Health Affairs

Tim Jost’s analysis of the final rule on health insurance exchanges tops the most-read list for March for Health Affairs Blog. The Health Affairs article and follow-on blog post by Danny McCormick and colleagues on the effect of physicians’ access to electronic imaging and tests on further testing generated much attention and debate. And the... Read the rest of this entry »

Now you can explore the intersection of health, health care, and policy with Health Affairs on iPad. Download Health Affairs’ new mobile application for iPad to tap into a full interactive experience with Health Affairs content, including: Free sample journal issue for all to explore Current monthly issues with your individual subscription to Health Affairs... Read the rest of this entry »

We are pleased to announce the “most-read” Health Affairs journal articles published in 2010. The number 1 article published in 2010 with more than 44,000 pageviews was ”What Changes In Survival Rates Tell Us About US Health Care,” by Peter A. Muennig and Sherry A. Glied from the November 2010 issue of Health Affairs. The most-viewed... Read the rest of this entry »

In the December issue, Health Affairs published a series of papers on the effects of self-referral by physicians for imaging services. Princeton economist Uwe Reinhardt spotlighted the set of papers in a Christmas Eve blog post in the New York Times’ Economix blog: A fascinating narrative on how private health insurers and Medicare have both... Read the rest of this entry »

In the past two months at Health Affairs Blog, law professor Timothy Jost has posted an ongoing series on implementing health reform, analyzing what’s in the new legislation. Other “most-read” posts have summarized key points from Health Affairs’ major theme issue on “Reinventing Primary Care,” and have highlighted the writings of Don Berwick, President Obama’s pick to head the Centers for Medicare... Read the rest of this entry »

This week’s Health Wonk Review kicks off with posts debating the issues of residents’ sleep deprivation and long physician work weeks. It then moves to one of the hot-button health policy  issues of the past week – namely, why the New York Times took on the Dartmouth Atlas and studies of variations in medical practice.... Read the rest of this entry »

Physician/writer Atul Gawande was the winner of this year’s Health Services Research Impact award at the National Health Policy Conference cohosted by AcademyHealth and Health Affairs earlier this week. At Tuesday’s lunch, Gawande was scheduled to receive his award for the important policy impact of his efforts to bring surgical checklists into use around the... Read the rest of this entry »

In an interview in the February issue of Health Affairs, California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF) President and CEO Mark Smith reflects on successes and failures in areas where market interest and public interest converge in health care. Smith told Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Susan Dentzer: The policy world has built enrollment barriers for people in an incremental... Read the rest of this entry »

Here in DC we’re bracing for the storm of the century — snow storm, that is.  What better time to catch up on some health policy reading? We list here the top 10 most-read posts from January on Health Affairs Blog. Topics cover health reform, health care costs, the mammography guidelines controversy, and more. And... Read the rest of this entry »

So what now for health reform? That’s the focus of today’s edition of the Health Wonk Review, a biweekly roundup of the best of health policy blogging. Joe Paduda, one of the founders of the Health Wonk Review, hosts this edition on his Managed Care Matters blog. He cites the post-State of the Union blogs by Joe Antos... Read the rest of this entry »

We are pleased to announce the “most-read” Health Affairs journal articles published in 2009. The number 1 article published in 2009 was on “Annual Medical Spending Attributable To Obesity” by Eric Finkelstein and colleagues.  All articles below are open to all readers for the next 2 weeks—through February 12, 2010. Top-viewed articles published in 2009... Read the rest of this entry »

We offer readers the annual “top 10″ list of most-read posts from Health Affairs Blog. Health reform topped the list in 2009. If you missed any of these posts, here’s your chance to catch up on your reading. Propaganda And Prejudice Distort The Health Reform Debate by Merton Bernstein Nurse Shortage Eases Under Recession by... Read the rest of this entry »

The January 2010 edition of Health Affairs focuses on long-term services and supports and the challenges of ensuring affordable, high-quality care to people with disabilities, including many of the nation’s aged. The journal has invited key lawmakers and leading experts in aging and health policy to discuss the policies and new approaches needed to address... Read the rest of this entry »

On the morning of Christmas Eve, the Senate voted 60-39 along partisan lines to pass the Senate health reform bill. Now legislators can head home for the recess break. However, the hard work of reconciliation between House and Senate versions of health reform bills remains. At Health Affairs Blog, we’ve invited analysts, economists, political scientists... Read the rest of this entry »

A new edition of the Health Wonk Review today rounds up health policy blogposts on health reform, reactions to President Obama’s speech, and more. Rich Elmore of Healthcare Technology News serves as host.

Health reform proposals and an examination of what’s working to control health care costs dominated the most-read posts on Health Affairs Blog in August. Additional commenting is always welcome. A Modest Proposal On Payment Reform by Uwe Reinhardt Low-Cost Health Quality Care In America by John Iglehart Obesity Spending Estimated at 147 Billion Annually by Chris... Read the rest of this entry »

Should Americans be able to enroll in a newly created, publicly administered health insurance option as the nation works to expand health coverage? That question is at the center of the current health reform debate. It is also the subject of the latest health policy brief from Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), which... Read the rest of this entry »

A new study published today in Health Affairs finds that the decade-long nurse shortage is easing, or even ending, partly as a result of the continuing recession. Study author Peter Buerhaus of the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing and colleagues found that older nurses are delaying retirement or returning to the workforce and part-time nurses... Read the rest of this entry »

“Dare we say it; reform is actually possible, perhaps more possible than at any time since 1964,” writes Health Wonk Review host and cofounder, Joe Paduda. He focuses today’s terrific health policy blog round-up on the prospect for reform and leads off  with Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) on why reform is possible. Paduda then follows... Read the rest of this entry »

Health Affairs has launched a new series of Health Policy Briefs, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. These free, online briefs aim to provide congressional staff and busy policy-watchers with quick, clear overviews of complex, front-burner issues in the health reform and policy debate. The first 2 briefs look at Medicare reform. The... Read the rest of this entry »