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

**Tuesday, April 14, 2020**

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TODAY ON THE BLOG
COVID-19

The Fierce Urgency Of Now: Closing Glaring Gaps In US Surveillance Data
On COVID-19

By Nancy Krieger, Gregg Gonsalves, Mary T. Bassett, William Hanage, and
Harlan M. Krumholz

Where are the data on COVID-19 to understand who in the US population is
being tested, who is ill, and who is dying? The federal government
should mandate that all testing data from a new digital short form are
provided to the CDC, in real time, and that data are publicly reported,
in real time, in relation to total cases and stratified by
race/ethnicity, sex/gender, age, educational level, at the national,
state, county, and ZIP code levels. Read More >>

COVID-19 Makes Funding For Health And Social Services Integration Even
More Crucial

By Shauna Petchel

NOTE: During this global pandemic we know that now, more than ever,
it's important to share learnings from research and apply them to
today's crisis. That's why we asked Shauna Petchel and her coauthors
to share recommendations on how we can apply learnings from their
article in the April 2020 issue in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

As we look for solutions to the public health and economic challenges
ahead, policy makers and organizational leaders can leverage
cross-sector partnerships, social-needs screening, and sustainable
payment models for integrated care to ensure that the community response
to COVID-19 lays a foundation for a robust and coordinated recovery.
Read More >>

Accelerating Data Infrastructure For COVID-19 Surveillance And
Management

By Aaron Miri and Daniel P. O'Neill

In this post, we outline key steps for a crash program to expand the
infrastructure needed to collect data and inform the phase triggers
proposed by Scott Gottlieb and colleagues. Broadly speaking, we argue
that this program can and should rely on technical standards and
data-sharing systems which already exist but will require a more
dirigiste approach than the US has embraced in the past, with firm
federal coordination, and in some cases, mandatory provider
participation. Read More >>

CONSIDERING HEALTH SPENDING

Maintaining Progress Toward Accountable Care And Payment Reform In An
Unprecedented Pandemic: Part 1: Use And Financial Impact

By William K. Bleser, Elizabeth Singletary, Hannah L. Crook, Jonathan
Gonzalez-Smith, Robert S. Saunders, and Mark B. McClellan

COVID-19 could have large financial impacts on accountable care
organizations (ACOs) and more strongly affect physician-led ACOs. Read
More >>

The post appears in the series Considering Health Spending
.

IN THE JOURNAL

INTEGRATING SOCIAL SERVICES & HEALTH

The Organizational Risks Of Cross-Sector Partnerships: A Comparison Of
Health And Human Services Perspectives

By Shauna Petchel, Sherril Gelmon, and Bruce Goldberg

Shauna Petchel and coauthors study the perspectives of health and human
services leaders as Oregon created its Accountable Health Communities
initiative in 2019. Among the many differences in those perspectives:
Health system leaders view addressing social needs as population health
management that facilitates a move away from fee-for-service payment,
while human services leaders view contracts with health systems to
deliver services as a potentially more reliable source of
fee-for-service funding than grants and donations.

Read More >