All Articles In 'Access to Care'
Health IT and Care Coordination: Role of Health Information Technology in Care Coordination
Care coordination is a process that ensures a patient’s health services and information sharing preferences and needs are met. Care coordination, a critical component during the nation’s current shift from a fragmented system toward one that [...]
Medicare Fee-for-Service Benefits: Impact of Medicare Cost Sharing Changes on Beneficiaries and Budget
Several Medicare reform proposals have concentrated on realigning financial incentives within Medicare’s provider payment and delivery system to improve program cost-effectiveness and quality, a key health policy challenge. There have been calls to modernize Medicare’s fee-for-service [...]
Individual Mandate: Projecting the Strength of the Individual Mandate on Health Insurance Participation
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires that most Americans have health insurance that meets minimum federal requirements. Under the controversial mandate, starting in 2014, most individuals under 65 must purchase minimum essential health insurance coverage or [...]
Healthcare Quality and Cost: Engaging Employers as Change Agents in Lowering Costs and Improving Quality
As the second-largest health care service purchaser, employers have an opportunity to use their substantial market leverage as a means to augment quality. If mobilized and motivated, employers could act as a key change agent by [...]
CBO Reports Medicare’s Demonstration Project Results
The Congressional Budget Office’s issue brief, Lessons from Medicare’s Demonstration Projects on Disease Management, Care Coordination, and Value-Based Payment, provides details on the outcome of 10 major Medicare demonstrations following independent researcher evaluation. Demonstrations were conducted [...]
Health Coverage Expansion: Implications of ACA for American Indians and Alaskan Natives
As part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Medicaid coverage could be expanded to cover nearly 400,000 currently uninsured American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN). This population, particularly sensitive to health disparities, suffers from elevated disease [...]
Physicians and Medicare: Report Cites Data Limitations When Reviewing Physicians Who Opt Out of Medicare
It is difficult to understand why physicians drop out from serving Medicare beneficiaries, says a new report from the HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG). The OIG details data limitations encountered when reviewing physicians opting [...]
National Health Reform: HSC Reports on Premium Subsidies and Exchanges for the Uninsured
A new report examines individual eligibility for federal premium subsidies in Health Insurance Exchanges when employer-sponsored or public coverage is not available to them. Both federal premium subsidies and state or federally-run Health Insurance Exchanges are features starting in [...]
Hospital Community Benefits under the Affordable Care Act: Opportunities for Community Health Improvement
In February 2012, The Hospital Community Benefit Program, established by the Hilltop Institute at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), published the third issue brief in a series, Hospital Community Benefits after the ACA: Partnerships [...]
Using Health Information Technology for Chronic Disease Management: AHRQ Webinar
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is hosting a free webinar on Using Health Information Technology for Chronic Disease Management. Webinar is set for Tuesday, June 21, 2011, at 11:30 am EST. During the 90-minute conference, participants can watch [...]
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