Innovations in Primary Care: What’s in the ACA?
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act aims to move the health care system away from an episodic, fee-for-service approach and towards a coordinated, preventive model of care delivery.
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Integrating Care for Dual Eligibles: What Do Consumers Want?
Event Date:EventMany deficit reduction plans have recognized the need to improve care for the 9 million beneficiaries dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid.
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Many States Are Making Wide-Ranging Improvements To Medicaid Eligibility and Enrollment Systems to Prepare for the Affordable Care Act in 2014
News ReleaseNew Survey Finds States Investing in Technology, Simplifying Enrollment Processes Washington, D.C.
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Explaining Health Reform: Uses of Express Lane Strategies to Promote Participation in Coverage
Issue BriefUnder the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), millions of uninsured adults and children will gain eligibility for Medicaid or health coverage through new health insurance Exchanges beginning in 2014.
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The Innovation Center: How Much Can It Improve Quality and Reduce Costs – and How Quickly?
Event Date:EventThe new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) seeks to test new health care payment and service delivery models that can potentially enhance quality of care for beneficiaries while reducing costs.
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What’s in There? The New Health Reform Law and Medicare
Event Date:EventAs part of an ongoing series to explore what is in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, this May 7 briefing sponsored by the Alliance for Health Reform and the Kaiser Family Foundation examines how the reform law affects Medicare.
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Rural Health: Laying the Foundation for Health Reform
Event Date:EventThe Alliance for Health Reform and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation co-sponsored this briefing to have a panel of experts answer questions about how some aspects of pending health reform proposals may have a substantial impact on rural care.
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Investing in Health IT: What the U.S. and Other Countries Are Learning
Event Date:EventRecent legislation, including the stimulus package and the new health reform law, invests substantial funds in health information technology which can help prevent medical errors and improve the quality and value of care. However, questions have been raised about the cost of implementation and personal privacy considerations.
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Health Apps and Information Survey
Poll FindingThis poll examines the numbers of U.S. adults who use the internet or smartphone apps to research symptoms, track fitness and nutrition, manage their health insurance and health care spending, and engage in other online health-related activity.
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Public Reporting of Quality Outcomes: What’s the Best Path Forward?
Event Date:EventThe Affordable Care Act aims to promote higher quality care in part by rewarding – and eventually requiring – the reporting of certain quality measures. Previous efforts suggest that public reporting can add significant value.