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

**Tuesday, July 9, 2019**

TODAY ON THE BLOG

POPULATION HEALTH

Implementing Population Health In The US: Lessons From Spain

By Roberto Nuño-Solinís, Stephen M. Shortell, Richard M. Scheffler,
and Meg A. Kellogg

A prime example is the Basque Region of Spain, which over the past eight
years has engaged in a transformational population health improvement
initiative with important lessons and insights for the US in each of the
areas identified. Read More >>

MEDICARE

CMS's International Pricing Model For Medicare Part B Drugs:
Implementation Issues

By Steven Lieberman and Paul B. Ginsburg

To lower the Part B portion of drug spending, the Trump Administration
has proposed a demonstration project tying Medicare reimbursement for
outpatient, physician-administered drugs to international prices. Read
More >>

A Market-Oriented Framework For Reforming Medicare Part B Drug Payment

By Joseph Antos and James C. Capretta

Those reforms would promote competition but also impose tighter price
regulation using international reference pricing. This hybrid policy is
not as unusual as it first appears.
Read More >>

FOLLOWING THE ACA

Texas v. United States: Where We Are Now And What Could Happen Next

By Katie Keith

This post summarizes the background of the case, the current posture of
the parties, some key issues to watch for during oral argument, and what
could happen next. Read More >>

IN THE JOURNAL

PAYMENT

Air Ambulances With Sky-High Charges

By Ge Bai, Arjun Chanmugam, Valerie Y. Suslow, and Gerard F. Anderson

Ge Bai and colleagues analyze Medicare payment data and find that
charges for air ambulance services were significantly higher than what
Medicare paid for the same services in 2016. Read More >>

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IN THE MEDIA

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A CLOSER LOOK-Telehealth

Tomorrow the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will vote on a $100
million telehealth initiative, the Connected Care Pilot Program, that
will support telehealth efforts in low-income rural areas. Health
Affairs published a theme issue on Telehealth
in December of 2018.

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