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 >>

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 >>

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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