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

**Friday, October 30, 2020**

TODAY ON THE BLOG

MEDICAID

Accelerating Science-Driven Reimbursement For Digital Therapeutics In
State Medicaid Programs

By Andrey Ostrovsky and Morgan Simko

Digital therapeutics have particular potential value for Medicaid
patients. Yet the very technologies that may be able to help Medicaid
beneficiaries achieve better health in times of COVID-19 and beyond
cannot reach those patients because Medicaid benefit coverage processes
in most states are nebulous and driven more by consultant relationships
than by evidence. Read More >>

FOLLOWING THE ACA

New COVID-19 Rule Addresses Coverage, Medicaid Waivers

By Katie Keith

A new federal interim final rule with comment period addresses coverage
policies for a not-yet-developed COVID-19 vaccine and offers an option
for states to request modifications to public comment requirements for
state innovation waivers. Read More >>

ACCESS TO CARE

Will Connectivity Be The Next Cure? Health Care Implications Of 5G
Cellular Technologies

By Faiz Gani

The potential implications of 5G cellular technology within health care
remain unexplored. Targeted policies aiming to facilitate safe and equal
access to technologies leveraging 5G will be pivotal to the success of
these technologies in improving quality and access to care.
Read More >>

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IN THE JOURNAL

CHILDREN'S HEALTH

Economy-Sensitive Conditions: Are Some Pediatric Hospitalizations
Triggered By Economic Recessions?

By Jeffrey D. Colvin, Troy Richardson, Donna K. Ginther, Matt Hall, and
Paul J. Chung

Jeffrey Colvin and colleagues examine associations between county-level
unemployment and pediatric hospitalizations in fourteen states every
third year from 2002 to 2014. Read More >>

HOT ARTICLES IN OCTOBER

Racial And Ethnic Inequities In Children's Neighborhoods: Evidence
From The New Child Opportunity Index 2.0

By Dolores Acevedo-Garcia, Clemens Noelke, Nancy McArdle, Nomi Sofer,
Erin F. Hardy, Michelle Weiner, Mikyung Baek, Nick Huntington, Rebecca
Huber, and Jason Reece

Principles And Policies To Strengthen Child And Adolescent Health And
Well-Being

By James M. Perrin, Greg Duncan, Angela Diaz, and Kelly Kelleher

Spreading Fear: The Announcement Of The Public Charge Rule Reduced
Enrollment In Child Safety-Net Programs

By Jeremy Barofsky, Ariadna Vargas, Dinardo Rodriguez, and Anthony
Barrows

Children And The Opioid Epidemic: Age-Stratified Exposures And Harms

By Kelby W. Brown, Kayla Carlisle, Sudha R. Raman, Peter Shrader, Megan
Jiao, Michael J. Smith, Lisa M. Einhorn, and Charlene A. Wong

Measuring Equity From The Start: Disparities In The Health Development
Of US Kindergartners

By Neal Halfon, Efren Aguilar, Lisa Stanley, Emily Hotez, Eryn Block,
and Magdalena Janus

Read the October 2020 Table of Contents
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**A CLOSER LOOK**-Cannabis Patients

Use of medicinal marijuana is becoming more common. With nearly 200,000
projected future patients in the state of New Jersey alone, the
medicinal marijuana patient population will be an increasingly important
segment of the health care system. In 2019, Shereef M. Elnahal and Jeff
Brown wrote on the blog, "To fulfill their mission, health care
facilities should better accommodate cannabis patients
."

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