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The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
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Health Affairs Online Briefing
The Care We Need: NQF and 20 Years of Quality
Thursday, July 30, 2020
In 1999, at the urging of President Clinton’s Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry, the National Quality Forum was formed to promote health care quality through measurement and public reporting.
Twenty years later, with America in the grips of COVID-19, the work of NQF continues and is more important than ever. A new report from the National Quality Task Force entitled, “The Care We Need: Driving Better Health Outcomes for People and Communities” provides a roadmap to consistent and predictable high-quality care for every person by 2030. The Task Force consists of nearly 100 leaders and diverse stakeholders from across the health care
system.
At an online forum on July 30, Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil (who was a member of the Advisory Commission) will host leaders of the quality movement for a discussion of the report and its recommendations for improving the health and safety of all Americans.
Date: Thursday, July 30, 2020
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:15
p.m. (Eastern)
Place: Online details to come after you’ve registered
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Speakers to include:
- Shantanu Agrawal, President and CEO, National Quality Forum
- Carolyn Clancy, Deputy Under Secretary for Discovery, Education and Affiliate Networks, Veterans Health Administration, US Department of Veterans Affairs; Former Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Kenneth W. Kizer, Chief Healthcare Transformation Officer and
Senior Executive Vice President, Atlas Research; Founding President and CEO, National Quality Forum
- Mary Wakefield, Visiting Distinguished Professor, Practice of Health Care, Georgetown University; Member, President Clinton's Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry
- Alan Weil, Editor-in-Chief, Health Affairs
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TODAY ON THE BLOG
COVID-19
Paying Their Fair Share: States Should Require Increased Medicaid Health Plan Payments To Support Safety-Net Providers In The Age Of COVID-19By Jacob Wallace, Julia E. Smith, and Timothy J. LaytonStates must act quickly and leverage the options available to prevent catastrophic losses for safety-net providers while ensuring that Medicaid managed care
plans pay their fair share. Read More >>A Regionalized Public Health Model To Combat COVID-19: Lessons From JapanBy Ryoko Hamaguchi, Kay Negishi, Masaya Higuchi, Masafumi Funato, June-Ho Kim, and Asaf Bitton
With public health centers as its crux, Japan’s unique regionalized public health model appears to have been one of the drivers of Japan’s success in weathering the COVID-19 crisis. Japan provides an example for countries looking to employ locally responsive public health centers to lead regional coordination, surveillance, and triage during a pandemic. Read More >>
FOLLOWING THE ACA
ACA Litigation Round-Up: Part III
By Katie Keith
In April 2020, the Supreme Court ruled that insurers were entitled to more than $12.2 billion in unpaid risk corridors payments. This post summarizes the latest on risk corridors litigation in the wake of that ruling. Two prior posts focused on other recent ACA-related Supreme Court decisions and ACA lawsuits in the lower courts. Read More >>
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IN THE JOURNAL
MEDICAID
A Medicaid Alternative Payment Model Program In Oregon Led To Reduced Volume Of Imaging Services
By Stephan Lindner, Menolly R. Kaufman, Miguel Marino, Jean O’Malley, Heather Angier, Erika K. Cottrell, K. John McConnell, Jennifer E. DeVoe, and John R. Heintzman
In 2013 Oregon’s Medicaid program changed its reimbursement of traditional primary care services for selected community health centers (CHCs) from a per visit to a per patient rate. Using Oregon claims data, Stephan Lindner and coauthors analyzed the price-weighted volume of care for five service areas: traditional primary care services, including imaging, tests, and procedures; other services provided by CHCs that were carved out from the payment reform; emergency department visits; inpatient services; and other services of non-CHC providers. Read More >>
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About Health Affairs
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