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The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

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 >>



MEDICARE


Bipartisan 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.
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Health
Affairs Event: Culture of Health

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 >>


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

A CLOSER LOOKHealth And Incarceration

Nationwide, American Indians and Alaska Natives comprise more than 2 percent of the US population and, like other racial/ethnic minorities, are overrepresented in the criminal justice system. In a Health Affairs Blog post, Rachel Simon and coauthors write, “Limiting the health harms of incarceration could represent a key strategy to strengthen community health in rural American Indian and Alaska Native communities.”

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