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

**Friday, August 7, 2020**

TODAY ON THE BLOG

WOMEN'S HEALTH

Broadening The Focus During Pregnancy To Total Women's Health, Not
Just Healthy Babies

By Eugene Declercq

The goal is a system that values women's health as an end in itself,
rather than maternity care policies and programs that treat pregnant
women as vessels solely tasked with delivering a healthy baby. Read More
>>

COVID-19

Maximizing Use Of Claims Data To Address COVID-19: We Need To Revisit
Gobeille v. Liberty Mutual

By Carmel Shachar, Sara Gerke, and I. Glenn Cohen

Information from all-payer claims databases (APCDs) could help states
address COVID-19 in a variety of ways, but the Gobeille decision has
significantly reduced the amount of data APCDs can collect. Immediate
action is needed at the federal level so that states can marshal all
available data resources to understand and combat the pandemic. Read
More >>

Fighting The COVID-19 Crisis By Protecting American Health Insurance

By James A. Klein and Frederick Isasi

If Congress fails to protect families' health insurance, the health
and economic crisis caused by the pandemic will spread, as people who
lose their insurance stop seeking diagnosis and treatment promptly,
families' economic security is threatened, and the economic viability
of first responders and the health care sector worsens. Read More >>

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IN THE JOURNAL

LEADING TO HEALTH: DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

From Rural Germany, Integrated Care Grows Into A Global Model

By Michele Cohen Marill  

Fifteen years after a precursor to the accountable care organization
(ACO) formed in the Black Forest region, a value-based approach to
health care gains traction. Writer Michele Cohen Marill takes readers to
rural Germany in this Leading To Health
article, which is
part of a series on transforming health systems published in Health
Affairs with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Read More
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**A CLOSER LOOK**-Linking Vaccines And Quality

Hopes for a COVID-19 vaccine are being felt nationwide. Have we paused
to think about the link between vaccines and quality care? Reread
Richard Hughes IV, Amanda Napoles, and Christine Liow's Health Affairs
Blog post confronting low adult vaccination rates despite increases in
availability and accessibility
of
the CDC's recommended vaccines. The authors suggest: "As the country
innovates in the areas of health care payment and delivery, quality
measurement tied to payment presents a promising lever to drive adult
immunization uptake and achieve national population health targets."

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