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

**Tuesday, April 7, 2020**

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TODAY ON THE BLOG

COVID-19

Widespread Home Testing Can Keep People Safe And Get Them Back To
Work-Here's How

By Ge Bai, Bruce Pyenson, and Gillian Woollett

Testing should play a critical role in speeding our path to economic
recovery. We need rapid development and broad dissemination of home
tests and issuance of an immunization passport for those with presumed
immunity. Read More >>

Calling All States To Report Standardized Information On COVID-19
Hospitalizations

By Pinar Karaca-Mandic, Archelle Georgiou, and Soumya Sen

Each state is navigating this crisis independently and desperately
seeking data to guide decision making. Shared data can unite states in
their efforts and help them help each other. Making these data publicly
available will become critical in the coming days as we experience a
surging demand for hospital beds, ICU capacity, ventilators, and other
hospital resources. Read More >>

CONSIDERING HEALTH SPENDING

The Importance Of The Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Rule

By Brian Blase

If the proposals in the Medicaid fiscal accountability rule proposed by
the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services can overcome lobbyists'
interests, it would mark a significant step in improving program
integrity and preserving funds for Medicaid enrollees' health and
long-term care needs. Read More >>

The post appears in the series Considering Health Spending
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IN THE JOURNAL

INTEGRATING SOCIAL SERVICES & HEALTH

Health And Human Services Integration: Generating Sustained Health And
Equity Improvements

By Caroline Fichtenberg, Jorge Delva, Karen Minyard, and Laura M.
Gottlieb

In the April issue's overview paper, Caroline Fichtenberg and
coauthors "summarize the characteristics of current health and human
services integration efforts, synthesize key evidence on the
effectiveness of different integration activities, and highlight
associated gaps in the evidence and critical implementation
challenges." Read More >>

Read the April 2020 Table of Contents
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**A CLOSER LOOK**-Mental Health

Mental disorders such as depression and alcohol use disorders often
co-occur with other common noncommunicable diseases such as diabetes and
heart disease. The pathways underlying the comorbidity of mental
disorders and noncommunicable diseases are complex. A Health Affairs
article emphasizes the importance of integrating mental health in care
for noncommunicable diseases
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