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

**Monday, November 30, 2020**

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TODAY ON THE BLOG

FOLLOWING THE ACA

The 2022 Proposed Payment Notice, Part 1: Exchange Provisions

By Katie Keith

On November 25, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released
the proposed 2022 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters rule; the
"payment notice" annually spells out significant ACA-related changes
for the next plan year. This post addresses changes that generally apply
to the exchanges. Read More >>

The 2022 Proposed Payment Notice, Part 2: Medical Loss Ratios, Special
Enrollment Periods, And More

By Katie Keith

This post addresses changes regarding medical loss ratio requirements,
the coverage of essential health benefits, special enrollment periods,
and reporting of prescription drug information by pharmacy benefit
managers in the proposed 2022 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters
rule. Read More >>

The 2022 Proposed Payment Notice, Part 3: Risk Adjustment

By Katie Keith

This post considers the proposed changes to the risk adjustment program
in the proposed 2022 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters rule. Read
More >>

COVID-19

Long-Acting Reversible Contraception Availability After Childbirth
During The COVID-19 Pandemic

By Maria W. Steenland, Rose L. Molina, and Jessica L. Cohen

Shifting care patterns away from in-person postpartum visits toward
telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic may limit access to methods of
postpartum contraception that require in-person care. To maintain
contraceptive choice during the pandemic, hospitals must find solutions
to ongoing implementation challenges of providing immediate postpartum
long-acting reversible contraception. Read More >>

IN THE JOURNAL

COVID-19

This month's issue of Health Affairs includes the final versions of four
papers that are part of the journal's Fast Track series of articles on
the COVID-19 pandemic:

Jose F. Figueroa and coauthors study community-level factors associated
with racial and ethnic disparities
;
Adam Dean, Atheendar Venkataramani, and Simeon Kimmel find that
mortality rates from COVID-19 are lower in unionized nursing homes
;
Thomas M. Selden, Terceira A. Berdahl, and Zhengyi Fang report on the
risk of severe COVID-19 within households of school employees and
school-age children
;
and John D. Birkmeyer and coauthors identify the impact of the pandemic
on hospital admissions in the United States
.

**A CLOSER LOOK**-Stewardship

There is a vital critical eye within the health care sector focusing on
quality and safety of care. In 2015 Dan Morgan turned that eye toward
curbing medical excess in imaging. Reread his thoughts.

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