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The Landscape Of Physician Practice
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Mr. G And The Revolving Door: Breaking The Readmission Cycle
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Nonprofit Hospitals' Community Benefit Requirements
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Vaccines
- March 02, 2016Web First
Characteristics Of Marketplace Enrollees
- A new study found that Marketplace enrollees were significantly more likely than those remaining uninsured to consult multiple sources before selecting a plan.
- March 09, 2016Physicians And The First Amendment
Health Law Symposium
- Wendy Parmet's "The Docs Vs. The Glocks" is one of the highlights of a Health Affairs Blog symposium stemming from a conference at Harvard Law School's Petrie-Flom Center.
- March 08, 2016Events
Video From March Issue Briefing Available
- Materials, including video, from our March issue briefing, "The Evolving Landscape of Physician Practice," are now available on our website.
- March 07, 2016Prescription Drugs
Drugs Are First In Class
- Miller and Michael Lanthier found that of the orphan drugs approved by the FDA between 1983 and 2014, rare cancers were the most frequent target.
Nonprofit Hospitals' Community Benefit Requirements
- Under the Affordable Care Act, many nonprofit hospitals must meet new requirements to retain their tax-exempt status.February 25, 2016
High-Deductible Health Plans
- As high-deductible health plans become increasingly prevalent in both group and individual markets, it remains to be seen how they will affect health care access and outcomes.February 04, 2015
Mr. G And The Revolving Door: Breaking The Readmission Cycle At A Safety-Net Hospital
A patient with complex needs returns to the hospital again and again, despite his care team's efforts to reduce readmissions.
"Obamacare" After Obama
- Editor-In-Chief Alan Weil discusses potential changes to the Affordable Care Act by President Obama's successor.
Current Issue
- From The Editor-In-Chief
- Entry Point: Living Wills
- Depression Case Management
- Quality Measures Reporting Costs
- Fee-For-Service Still Dominant
- Public Reporting Of Surgeon Data
- Hospitals Participating In ACOs
- Increase In Some Retail Clinic Visits
- Most Orphan Drugs First In Class
- Medical Marijuana Program Enrollment
- Maternal Health In Uganda And Zambia
- Workers Without Sickleave Forgo Care
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- After Gobeille, What Next For States? 11 Mar 2016
- CMS Posts Slides From 2016 Qualified Health Plan Issuer Conference 11 Mar 2016
- Taking A Data-Driven, Patient-Centric Approach To Pharmaceutical Company Communication With Health Care Professionals 11 Mar 2016
- The First Amendment And Pharmaceutical Promotion 11 Mar 2016
- Out of Many, One: ERISA Preemption, State All-Payer Claims Database Laws, And The Goals Of Transparency 10 Mar 2016
- The Evolving Landscape of Physician Practice March 08, 2016
- Mr. G And The Revolving Door: Breaking The Readmission Cycle At A Safety-Net Hospital March 07, 2016
- Vaccines February 09, 2016
- When There's No Cure: My Brother's Battle With Drug-Resistant TB February 08, 2016
- The Evolving Landscape of Physician Practice March 08, 2016
- Vaccines February 09, 2016
- Health Care Consolidation: What You Need to Know December 15, 2015
- US Physician Practices Spend More Than $15.4 Billion Annually To Report Quality Measures
- Retail Clinic Visits For Low-Acuity Conditions Increase Utilization And Spending
- Care Management Processes Used Less Often For Depression Than For Other Chronic Conditions In US Primary Care Practices
- Mr. G And The Revolving Door: Breaking The Readmission Cycle At A Safety-Net Hospital
- Fee-For-Service, While Much Maligned, Remains The Dominant Payment Method For Physician Visits
- Return On Investment From Childhood Immunization In Low- And Middle-Income Countries, 2011-20
- The Triple Aim: Care, Health, And Cost
- The Role Of Nurse Practitioners In Reinventing Primary Care
- Socioeconomic Disparities In Health: Pathways And Policies
- Annual Medical Spending Attributable To Obesity: Payer-And Service-Specific Estimates
- Return On Investment From Childhood Immunization In Low- And Middle-Income Countries, 2011-20
- The Triple Aim: Care, Health, And Cost
- Why The Decade Of Vaccines?
- When Not All That Counts Can Be Counted: Economic Evaluations And The Value Of Vaccination
- Socioeconomic Disparities In Health: Pathways And Policies