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

**Tuesday, August 27, 2019**

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TODAY ON THE BLOG

ACCESS TO CARE

Applying Sutton's Law To Alternative Payment Models For The Seriously
Ill

By Joan M. Teno, Jennifer Bunker, and Pedro Gozalo

There is a sizable population with both high needs and the potential for
cost avoidance that would benefit from enhanced continuity of care and
expanded access to palliative care as proposed in this new alternative
payment model. Read More >>

FOLLOWING THE ACA

CMS Approves Reinsurance Waivers in DE, RI

By Katie Keith

Delaware and Rhode Island were the final two states awaiting approval of
a Section 1332 waiver for the 2020 plan year. In addition to summarizing
the programs in Delaware and Rhode Island, this post highlights some of
the variation among the twelve states with an approved state-based
reinsurance program. Read More >>

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IN THE JOURNAL

MILITARY HEALTH SYSTEM

Assessing Low-Value Health Care Services In The Military Health System

By Tracey Pérez Koehlmoos, Cathaleen King Madsen, Amanda Banaag, Adil
H. Haider, Andrew J. Schoenfeld, and Joel S. Weissman

Tracy Pérez Koehlmoos and colleagues examined the provision of
low-value care in the Military Health System, comparing care delivered
in civilian health care facilities (purchased care) to care delivered in
Department of Defense-controlled health care facilities (direct care).
Read More >>

Read the August 2019 Table of Contents
on Military Health
Systems

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**A CLOSER LOOK**-Opioids

Yesterday, a judge ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $572 million to
Oklahoma for the company's role in helping to fuel the state's opioid
epidemic. In a 2018 Health Affairs Blog

post, Nicolas Terry and Aila Hoss explored lessons that states might
draw from the 1990s' tobacco litigation when considering what to do
with the proceeds of recent and ongoing opioid litigation.

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