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

**Friday, October 23, 2020**

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TODAY ON THE BLOG

COVID-19

Spillover Effects Of The COVID-19 Pandemic Could Drive Long-Term Health
Consequences For Non-COVID-19 Patients

By Julius L. Chen and Rebecca K. McGeorge

As the COVID-19 pandemic persists, missed health care could accumulate
and have detrimental long-term impacts on patients. It is crucial to not
only understand how these potential impacts might manifest, but to also
begin conducting longitudinal research that can inform policies and
initiatives to assist at-risk populations. Read More >>

SYSTEMS OF CARE

Prioritizing The Elimination Of Prior Authorizations For Inpatient
Psychiatric Care

By Jessica E. Becker, Robert Accordino, and Eric Hazen

Improvements in reimbursements to clinicians, as well as increased
access to and reimbursement for psychosocial resources for these
patients, could help create a better safety net system for patients with
mental illness, diminish the problem of prior authorization, and do
right by some of our most needy, and most stigmatized, patients. Read
More >>

HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Rethinking CMS Coverage And Reimbursement For The Fourth Industrial (AKA
Digital) Revolution

By Robert Horne and Lucia Savage

Policy makers should modernize the statutory and regulatory rules that
govern how products and services are made available to Medicare
beneficiaries. That means including coverage and reimbursement policies
based upon the functional outcome of the care-and viewing digital
components as integral to all modes of care, not as stand-alone
novelties. Read More >>

FOLLOWING THE ACA

Premiums Drop Slightly As 2021 Open Enrollment Period Draws Near

By Katie Keith

Overall, premiums are expected to drop by 2 percent for a 27-year old
for a silver benchmark marketplace plan sold through HealthCare.gov.
This builds on a 4 percent decline for 2020 and a 2 percent decline for
2019. Read More >>

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IN THE JOURNAL

NARRATIVE MATTERS: CHILDREN'S HEALTH

A Mother In Wonderland: Securing Services For My Blind Child

By Carla Keirns

A parent navigates complex education policy to secure services and
supports for her blind child.
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**A CLOSER LOOK**-Vaccines

The modern anti-vaxxer movement started after a fraudulent study was
published by Andrew Wakefield. Despite the study being fully retracted
by the journal that published it in the 1990s, many still refuse to have
their children vaccinated because they believe vaccines carry a risk of
causing autism. Now in the midst of a pandemic, what can be done to
dispel these beliefs?

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