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Implementing Health Reform: New Effectuated Enrollment Data And Contraceptive Mandate Update

On September 8, 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its second quarter 2015 effectuated enrollment data for the federal and state marketplaces. As of June 30, 2015, 9.9 million had effectuated marketplace coverage, 7.2...

Published Tue, Sep 08 2015 2:21 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Coverage, Population Health, Payment Policy, Following the ACA, premium tax credits, contraceptive mandate, Enrollment, Religious Freedom Restoration Act
To Fight Noncommunicable Diseases, Forge Strong Partnerships

Throughout nearly all of human history, most people died from causes for which pathogens were to blame. But today, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)—illnesses such as diabetes, heart disease, stroke, cancer, and chronic lung disease—are responsible...

Published Tue, Sep 08 2015 1:29 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Global Health, Quality, Obesity, Population Health, Featured, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, Equity and Disparities, Drugs and Medical Technology, Health Professionals, Long-term Services and Supports, Diabetes, NCDs, Project HOPE, noncommunicable diseases, Mexico, Eli Lilly, India, South Africa
Health Affairs’ September Issue: Noncommunicable Diseases

The September volume of Health Affairs is a theme issue focusing on the growing burden of noncommunicable diseases. Increased wealth worldwide has reduced the frequency of some infectious diseases, while chronic diseases—heart disease, respiratory...

Published Tue, Sep 08 2015 1:13 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Global Health, Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, Costs and Spending, Medicaid and CHIP, Equity and Disparities, World Health Organization, DataWatch, Affordable Care Act, Global Mortality, health savings accounts
Health Affairs Noncommunicable Disease Event Reminder And Webcast Info

Don’t forget about tomorrow’s (Wednesday September 9) Health Affairs forum featuring authors from our September thematic issue on noncommunicable diseases, which will be released at 4:00 PM ET today. Register here to join us at the Capital...

Published Tue, Sep 08 2015 9:53 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Global Health, Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, Population Health, Featured, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, Drugs and Medical Technology
Quantifying Planned Parenthood’s Critical Role In Meeting The Need For Publicly Supported Contraceptive Care

Over the past few months, legislative attempts to defund Planned Parenthood have flared at both the federal and state levels; these moves are clearly an attempt to shutter Planned Parenthood health centers, potentially depriving women of the contraceptive...

Published Tue, Sep 08 2015 8:42 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Population Health, Featured, Costs and Spending, Equity and Disparities, Long-term Services and Supports, Women's Health, contraceptive coverage, Planned Parenthood, safety-net providers, low-income women
Health Affairs Event Reminder: The Growing Burden Of Noncommunicable Diseases

While growing wealth has reduced the burden of infectious diseases both globally and here at home, it has increased the risk factors for some chronic diseases. Heart disease, respiratory disease, cancer, diabetes, mental illness, and other noncommunicable...

Published Fri, Sep 04 2015 8:21 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Global Health, Mental Health, Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, Population Health, Featured, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, Drugs and Medical Technology, Diabetes, Cancer, Community Health, Health Affairs events, NCDs, chronic diseases, heart disease, economics
Implementing Health Reform: HHS Proposes Rule Implementing Anti-Discrimination ACA Provisions

On September 3, 2015, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a notice of a proposed rulemaking intended to implement section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Department also provided a summary of the rule and a set of questions...

Published Fri, Sep 04 2015 6:53 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Featured, Following the ACA, Equity and Disparities
Physician Payment Reform In A Post-SGR World: Challenges Remain

On April 16, 2015 President Barack Obama signed the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act ( MACRA ) which, among other things, finally repeals the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) mechanism of updating fees to the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS). The...

Published Thu, Sep 03 2015 1:20 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Physicians, Medicare, Featured, Payment Policy, SGR, Costs and Spending, Payment Reform, Health Professionals, ACOs, pay-for-performance, fee-for-service, patient-centered medical homes, MACRA, Alternative Payment, Burnout, Bundled Payments
The Time Is Now For A Consumer Health Movement

Throughout history, social movements have galvanized wide-scale improvements in population health and quality of life. HIV/AIDS activists banded together to strengthen social services for patients, educate the public about the disease, and compel research...

Published Thu, Sep 03 2015 1:00 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Consumers, Physicians, Quality, Health Philanthropy, GrantWatch, Population Health, Health Promotion and Disease PreventionGW, Health Professionals, Patient Engagement, Pittsburgh, HPV
The Pathway To Sustainability: Aligning Ambulatory Patient Experience Survey Implementation

Across the United States health care system, there is a growing imperative to deliver more patient-centered care. Listening to the voice of the patient is increasingly recognized as an essential part of this transformation. Health care is late to the...

Published Thu, Sep 03 2015 9:08 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Quality, Hospitals, Featured, Costs and Spending, Drugs and Medical Technology, RWJF, Health Professionals, Maine, patients, culture of health, CAHPS, Surveys, AH4Q
‘Innovate Or Die?’ Mission-Driven Home Health Providers Choose The Former

Home health providers are ready, willing, and able to build the skills and infrastructure necessary to succeed in a value-based purchasing environment. Mr. Marchica should be applauded for his recent post on this Blog that highlights the need for innovation...

Published Thu, Sep 03 2015 6:01 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Medicare, Quality, Nurses, Insurance and Coverage, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, Medicaid and CHIP, Equity and Disparities, Long-term Services and Supports, Home Health, ACOs, value based care, Advanced Home Care
Evidence For Action: A New RWJF Initiative Informing The Path Toward A Culture of Health

In 2014 the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) announced a bold new vision of building a national Culture of Health , where everyone—regardless of their ethnic, racial, geographic, or socioeconomic circumstances—has the means and opportunity to live...

Published Wed, Sep 02 2015 3:20 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Nonmedical Determinants, Disparities, Health Philanthropy, GrantWatch, Population Health, Health Promotion and Disease PreventionGW, Payment Policy, Equity and Disparities, health equity, health outcomes, Evidence-based Health Policy, culture of health
How PAs Factor Into Improved CMS Patient Satisfaction Scores

When I started work as a certified physician assistant (PA-C) 30 years ago, I provided health care for the homeless as the medical officer for an outreach mobile health team in Brooklyn, N.Y. I literally treated patients on the street, and patient satisfaction...

Published Wed, Sep 02 2015 11:05 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Quality, Hospitals, Featured, Organization and Delivery, Equity and Disparities, Health Professionals, ACOs, physician assistants, patient satisfaction, HCAHPS, CAHPS
Community Health Center Strategies For Pursuing Accountable Care

Accountable care strategies are spreading from Medicare and commercial insurance arenas to Medicaid programs, thus extending the benefits of payment and delivery reform to the safety net. Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are now emerging...

Published Wed, Sep 02 2015 9:07 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Medicare, Quality, Hospitals, Innovations in Care Delivery, Population Health, Community Health Centers, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, Medicaid and CHIP, Equity and Disparities, SDH, ACOs, Safety Net, CMS, Boston, Urban Health
Planned Parenthood, Community Health Centers, And Women’s Health: Getting The Facts Right

The current Planned Parenthood fight, one of the most disturbing battles over women’s health in recent years, has been riddled with inaccuracies. A particularly damaging one is the assertion that the nation’s community health centers could pick up the...

Published Wed, Sep 02 2015 6:43 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Quality, Population Health, Community Health Centers, Featured, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, Equity and Disparities, Health Professionals, Long-term Services and Supports, Health Policy, Women's Health, family planning, Planned Parenthood, funding

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Implementing Health Reform: New Effectuated Enrollment Data And Contraceptive Mandate Update

To Fight Noncommunicable Diseases, Forge Strong Partnerships

Health Affairs’ September Issue: Noncommunicable Diseases

Health Affairs Noncommunicable Disease Event Reminder And Webcast Info

Quantifying Planned Parenthood’s Critical Role In Meeting The Need For Publicly Supported Contraceptive Care

Health Affairs Event Reminder: The Growing Burden Of Noncommunicable Diseases

Implementing Health Reform: HHS Proposes Rule Implementing Anti-Discrimination ACA Provisions

Physician Payment Reform In A Post-SGR World: Challenges Remain

The Time Is Now For A Consumer Health Movement

The Pathway To Sustainability: Aligning Ambulatory Patient Experience Survey Implementation

‘Innovate Or Die?’ Mission-Driven Home Health Providers Choose The Former

Evidence For Action: A New RWJF Initiative Informing The Path Toward A Culture of Health

How PAs Factor Into Improved CMS Patient Satisfaction Scores

Community Health Center Strategies For Pursuing Accountable Care

Planned Parenthood, Community Health Centers, And Women’s Health: Getting The Facts Right