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Monday, November 30, 2020
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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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