One of the most contentious issues in drafting health reform legislation was the tax treatment of health care expenses. From modifying the tax exclusion for employer-provided health coverage to imposing new fees on medical treatments and products, resistance...

Published Mon, Mar 21 2011 9:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Policy, Politics, Physicians, Health IT, Chronic Care, Spending, Pharma, Patient Safety

The Supreme Court Upholds The Individual Mandate: But Who Are We Talking About?

While the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate survived constitutional scrutiny in NFIB v. Sebelius, a Republican president and/or changes in the House or Senate this fall could lead to its demise. As campaigns shift into high gear, the law’s opponents...

Published Thu, Jul 05 2012 7:11 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Insurance, Coverage, Health Law

New Health Affairs: Assesing The President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief

Articles published yesterday in the July 2012 issue of July 2012 issue of Health Affairs focus on the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the US program to address global HIV and AIDS, and the largest investment to date of any country...

Published Tue, Jul 10 2012 3:47 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Public Health, Policy, Chronic Care, Pharma, Global Health, AIDS, Science and Health

Health Affairs Briefing: Hospital Productivity And The Standardization Of Care

Hospital organizational form, practices, and procedures all affect outcomes and costs. These topics and the exploration of cost-saving potential within the hospital sector were the subject of a National Bureau of Economic Research conference held last...

Published Thu, Apr 24 2014 10:08 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Health Care Costs, Hospitals, Cost

A Sizzling Health Wonk Review

A belated shout-out to Julie Ferguson’s summertime edition of the Health Wonk Review over at Workers’ Comp Insider. Julie offers a great collection of health policy blog posts for reading at your desk or at the beach. Read More...

Published Tue, Jul 24 2012 1:42 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Blog

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