RWJF – Health Affairs Policy Brief: Federally Facilitated Exchanges
This Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-Health Affairs policy brief examines the issues facing the federally-facilitated exchanges to implement the Patient Protection Continue reading
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Opportunities to Advance Patient-Centeredness and Equity
With the historic enactment of national health care reform in March 2010, it can be a little overwhelming to understand all the details and implications of this huge structural shift in national health care policy.
As I continue to refine my own knowledge and understanding of the national health care reform law, I will share my analyses and presentations here. I will be highlighting what I call the “patient-centeredness” and “equity” elements of the legislation, two of the components of health care quality identified by the Institute of Medicine.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Bundled Payment Demonstrations
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced the first recipients of grant funds to demonstrate the feasibility Continue reading
Internal Revenue Service: Proposed Rule for Shared Responsibility Payment for Not Maintaining Essential Minimum Coverage
The Internal Revenue Service has issued a proposed rule for the “shared responsibility payments” that will be owed by individuals Continue reading
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Proposed Rule Defining Essential Minimum Coverage and Exemptions
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have issued a proposed rule defining the requirements for and exemptions from the Continue reading
UCLA and UC Berkeley: Medi-Cal Expansion Will Significantly Increase Coverage with Minimal Cost to California
This analysis from the University of California Los Angeles Center for Health Policy Research and the University of California Berkeley Continue reading
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Draft Applications for Health Insurance Marketplaces
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released draft applications for commercial health insurance, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Continue reading
healthcare.gov Updated with Information on Health Insurance Exchanges
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services website http://www.healthcare.gov on the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Continue reading
California Pan-Ethnic Health Network: Medi-Cal Expansion – What’s At Stake for Communities of Color
This updated fact sheet from the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network (CPEHN) describes the impact of the expansion of Medicaid in Continue reading
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