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

**Thursday, August 13, 2020**

TODAY ON THE BLOG

MEDICAID
Medicaid Work Experiments Redux: The Administration's Petition For US
Supreme Court Review Of Gresham v Azar

By Sara Rosenbaum, Morgan Handley, and Maria Velasquez

On February 14 a three-judge panel of the DC Circuit unanimously
affirmed a lower court's decision to vacate the federal government's
approval of Arkansas's Medicaid work experiment. We analyze the
Department of Justice's request that the US Supreme Court review the
DC Circuit's decision.Read More >>

COVID-19

Collaborative Approach To Public Goods Investments (CAPGI): Lessons
Learned From A Feasibility Study

By Len M. Nichols, Lauren A. Taylor, Paul Hughes-Cromwick, George
Miller, Ani Turner, Corey Rhyan, and Richard M. Hamrick

This post briefly describes the results of a one-year feasibility
project (June 2019-May 2020) to establish whether our "Collaborative
Approach to Public Goods Investments" would be interesting and feasible
enough for real communities to implement and test. The simple answer is
yes, but most communities need more technical assistance and time than
we could provide in the spring of COVID-19. Read More >>

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

How We Are Integrating Behavioral Health Into Primary Care

By Jennifer Zimmerman, Jill Miller, and Julie Geiler

A Cincinnati, Ohio-based funder reports lessons learned from its grant
to develop a patient-centered approach to integrating behavioral health
into primary care practices. For example, the grantee, an integrated
health care delivery system, gained physician buy-in and adoption, even
though such integration is an enormous culture change. The grantee also
identified a shortage of behavioral health consultants in the area and
is working to develop a pipeline of potential candidates.Read More >>

IN THE JOURNAL

RESEARCH ARTICLE: NURSING HOMES

Trends In Hospitals And Skilled Nursing Facilities Sharing Medical
Providers, 2008-16

By Elizabeth M. White, Cyrus M. Kosar, Momotazur Rahman, and Vincent Mor

Elizabeth White and coauthors examine the growing phenomenon of
clinicians focusing exclusively on caring for nursing home patients and
becoming "SNFists." This specialization can reduce the coordination that
naturally occurs when a clinician provides care in both hospital and
skilled nursing facility (SNF) settings. Read More >>

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**A CLOSER LOOK**-The Swine Flu Response

H1N1 tested the mettle of public health officials throughout the
country. In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, the pressure on these
individuals is even greater. What lessons can be learned by reflecting
on how H1N1 was handled? Reread Jeffrey Levi's 2009 Health Affairs
Blog post.

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