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

**Wednesday, December 2, 2020**

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FAST TRACK AHEAD OF PRINT

COVID-19

Increased Intensity Of PCR Testing Reduced COVID-19 Transmission Within
Countries During The First Pandemic Wave

By Ravindra Prasan Rannan-Eliya, Nilmini Wijemunige, J. R. N. A.
Gunawardana, Sarasi N. Amarasinghe, Ishwari Sivagnanam, Sachini Fonseka,
Yasodhara Kapuge, and Chathurani P. Sigera

Ravindra Prasan Rannan-Eliya and coauthors used data from multiple
online sources to quantify testing impact on COVID-19 transmissibility
in 173 countries and territories (accounting for 99 percent of the
world's cases) between March and June 2020.
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TODAY ON THE BLOG

MEDICARE

Eroding Progress On Evidence And Outcomes: CMS's New Proposed Pathway
For Medical Device Coverage

By Peter J. Neumann and James D. Chambers

Medicare's coverage rules serve as the gateway for the adoption and
use of new medical devices. Thus, CMS' new proposed regulation to
streamline the coverage pathway for medical devices has important
implications, not only for patient access but also for evidentiary
standards, Medicare spending, and the incentives for product
manufacturers as they invest in further advances. Read More >>

COSTS AND SPENDING

International Reference Pricing: A Lazy, Misguided, Bipartisan Plan To
Lower US Drug Prices

By Anirban Basu, Peter J. Neumann, and Sean D. Sullivan

International reference pricing dodges critical drug value assessment
issues and would lead to more inaction on high drug prices in the US.
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FOLLOWING THE ACA

HHS Finalizes Rule On Risk Adjustment Data Validation

By Katie Keith

On November 24 the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued
a final rule to amend the Affordable Care Act's risk adjustment data
validation (RADV) program. The final rule is largely similar to the
proposed rule, issued in late May 2020; it includes two sets of changes.
First, HHS adopts three changes to its methodology for error rate
calculations. Second, HHS will change the way that it applies the RADV
results to risk adjustment transfers. Read More >>

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IN THE JOURNAL

GLOBAL HEALTH POLICY

Universal Health Coverage: Are Older Adults Being Left Behind? Evidence
From Aging Cohorts In Twenty-Three Countries

By James Macinko, Flavia Cristina Drumond Andrade, Fabiola Bof de
Andrade, and Maria Fernanda Lima-Costa

As many countries aim to implement universal health coverage, James
Macinko and coauthors examine whether adults ages fifty and older are
being left out. Using survey data from twenty-three high- and
middle-income countries, the authors find that catastrophic health care
expenditures (out-of-pocket expenses that are 25 percent or more of the
household's income) were more prevalent among rural inhabitants, those
with incomes in the lowest quintile, people with a greater number of
health problems, and current and former smokers. Read More >>

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**A CLOSER LOOK**-Immigrant Health

Is enough being done to connect immigrants to health care options
available to them? Read more.

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