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**The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs**

**Monday, April 6, 2020**

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IN THE JOURNAL

NEW ISSUE:
INTEGRATING SOCIAL SERVICES & HEALTH

The April issue of Health Affairs examines the integration of social
services and health. Despite growing understanding among health sector
professionals that social factors play a role in health, the programs
and systems that help people meet their social needs remain isolated
from those designed to meet their health care needs.

The April issue was supported by The Kresge Foundation.

Read the April 2020 table of contents
.

L
isten
to a two-minute introduction of the issue from Editor-in-Chief Alan
Weil.

Read "From the Editor-in-Chief."

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TODAY ON THE BLOG

COVID-19

Alternative Payment Models During A Pandemic: Suspending Down-Side Risk
During This Time Of National Crisis

By Basit Chaudhry and Lisa Tran

Where possible by regulatory action, the Department of Health and Human
Services should suspend all down-side risk mechanisms in alternative
payment models given the current mass-scale disruption of the US health
care system caused by the novel coronavirus. Read More >>

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ORGANIZATION OF CARE

From One-To-One To One-To-Many: Rethinking Health Care Relationships
In
The Digital Age

By Shantanu Nundy, Joseph C. Kvedar, and Gina M. Cella

With the right set of technologies, delivery models, and policy changes,
one-to-many care offers an opportunity for physicians to embrace their
dual roles as individual healers and public health-minded leaders.
Read More >>

FOLLOWING THE ACA

ACA Round-Up: Latest On Texas, Risk Adjustment, And More

By Katie Keith

This post summarizes the latest action in California v. Texas, the
interim summary report on risk adjustment, final rate filing deadlines
for 2021, and the draft 2020 call letter on quality ratings. Read More
>>

**A CLOSER LOOK**-Chronic Kidney Disease

An estimated 26 million Americans have chronic kidney disease of varying
degrees; more than 600,000 have end-stage kidney failure. In West
Virginia, some 3,500 patients were on dialysis in 2013, and for most of
the past two decades, this state has led the nation in per capita
numbers of patients starting dialysis. A Health Affairs Blog post by
Rebecca Schmidt discusses the benefits and barriers of home dialysis
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About Health Affairs

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