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The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs
Tuesday, February 18, 2020
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TODAY ON THE BLOG
PAYMENT
Population-Based Payments May Help Ensure Access To Life-Saving Antibiotics For Medicare Beneficiaries
By Monika Schneider, Nicholas R. Harrison, and Mark B. McClellan
As the “lifetime” payer for the segment of the US population most susceptible
to death and complications from antimicrobial resistance, and as the largest health care payer, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is in a unique position to take the lead in advancing broad-based payment reforms to address antimicrobial resistance. Read More >>
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE
The Primary Care First Model Is Flawed: CMS Can Fix It With Stronger Support For Behavioral Health Integration
By Joshua Barrett, Brigitta Spaeth-Rublee, and Harold Pincus
Offering support to smaller, less advanced primary care practices, including direct incentives, and eliminating disincentives for behavioral health integration will enable more primary care practices to deliver high-quality,
integrated care. Read More >>
PRIMARY CARE
To Strengthen The Primary Care First Model For The Most Frail, Look To The Independence At Home Demonstration
By Bruce Leff, Peter Boling, George Taler, and Bruce Kinosian
Congress and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services can seize this moment to couple an effective and patient-centered, home-based primary care model for highly complex patients with Primary Care First, and
serve the breadth of frail patients in our society. Read More >>
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HEALTH AFFAIRS EVENTS–PAST EVENT: Violence & Health
Violence permeates our society with consequences for victims, perpetrators, and communities alike. Even as media attention tends to focus on incidents of mass violence, it is the daily burden of violence in its many forms that takes the greater toll. Get caught up with the DC event: slides (click on Download Event), video, and
podcast. Get caught up with the Los Angeles event: slides, video, and podcast. Access the October PRINT or ONLINE issue.
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A CLOSER LOOK—Low Birthweight
Nearly 15 percent of babies born worldwide suffer from low birthweight, a factor in three quarters of neonatal deaths and a cause of stunted growth, lower IQ, and increased risk for obesity and diabetes. The authors of a Health Affairs Blog post write that there is an urgent opportunity to save infant lives through multiple micronutrient supplements for pregnant women.
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