Advancing Integrated Care in the COVID-19 Era
COVID-19 has heightened the need for a team-based approach to treatment that integrates primary care with behavioral health services, say Harold Pincus and colleagues in a new Commonwealth Fund report. Advancing the use of digital mental health services, they say, is one way health care systems can both increase access to integrated care and alleviate workforce shortages.
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Recommendations for Reforming U.S. Health Care Delivery and Payment
The Commonwealth Fund Task Force on Payment and Delivery System Reform, a group of 18 experts and stakeholders from across the health care sector, released a set of wide-ranging recommendations for improving quality, advancing equity, and increasing affordability in U.S. health care. The consensus recommendations aim to help congressional policymakers and administration officials put the nation on a path to health system improvement in the next 10 years.
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What Are States Doing to Improve Maternal Health?
With Medicaid covering close to half of all births in the U.S., state Medicaid agencies can take a lead role in supporting better maternal health and addressing racial disparities. The Center for Health Care Strategies, with support from the Commonwealth Fund, has created an interactive online data resource that allows for tracking of state maternal health policies. And on To the Point, researchers identify 25 policies for improving maternal health outcomes.
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U.S. Maternal Death Rates Are the Highest Among Wealthy Countries
High rates of deaths from complications of pregnancy and childbirth in the United States reflect several factors, according to a new international comparison from the Commonwealth Fund. The study points to a number of policies that could lower maternal mortality in the U.S., which has the highest rate among 11 high-income countries. Additionally, in an article in STAT, the Fund’s Laurie Zephyrin, M.D., and Roosa Tikkanen elaborate on how other countries prioritize pregnancy and childbirth in ways the U.S. does not.
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Jost: Supreme Court Unlikely to Overturn ACA
In reviewing the oral arguments made last week in the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act, health law expert Timothy Jost observed that the majority of Supreme Court justices appear to reject the argument that the ACA is not “severable” from the individual mandate. If that argument holds, the Court could reject the mandate but let the rest of the law stand.
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With Medicaid Expansion, More Than “A Bus Pass and a Good Luck” for Formerly Incarcerated People
Many states are using Medicaid to ensure that people in jail or prison are able to enroll in health coverage upon their release. On the latest episode of The Dose podcast, learn how health care and criminal justice reform efforts work together to safeguard the health of formerly incarcerated individuals. Guests include Vikki Wachino, who heads a nonprofit that connects jails with community health care providers, and Rebekah Gee, who oversaw Medicaid expansion as Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health.
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How Medicaid Can Help Safeguard the Health of People Involved with the Justice System
State and local governments are exploring how Medicaid programs can be leveraged to better meet the health care needs of people who are incarcerated or otherwise involved with the criminal justice system. In a new report, researchers describe how the concurrent COVID-19, substance abuse, and mental health crises are spurring a movement to strengthen Medicaid enrollment processes and care delivery for justice-involved people, particularly those reentering the community.
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New Approaches to Care for People with Dementia
An emerging body of evidence suggests there is a higher prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease in some regions of the U.S. compared to others, according to the Wall Street Journal. A recent issue of the Commonwealth Fund’s Transforming Care newsletter reported that many areas of the country lack access to specialized centers that help patients and families manage what can be a long process of decline. Read the issue to learn about
innovative approaches to dementia care following Medicare’s introduction of new billing codes to encourage dementia care planning.
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