Dear John,

We're excited to announce that this week a new Forefront article on the use of medication to treat opioid use disorder was authored by a Fellow in the Health Equity Fellowship for Trainees (HEFT), Anjali Dixit.

HEFT provides multi-layered mentorship to early career health equity researchers.

Telemedicine use remains substantially higher than it was before the COVID-19 pandemic, although it has fallen from pandemic highs.

In their Ahead of Print article, Carter Nakamoto of Harvard Medical School and coauthors use Medicare data to explore the association of greater telemedicine use across health systems with utilization, spending, and quality.

The authors determine that despite concerns about telemedicine's convenience leading to more visits, the increases in usage were relatively small.

They share the effects of "telemedicine on quality and spending could change as technology improves, health systems optimize telemedicine services, or patient demand grows."

2024 Congressional Health Care Agenda

Congress' health care agenda is packed this year, with issues like PBMs, Medicaid, site-neutral payments and insulin costs putting pressure on lawmakers.

Get our free report for analysis on what matters and what's coming in 2024.

State Efforts To Improve Price Transparency

Maanasa Kona and Nadia Stovicek

Community-Based Primary Care Training Is Threatened By Funding Instability

Vinaya Gogineni

Medicare Drug Price Setting Provides An Opportunity To Generate Stronger Evidence On Treatment Effect Heterogeneity

Sachin Kamal-Bahl et al.

The Urgent Need To Advance Women’s Health Research

Michal A. Elovitz

Increased Use Of Medications For Opioid Use Disorder: Implications For Acute Pain Management

Anjali A. Dixit et al.

The Path To Prevention: Charting The Course For A Healthier Nation

Richard Hughes IV

Congress Must Act To Advance Innovation In Medicaid

Kate McEvoy

A Health Podyssey: Jessica Harrison on Integrating Mental Health In Perinatal Care

Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Jessica Harrison of the University of California San Francisco on her recent paper that explores the perspectives of interprofessional clinicians on the best approaches to integrating mental health into perinatal care.

Health Affairs This Week: The State of Antitrust & Private Equity in Health Care w/ Brent Fulton

Host Jeff Byers interviews Brent Fulton from the University of California Berkeley about the current state of antitrust and private equity in health care.

Join us this Wednesday, April 24, for our next virtual Journal Club featuring a deep dive into a paper from our new issue focused on Perinatal Mental Health.

Author Stephanie Hall will discuss antidepressant prescriptions for perinatal anxiety disorders with Laura Tollen.