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The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs
Monday, July 6, 2020
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TODAY ON THE BLOG
MEDICAIDCMS’s Proposed Medicaid Best Price Loophole For Value-Based Purchasing Of Drugs
By Peter B. Bach
Before the administration creates a huge loophole in Medicaid best price for value-based purchasing agreements for drugs, it should ask if it’s even a good policy idea to encourage them. Probably not, but if so, how can the administration’s proposal do less damage to the Medicaid program? Read More >>ACCESS TO CARE
Private Equity And Right To Try: A Dangerous Combination
By Holly Fernandez Lynch, Kelly McBride Folkers, and Arthur L. Caplan
Two years after the federal Right to Try Act was signed into law, it’s barely been used at all. A new for-profit cancer clinic is aiming to change that.
However, this initiative poses serious concerns for patients and illustrates the flaws of right to try. Read More >>
COVID-19
COVID-19 Effects On Care Volumes: What They Might Mean And How We Might Respond
By Michael Chernew, A. Mark Fendrick, Kyle Armbrester, and François de Brantes
How might the decline in care utilization connected to COVID-19 affect the health of patients, and what might differential utilization rates and associated
outcomes tell us about the value of particular treatments and ways to make care more efficient? Read More >>
QUALITY OF CARE
Transforming Health Care Measurement By Partnering With Patients And Caregivers
By Hala Durrah, Karen Frazier, Stephen Hoy, Mary Lavelle, Dilani Logan, and Ellen Schultz
In a high-performing health care system, measurement drives progress toward safe, effective, efficient, timely, equitable, and patient-centered care. It identifies priority areas for improvement, promotes accountability, and more. However,
to make sure that measurement reflects what patients say they want and need, researchers must partner with patients and caregivers and value their experiences, these authors say. They describe foundation-supported work to put patient-centered measurement into practice in the real world. Read More >>
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IN THE JOURNAL
BOOK REVIEWS
Care Is A Basic Human Right
By Gary Epstein-Lubow
Gary Epstein-Lubow reviews Arthur Kleinman’s newest book, The Soul of Care, "a compelling depiction of family caregiving, with important implications for people living with dementia and everyone who supports them." Read More >>
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Politics, Power, And Equity
By Leslie Erdelack
Leslie Erdelack reviews The Political Determinants of Health, by Daniel Dawes, who "explores the political decisions and drivers underlying the social determinants of
health." Read More >>
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A CLOSER LOOK—Medical Cannabis
Medicinal marijuana is becoming an ever more common remedy among patients and physicians alike. But among health care system stakeholders, some of the most resistant to these trends have been health care facilities themselves, the vast majority of which do not even allow patients to bring their own therapy onto their premises. Health Affairs Blog authors Shereef M. Elnahal and Jeff Brown think that should change—and that organizations that lead in accommodating patients on medical cannabis stand to enhance both quality of care and market competitiveness.
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