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People Post: News of Foundation Staffs and Boards; Job Opening

Karabi Acharya joined the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) in May 2015 as a director in the Research-Evaluation-Learning unit. She directs the RWJF’s “strategies for global learning as it identifies best practices in other countries” and adapts them...

Published Fri, Oct 02 2015 8:35 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Nonmedical Determinants, Public Health, Physicians, Health Care Costs, States, Medicare, Disparities, Innovation, End-of-Life Care, Health Philanthropy, GrantWatch, Costs and Spending, Equity and Disparities, California HealthCare Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, religion and spirituality
Whither Health Insurance Exchanges Under The Affordable Care Act? Active Purchasing Versus Passive Marketplaces

The health insurance exchange, the organizational innovation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), is here to stay. The principle of consumer choice among private health plans, with financial subsidies for low-income households, is now firmly entrenched....

Published Fri, Oct 02 2015 7:03 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Medicare, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Medicaid and CHIP, Miami, Los Angeles, Federal marketplaces, Denver, State exchanges, Covered California
Implementing Health Reform: Risk Corridor Claims By Insurers Far Exceed Contributions

On October 1, 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced the total of collections and payouts under the risk corridor premium stabilization program for 2014. CMS announced that insurers have submitted $2.87 billion in risk corridor...

Published Thu, Oct 01 2015 5:46 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Featured, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Implementing Health Reform, reinsurance program, risk corridor program, risk adjustment program
The Forgotten Chronic Disease: Mental Health Among Teens And Young Adults

Deadly chronic conditions garner much attention from health care providers and researchers seeking to prevent cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. However, often forgotten or overlooked are mental health disorders in young people, which can lead to serious...

Published Thu, Oct 01 2015 7:46 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Quality, Mental Health, Innovations in Care Delivery, Population Health, Organization and Delivery, Equity and Disparities, Long-term Services and Supports, chronic conditions, Care coordination, depression, Youth, substance use
Putting The Brakes On Global Road Crash Deaths: One Foundation’s Efforts

As the United Nations (UN) meets this week to formally adopt the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it will set the stage for dealing with a worldwide scourge—road crashes and the growing rates of traffic deaths and injuries. Road crashes kill...

Published Wed, Sep 30 2015 3:06 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Nonmedical Determinants, Public Health, Consumers, Prevention, Global Health, Health Philanthropy, GrantWatch, United Nations
Moving Beyond Price-Per-Dose In The Pharmaceutical Industry

The United States has experienced extraordinary gains in treating cardiovascular disease over the last few decades. Statins, introduced in the 1980’s, are an important part of the story. Hundreds of thousands of deaths, heart attacks, and strokes have...

Published Wed, Sep 30 2015 9:36 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Physicians, Pharma, Quality, Population Health, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, Drugs and Medical Technology, Health Professionals, patients, statins, cholesterol, cardiovascular
Remembering Oliver Sacks, A Pioneer Of Narrative Medicine

Hasn’t he brought us through the decades, guiding us stage by stage toward the present? Hasn’t he opened the way toward a health care loyal to the singular stories of those for whom we care? Hasn’t he opened the way toward a kind of writing loyal...

Published Wed, Sep 30 2015 9:28 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Quality, Narrative Matters, Featured, Health Professionals, narrative medicine, City Island, Columbia University, Oliver Sacks
Implementing Health Reform: PACE And EACH Acts Pass House; CMS Addresses Consumers Enrolled In Multiple Plans

On September 28, 2015, the House of Representatives approved by voice vote without opposition two bills that would amend the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Given the rancor that surrounds anything related to the ACA in our sharply partisan—and largely...

Published Tue, Sep 29 2015 12:20 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, Medicaid and CHIP, Federally Facilitated Marketplace, Equitable Access to Care and Health Act, religious exemptions, social security, rotecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act, American Academy of Actuaries
From The Archives: Deductibles And Out-Of-Pocket Costs

Welcome to “From the Archives,” a new Health Affairs Blog series, where we take a timely topic and delve into the literature and history, from a Health Affairs angle, of course. We recently published a Web First with results from a Kaiser Family Foundation...

Published Tue, Sep 29 2015 9:47 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Health Care Costs, Quality, Mental Health, Research, Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, Population Health, Featured, Payment Policy, Insurance and Coverage, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, Equity and Disparities, drugs, ACA, chronic disease, Health Affairs journal, From the Archives
The Global Migration Crisis, International Law, And The Responsibility To Protect Health

The world is experiencing the greatest forced migration crisis since World War II — originating in fragile states in the Middle East and Africa and now spilling over to Europe. Nearly 60 million asylum seekers, refugees, and internally displaced...

Published Tue, Sep 29 2015 7:26 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Access, Global Health, Quality, Europe, Population Health, Featured, Equity and Disparities, United Nations, Syria, refugees
Not Just A Man’s Problem: The Deadly Cost Of Underestimating Women’s Heart Disease

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women in the United States, killing nearly 300,000 women a year — that’s one in every four female deaths. While these trends are well-documented by the public health and medical communities, the risk...

Published Tue, Sep 29 2015 5:05 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Quality, Population Health, Costs and Spending, Equity and Disparities, Women's Health, gender-specific research, heart disease risk
Census Estimates Show Progress Toward ACA Coverage Goals — But There Is More To Be Done

The Census Bureau released a report last week that showed a drop in uninsurance between 2013 and 2014 of 2.8 percentage points — which translates into 8.5 million fewer uninsured people based on information from the American Community Survey (ACS...

Published Mon, Sep 28 2015 12:23 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Featured, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, Medicaid and CHIP, Equity and Disparities, Long-term Services and Supports, uninsurance, medicaid expansion states, The Urban Institute, Gallup
Health Policy Brief: Navigators And Assisters In The Third Open Enrollment Period

A new policy brief from Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) looks at the role played by navigators and in-person assisters as the third open enrollment period for the insurance Marketplaces begins. A 2014 Kaiser Family Foundation...

Published Mon, Sep 28 2015 8:43 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, Payment Policy, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, Medicaid and CHIP, Navigators, ACA, open enrollment, Health Policy Briefs, brokers, assisters
MACRA: New Opportunities For Medicare Providers Through Innovative Payment Systems

Today, almost 60 million Americans are covered by Medicare — and 10,000 become eligible for Medicare every day. For many years, Medicare was primarily a pure fee-for-service (FFS) payment system that paid health care providers based on the volume...

Published Mon, Sep 28 2015 8:32 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Medicare, Population Health, Featured, Payment Policy, Insurance and Coverage, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, Medicaid and CHIP, Health Professionals, Long-term Services and Supports, fee-for-service, MACRA, Request for Information, Alternative Payment Models, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System
Realigning Medicare Part D Incentives: A New Model For Medication Therapy Management

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) is announcing a new demonstration model today to test changes to the Medicare Part D program. These changes are designed to better align the standalone...

Published Mon, Sep 28 2015 7:12 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Medicare, Population Health, Featured, Health Policy Lab, Payment Policy, Insurance and Coverage, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, Drugs and Medical Technology, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, new payment models, chronic illness, prescription drug coverage

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People Post: News of Foundation Staffs and Boards; Job Opening

Whither Health Insurance Exchanges Under The Affordable Care Act? Active Purchasing Versus Passive Marketplaces

Implementing Health Reform: Risk Corridor Claims By Insurers Far Exceed Contributions

The Forgotten Chronic Disease: Mental Health Among Teens And Young Adults

Putting The Brakes On Global Road Crash Deaths: One Foundation’s Efforts

Moving Beyond Price-Per-Dose In The Pharmaceutical Industry

Remembering Oliver Sacks, A Pioneer Of Narrative Medicine

Implementing Health Reform: PACE And EACH Acts Pass House; CMS Addresses Consumers Enrolled In Multiple Plans

From The Archives: Deductibles And Out-Of-Pocket Costs

The Global Migration Crisis, International Law, And The Responsibility To Protect Health

Not Just A Man’s Problem: The Deadly Cost Of Underestimating Women’s Heart Disease

Census Estimates Show Progress Toward ACA Coverage Goals — But There Is More To Be Done

Health Policy Brief: Navigators And Assisters In The Third Open Enrollment Period

MACRA: New Opportunities For Medicare Providers Through Innovative Payment Systems

Realigning Medicare Part D Incentives: A New Model For Medication Therapy Management