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The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
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TODAY ON THE BLOG
COVID-19
How The Rapid Shift To Telehealth Leaves Many Community Health Centers Behind During The COVID-19 Pandemic
By June-Ho Kim, Eesha Desai, and Megan B. Cole
By reorienting the goals for implementing
telehealth, policy makers, payers, and providers can empower health centers to thrive in the future and meet the nation’s underserved patients where they are, even during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the long run, telehealth can increase access and equity, but only if the right investments are made now to fill the gaps laid bare by the pandemic. Read More >>
CONSIDERING HEALTH SPENDING
Out-of-Network Spending: Why Growing Attention Is Focused On A Small Share Of Medical Spending
By William C. Johnson, Kevin Kennedy, Jean Fuglesten Biniek, Zirui Song, and Jacob Wallace
The decreases in the share of spending on out-of-network services are attributable to a decline in the utilization of out-of-network care. In contrast,
out-of-network charges per service have grown rapidly, and have exposed patients to potentially larger balance bills in recent years. Read More >>
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IN THE JOURNAL
RURAL HEALTH
Varying Trends In The Financial Viability Of US Rural Hospitals, 2011–17
By Ge Bai, Farah Yehia, Wei Chen, and Gerard F. Anderson
Ge Bai and colleagues examine financial trends for approximately 1,000 rural US hospitals that collectively serve about sixty million people. Between 2011 and 2017 overall profit margins declined for all hospital types except nonprofit critical access
hospitals, which saw their margins increase, on average, from 2.5 percent to 3.2 percent. Read More >>
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A CLOSER LOOK—Social Determinants Of Health
As we seek to recognize the importance of social determinants of health on health outcomes, we must create systems that support their integration into care delivery. A Health Affairs Blog post by Douglas P. Olson, Benjamin J. Oldfield, and Sofia Morales Navarro discusses standardizing social determinants of health assessments.
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