Opening Remarks: Terry Adirim, Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, U.S. Department of Defense, on A Military Health System For The 21st Century

The Role Of The Military Health System In Ensuring Readiness And Supporting Skills For Battlefield Support
Jonathan Woodson, Director, Institute for Health System Innovation & Policy, Boston University, on Readiness Of Medical Providers In The Military Health System: Overview Of Operational And Policy Considerations
Peter A. Learn, Associate Chair of Surgery for Quality and Patient Outcomes, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences on A Collaborative To Evaluate And Improve The Quality Of Surgical Care Delivered By The Military Health System
Jeremy C. Pamplin, Director, Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center, Medical Research and Development Command, and Associate Professor of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, on Military Telehealth: A Model For Delivering Expertise To The Point Of Need In Austere And Operational Environments

The Complex Relationship Between Military Treatment Facilities And Purchased Civilian Care
NEW! Richard R. Bannick, Colonel, U.S. Air Force (Retired), Formerly, Analytics Branch Chief, J-5, Defense Health Agency, on Provider Acceptance And Beneficiary Access Under TRICARE’s PPO Health Plan
NEW! Craig D. Shriver, Director, Murtha Cancer Center Research Program, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, on Contribution Of Care Source To Cancer Treatment Cost Variation In The US Military Health System
Amelia M. Bond, Assistant Professor, Healthcare Policy and Research, Weill Cornell Medical College, on Utilization Variation In Military Versus Civilian Care: Evidence From TRICARE

Looking Ahead: NEW! Shelia Burke, Chair, Government Relations and Public Policy, Baker Donelson, and Senior Research Faculty, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

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TODAY ON THE BLOG

FOLLOWING THE ACA

Uninsured Rate Rose In 2018, Says Census Bureau Report
By Katie Keith

Yesterday, the US Census Bureau reported the first increase in the uninsured rate since the 2010 enactment of the Affordable Care Act. From 2017 to 2018, the uninsured rate rose by 0.5 percentage points, meaning about 1.9 million more people were uninsured in 2018 relative to 2017. Read More >>

ACCOUNTABLE CARE

ACO Participation Numbers Worth Watching As CMS Changes Take Root
By David Pittman, Allison Brennan, Clifton Gaus

Payment and delivery reform will remain a key policy lever to control health spending, and total-cost-of-care models have the greatest opportunity for savings and quality improvement. Read More >>

IN THE JOURNAL

CONSIDERING HEALTH SPENDING

The Relationship Between Health Spending And Social Spending In High-Income Countries: How Does The US Compare?
By Irene Papanicolas, Liana Woskie, Duncan Orlander, E. John Orav, and Ashish Jha

Irene Papanicolas and coauthors evaluated data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on 35 OECD member states spanning the period 1980–2015, to answer three questions: How does the US compare to other OECD countries in terms of social spending? Do countries that spend less on social services spend more on health care? Is there any evidence that increases in social spending over time are associated with decreases in health care spending? Read More >>

A CLOSER LOOK— Remembering 9/11

In 2002, Health Affairs published a poem by Joseph Fins, Chief of the Division of Medical Ethics and associate professor of medicine and public health at Weill Medical College of Cornell University and director of medical ethics at New York Presbyterian Hospital–Weill Cornell Medical Center. The poem was inspired by New York Presbyterian Hospital emergency department staff waiting for the arrival of the injured from the World Trade Center on 11 September 2001. Three of that hospital’s paramedics died during rescue efforts at the site.

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