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The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs
Monday, February 10, 2020
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HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYONC Should Not Delay The Release Of Its RuleBy Lucia C. Savage, Aaron Neinstein, Mark Savage, and Julia Adler-MilsteinStakeholders such as electronic health record vendors, providers, and app developers must do their part and act in the spirit of the new regulations, not lobby against them, and give Americans what they deserve: the ability to have their data move to where it is needed. Read More >>BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CAREBattling The Mental Health Crisis Among The Underserved Through State Medicaid ReformsBy James Maxwell, Angel Bourgoin, and Zoe LindenfeldState policy makers should use all available policy levers to advance access and prevent the devastating and often tragic consequences that these unmet mental health and substance use disorder needs can have on the lives of individuals and families. Read More >>MEDICARECMS Releases Advance Notice For Medicare Advantage And Part D PlansBy Billy Wynne and Josh LaRosaLast week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released Part II of its Advance Notice of Methodological Changes for Medicare Advantage (MA) Capitation Rates and Part D Payment Policies for Calendar Year (CY) 2021 and its proposed rule on policy and technical changes to MA and Part D for CYs 2021 and 2022. This post focuses on summarizing the Advance Notice component of this package of policies. Read More >>FOLLOWING THE ACANew Lawsuits Challenge Abortion Policy, AHP Advisory OpinionBy Katie KeithRegular readers are familiar with the heaps of litigation over the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and efforts by the Trump administration to undermine the ACA. This post introduces two new lawsuits to the mix, both related to recently finalized rules from the Trump administration. Read More >>
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IN THE JOURNAL
NURSES
Implications Of The Rapid Growth Of The Nurse Practitioner Workforce In The US
By David I. Auerbach, Peter I. Buerhaus, and Douglas O. Staiger
According to David Auerbach and coauthors, an important recent development in the US nursing workforce is the dramatic increase in the number of advanced practice registered nurses (RNs), particularly those who are prepared as nurse practitioners (NPs), with higher earning potential. The authors examined data from the Census
Bureau’s American Community Survey for the period 2010–17 and found that during that time the number of NPs in the US rose from approximately 91,000 to 190,000. Read More >>
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A CLOSER LOOK—Ketamine
According to recent estimates, 16 million adults in the US had an episode of major depression in the course of a year. Some experts say that ketamine, because of its rapid action, could have a role to play in helping to prevent suicide. A Narrative Matters piece follows a patient as she overcomes systemic hurdles to stay on the only effective treatment for her depression: ketamine.
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