Sunday, September 3, 2023 | The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
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Health Affairs Scholar Issue 2 Highlights Health Affairs Scholar, our new open access journal focused on emerging and global health policy, publishes articles as soon as they are ready in what is called the "continuous publishing" model.
It also publishes "Advance Articles" of the unedited manuscripts upon acceptance.
Speed is a key feature of Health
Affairs Scholar, with a journal issue "in progress" until month-end.
Robert Kaplan and coauthors that found that 41% of new drugs in 2017 were approved on the results of a single study, and no results were publicly reported for 20% of the new drugs.
In another report, Julia Rucker and coauthors tracked commercial insurance coverage of specialty drugs. While most plans increased restrictions on these complex, high-cost
pharmaceuticals during 2017-2021, four plans did not.
Health Equity
When it comes to equitable access to health care, words matter.
In a paper by Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba and colleagues, they found that health care use by children of immigrants declined following the heated rhetoric relating to immigrants surrounding former president Donald Trump’s election and the proposed public charge rule.
Three papers in the issue explore aspects related to primary care.
Leighton Ku and colleagues found that despite such major changes as the passage of the Affordable Care Act and growth of managed care, "Differences in the duration or scope of [primary care] visits are primarily related to differences in patient, visit, or practice characteristics, not the type of insurance."
Virna Little and coauthors examined the prevalence of suicide risk among a US national sample of patients referred from primary care.
Health Affairs' Alan Weil interviews Sean Dickson from West Health Policy Center on his recent paper examining the changes in
net prices and spending for pharmaceuticals after the introduction of new therapeutic competition.
Health Affairs' Rob Lott and Chris Fleming discuss Biden administration's announcement regarding the first 10 drugs selected for Medicare price negotiation.
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Liz Fowler
On Thursday, September 14, you are invited to join Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil for our next "Policy Spotlight" event, a one-on-one conversation with Elizabeth "Liz" Fowler, Deputy Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and Director of the Center for Medicare and
Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) at the US Department of Health and Human Services.
The main topic of the conversation will be the Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) model, CMMI’s new voluntary nationwide model that aims to support people living with dementia and their unpaid caregivers. They will also touch on the CMMI strategy refresh that’s informing future model development and value-based care sustainability, and their ongoing focus on improving the care experience for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries.
Research and Justice For All is a podcast from Health Affairs that provides perspectives on how to dismantle unjust systems and structures that have long impacted health outcomes in historically marginalized populations.
Hear how to challenge injustices in health care – rooted in racism, sexism, ableism, and other forms of exclusion – through research, evidence, community-building,
and other potential and innovative solutions.
The first six-episode season, "Private Sector Solutions for Health Equity," is sponsored by CVS Health and co-hosted by Dr. Sree Chaguturu, Chief Medical Officer (CVS Health) and Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, Chief Health Equity Officer (CVS Health).
The season features interviews with C-Suite level executives, such as Karen DeSalvo (Google), Rashad Burgess (Gilead Sciences), and Thomas D. Sequist (Massachusetts General Brigham) as they discuss private sector initiatives and responsibility to advance health equity.
The first episode goes live next Wednesday, September 6.
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