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The

Commonwealth

Fund Connection

A roundup of recent Fund publications, charts, multimedia, and other timely content.


November 13, 2020

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COVID-19


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Health Systems Focus Pandemic Response on Population Health, Community Outreach

Interviews with health system leaders in Cleveland, Los Angeles, Seattle, and the Washington–Baltimore area reveal that community outreach is as integral to their COVID-19 responses as hospital preparedness. Read about their strategies to deal the pandemic in a new feature article by the Commonwealth Fund’s Sarah Klein and Martha Hostetter.

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“Not a Magic Wand”: The Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine

On a recent episode of The Dose podcast, Dr. Margaret Hamburg, former commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and a member of the Commonwealth Fund’s board, spoke about the race to develop and deploy a COVID-19 vaccine. “Even the world’s most safe and effective vaccine won’t make a difference if people don’t trust it and won’t take it,” she warns.

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New Telemedicine Toolkit for Safety-Net Clinics During COVID-19 and Beyond

How can telemedicine best support the equitable delivery of quality health care through the COVID-19 pandemic? Courtney Lyles of the UCSF School of Medicine and colleagues introduce a new toolkit to help safety-net providers use telemedicine with equity in mind. It includes resources to help providers ensure accessibility, quality, safety, and privacy for diverse patients.

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Other Recent Publications


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As Millions Seek ACA Coverage, Republicans Hope for Supreme Court Overturn

The Supreme Court heard arguments this week in a case seeking to overturn the Affordable Care Act. On To the Point, the Commonwealth Fund’s Sara Collins and Gabriella Aboulafia discuss the arguments being made against the ACA and what the possible outcomes are. At stake, they say, are health coverage for millions of Americans, preexisting condition protections for millions more, and a functioning health care system amid a pandemic.

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What Will Happen to Medicaid If the Supreme Court Overturns the ACA?

Medicaid policy expert Cindy Mann of Manatt Health says striking down the health law could undo years of progress in improving coverage and access to care under Medicaid. In a blog post, she explains that not only would millions of Americans lose their coverage, but Medicaid expansion states would see significant revenue losses and insurance markets would be destabilized.

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Are State Reinsurance Programs the Right Path to Affordability?

What’s been the impact of state reinsurance programs created to offset unexpectedly high costs for insurers? According to a new report by Justin Giovannelli and colleagues at Georgetown University, these programs have mostly stabilized insurer participation in the marketplaces and led to lower premiums. But it’s unclear whether more people have enrolled in the individual market because of them.

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Telemedicine Is Thriving in Countries That Have Made It a Policy Priority

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, primary care providers in many parts of the world reported having never used telemedicine. Although the pandemic has greatly expanded video consultations, countries vary widely in their ability to deploy the technology. The Commonwealth Fund spoke with Tiago Cravo Oliveira Hashiguchi of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development about how provider payment policies and patient costs are largely driving these variations.

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Webinar: Closing the Medicaid Coverage Gap for Mothers

The U.S. has the worst maternal death rate of other similarly wealthy countries. At the heart of the crisis is an unequal health care system that perpetuates racial disparities. On Monday, November 16, at 2:00 p.m. ET, Dr. Jamila Taylor, director of health care reform at the Century Foundation, presents new research on the impact of Medicaid coverage loss for mothers and joins doctors, advocates, and policy experts to discuss ways of ensuring that all mothers and their families have access to the postpartum health care and support they need.

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Extending Postpartum Medicaid Coverage

Modern Healthcare
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reported recently that the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission will recommend that Congress extend Medicaid coverage for 12 months postpartum. A
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recent issue of our Transforming Care newsletter spotlights several efforts to enhance postpartum support for women.



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Webinar: Expanded Medicare Advantage Supplemental Benefits to Support High-Need Beneficiaries

With more than a third of Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan, many high-need enrollees may benefit from new federal rules allowing plans to offer expanded benefits that address functional and health-related social needs. On Thursday, November 19, at 12:30 p.m. ET, a webinar will explore considerations for health plan adoption and implementation of those expanded benefits.

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New Study Finds PACE Model Could Benefit Younger and Older High-Need Patients

Younger patients with high needs and high health care costs could also benefit from the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, better known as PACE — a model of care currently restricted to people 55 and older, according to a Commonwealth Fund report by researchers at RTI International. The report finds that people with behavioral health conditions and comorbidities could benefit as well. Also see our
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case study of the PACE approach to caring for frail elders in the community.

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