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

**Monday, July 8, 2019**

IN THE JOURNAL

EYE ON HEALTH REFORM

ACA Heads Back To Supreme Court

Katie Keith previews a case the Supreme Court has agreed to hear in the
next term,

**Moda Health Plan, Inc. v. United States**. The case concerns whether
insurance companies should be fully reimbursed by the Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) for losses during the first years of the
Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplaces. Keith traces the history of the
risk corridors program, which was one of the ACA's premium
stabilization efforts, and the paths the insurance companies' legal
challenges have taken since 2016, following HHS's reduced risk
corridor payments to those companies. Read More >>

Hot Articles in June

Care For America's Elderly And Disabled People Relies On Immigrant
Labor

By Leah Zallman, Karen E. Finnegan, David U. Himmelstein, Sharon Touw,
and Steffie Woolhandler

Impact Of Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, And Physician Assistants On
Utilization And Costs For Complex Patients

By Perri A. Morgan, Valerie A. Smith, Theodore S. Z. Berkowitz, David
Edelman, Courtney H. Van Houtven, Sandra L. Woolson, Cristina C.
Hendrix, Christine M. Everett, Brandolyn S. White, and George L. Jackson

Home Health Care For Children With Medical Complexity: Workforce Gaps,
Policy, And Future Directions

By Carolyn C. Foster, Rishi K. Agrawal, and Matthew M. Davis

Community Care For High-Need Patients

A Large-Scale Advanced Illness Intervention Informs Medicare's New
Serious Illness Payment Model

By Brad Stuart, Elizabeth Mahler, and Praba Koomson

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TODAY ON THE BLOG

MEDICAID

For An Option To Address Social Determinants Of Health, Look To Medicaid

By Karen DeSalvo and Michael O. Leavitt

Partnerships between state Medicaid programs and key stakeholders, such
as MCOs, health care providers, and consumers, to pilot and evaluate
strategies to address SDOH pose a unique opportunity to develop
promising models. Read More >>

FOLLOWING THE ACA

ACA Round-Up: Texas v. U.S., Montana Waiver, Risk Adjustment Report, and
More

By Katie Keith

Recent days have brought a flurry of activity in

**Texas v. United States**, the lawsuit challenging the validity of the
ACA. Montana's reinsurance waiver was deemed complete, and New Jersey
and Pennsylvania passed legislation to transition to state-based
marketplaces. Finally, CMS released its summary risk adjustment report
for 2018 detailing about $10.4 billion in transfers. Read More >>

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A CLOSER LOOK- Acupuncture

Medicare is considering whether to pay for acupuncture to treat chronic
low-back pain. A Health Affairs Blog post on Choosing Wisely discussed
encouraging low-tech, high-touch care like acupuncture
that
has been shown to be effective for certain chronic conditions.

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