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To Launch And Sustain Local Health Outcome Trusts, Focus On ‘Backbone Resources’
It is not hard for even an optimist to become cynical and frustrated about our painfully slow improvement in population health and health disparities. Today’s world has limited resources for addressing...
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Health Affairs Vaccines Briefing Recap
On Tuesday, February 9, 2016, Health Affairs commemorated the release of its February issue, “Vaccines,” at a forum in Washington, DC that featured authors from the issue discussing the complex...
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The Importance Of Promoting Tobacco Cessation Services For Medicaid...
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...
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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...
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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...
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Patients Are The Sun: The Imperative For Consumer Engagement In Transforming...
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...
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CBO Releases Report On Private Health Insurance Premiums And Federal Policy...
Implementing Health Reform (February 15 update on reinsurance payments). The transitional reinsurance program is (along with the risk adjustment and transitional risk corridor programs) one of the...
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The Payment Reform Landscape: How Does Telehealth Fit Into A High-Value...
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...
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The Latest Health Wonk Review
Dollars and cents are the theme of Steve Anderson’s “Money Changes Everything” edition of the Health Wonk Review. Included in his compilation are two Health Affairs Blog posts discussing two Health...
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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...
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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....
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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;...
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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...
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Health Affairs Web First: In Kentucky, Sharp Low-Income Uninsurance Declines...
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Fostering New Connections Among Health Researchers To Promote Diversity And...
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...
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HHS Must Remove Barriers To Coverage For Pregnant Women
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has made strides towards improving access to health care by giving most women access to affordable coverage and requiring private health insurance plans to include...
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Eleventh Circuit Upholds Religious Accommodation On Contraceptive Coverage
Implementing Health Reform (February 19 update). In early December 2015, CMS issued a guidance for handling “Unaffiliated Issuer Enrollments,” (UIEs) also known as “orphan enrollments.” UIEs are...
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