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    The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs
  Tuesday, June 30, 2020 
  
  
  
  
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TODAY ON THE BLOG PUBLIC HEALTH
 
  
Police Transparency Is A Public Health Issue, Too By Evan L. Eschliman, Brie A. Garner, Tiffany Le, Priyanka Srinivasan, and Robert E. Fullilove
  When facing police misconduct and brutality, public health does not have
everything that it needs to analyze trends, design and promote interventions, and inform policy around this issue to improve population health. Read More >> MEDICAREBipartisan Tax-Free Solution To Health Care Financing: Coupling HRAs With A Public Option By Regina E. Herzlinger, Richard J. Boxer, and James Wallace
  A combination of health insurance initiatives by the presumptive 2020 Democratic and Republican presidential nominees could expand health care coverage and significantly reduce costs, without raising taxes. Along the way, the combination could revitalize private plans.  Read More >> 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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   IN THE JOURNAL
  HOME HEALTH
  Home Health Use In Medicare Advantage Compared To Use In Traditional Medicare By Laura Skopec, Stephen Zuckerman, Joshua Aarons, Douglas Wissoker, Peter J. Huckfeldt, Judith Feder, Robert A. Berenson, Judith Dey, and Iara Oliveira
  Medicare covers home health benefits for homebound beneficiaries who need intermittent skilled care. While home health care can help prevent costlier institutional
care, some studies have suggested that traditional Medicare beneficiaries may overuse home health care. Laura Skopec and coauthors compared home health use in Medicare Advantage and traditional Medicare, as well as within Medicare Advantage by beneficiary cost sharing, prior authorization requirement, and plan type. Read More >>
 
  
 
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  HOT ARTICLES IN JUNE
  Racism In My Medical Education By Michelle Ko
  The Potential Health Care Costs And Resource Use Associated With COVID-19 In The United States By Sarah M. Bartsch, Marie C. Ferguson, James A. McKinnell, Kelly J. O'Shea, Patrick T. Wedlock, Sheryl S. Siegmund, and Bruce Y. Lee
  Buprenorphine Treatment By Primary Care Providers, Psychiatrists, Addiction Specialists, And Others By Mark Olfson, Victoria Zhang, Michael Schoenbaum, and Marissa King
  Paying For Value From Costly Medical Technologies: A Framework For
Applying Value-Based Payment Reforms By Marianne Hamilton Lopez, Gregory W. Daniel, Nicholas C. Fiore, Aparna Higgins, and Mark B. McClellan
  Varying Trends In The Financial Viability Of US Rural Hospitals, 2011–17 By Ge Bai, Farah Yehia, Wei Chen, and Gerard F. Anderson
  
  
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 A CLOSER LOOK—Health And Incarceration
  
 
  
  
  
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