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

**Friday, June 12, 2020**

TODAY ON THE BLOG
COVID-19

Clinical Trials For COVID-19: Populations Most Vulnerable To COVID-19
Must Be Included

By Aisha T. Langford and Alison Bateman-House

For COVID-19 clinical trials, we advise researchers to give careful
thought to trials' inclusion and exclusion criteria, make sure people
are aware of and invited to participate in trials when eligible, ensure
that those eligible to participate have access to studies where they
live or get their care, and minimize participation burden. Read More >>

Reimagining COVID-19 Quarantine In The US To Be Effective, Ethical, And
Equitable

By Nana A. Y. Twum-Danso

As the US looks to balance reopening communities and avoiding further
COVID-19 spread, identifying and quickly isolating positive cases is
becoming a more pressing concern. A national response should take into
account active management of individuals who have tested positive but
are not sick enough for hospitalization, and those who have been exposed
but have not yet had their infection status confirmed. Read More >>

SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER

Expanding Access To Treatment For Opioid Use Disorder: The Pandemic
Presents A Learning Opportunity

By Karen Scott

A national funder that launched in 2018 decided that its first priority
should be making it easier for people with opioid use disorder to access
evidence-based treatment services. The foundation wanted to focus on
groups with the highest risks of overdose deaths, including people
leaving correctional facilities, postpartum women, and residents of
remote, rural, and inner-city areas. Then COVID-19 hit. The foundation
has adapted to the pandemic and aims to learn from it. Read More >>

FOLLOWING THE ACA

New Proposed Rule On Health Care Sharing Ministries And Direct Primary
Care

By Katie Keith

On June 8, the IRS issued a proposed rule that would allow employers to
reimburse employees for fees for direct primary care and health care
sharing ministries through a health reimbursement arrangement (HRA). The
proposed rule defines these fees or "shares" as payments for medical
care or medical insurance, which makes them eligible for a tax deduction
as qualified medical expenses. Read More >>

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IN THE JOURNAL

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE

Fewer Than Half Of US Mental Health Treatment Facilities Provide
Services For Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

By Jonathan Cantor, Ryan K. McBain, Aaron Kofner, Bradley D. Stein, and
Hao Yu

Nationally, 29.5 percent of children diagnosed with autism spectrum
disorder (ASD) have not received behavioral health care or medication
treatment. Jonathan Cantor and coauthors study the availability of
behavioral health care services for children with ASD at almost 10,000
mental health treatment facilities throughout the US. Read More >>

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**A CLOSER LOOK**-Serious Illness Care

Improving communication about goals and values for patients with
advancing serious illness nearing the end of life is a key opportunity
to improve the value of care. The Serious Illness Care Program,
implemented at primary care clinics affiliated with Brigham and
Women's Hospital in Boston, is a multicomponent intervention designed
to support best practices in communication by clinicians to increase
conversations with patients with serious illness about their goals and
values. Health Affairs authors conducted a study of the program in
fourteen primary care clinics participating in a high-risk care
management program
based
in an accountable care organization.

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