Policy and Legislation
Despite the relatively weaker contribution of health employment growth to the current recovery, the health sector share of total employment is equal to 10.71 percent as of July 2013, barely below its all-time high rate.
The recent healthcare cost growth reduction is real, and it could be maintained because incentive structures have the potential to link the self-interest of all major health system stakeholders with the social interest in cost growth containment, quality improvement and better population health.
Five years from now no one will remember if their "Obamacare" health insurance exchange launched on October 1.
Hospitals, universities, Indian tribes, patient advocacy groups and local food banks were among organizations awarded $67 million in federal grants in August to help people sign up for coverage in new online health insurance exchanges that open for enrollment Oct. 1.
The delay of the Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate gives businesses and health plans an opportunity to better prepare, not to put off what they know they must do.
Premium rates published by a number of states for health insurance exchange plans appear to be lower than originally expected, but experts anticipate it won’t last.
An army is amassing – composed of payers, providers, healthcare organizations, businesses, community and consumer groups – to help educate and guide a large part of the population to sign up for coverage on the health insurance exchanges.
Underlying changes in some healthcare cost factors appear to be taking root and have some economists wondering if the slowdown in healthcare spending growth may last beyond the near term.
Former Director, White House Office of Health Reform, and former Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Partner, Consonance Capital Partners, New York City
Farzad Mostashari, Dick Foster and Uwe Reinhardt lead a panel discussion at Health Datapalooza IV to discuss whether or not the current surge in public and private sector spending on health IT programs is going to reduce healthcare costs.