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

**Friday, January 15, 2021**

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TODAY ON THE BLOG

ONCE IN A WEIL

Editor's Picks: Top 10

**Health Affairs**Articles In 2020 You May Have Missed

By Alan Weil

Health Affairs Editor-In-Chief Alan Weil selects his picks for the top
10

**Health Affairs** articles published in 2020, selecting pieces that ask
important questions, make use of unique data sets or innovative methods,
or have findings that lead to additional roads of inquiry. Read More >>

PHARMACEUTICALS & MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

What Will Replace The Unapproved Drugs Initiative?

By Allan Coukell

In late 2020 the National Drug Code database still listed more than
1,500 unapproved prescription drugs, although it is unclear which of
these have approved alternatives, how many are still marketed, and which
products sell in meaningful volumes. Read More >>

HEALTH EQUITY

Incorporating Health Equity Into An Initiative To Transform Care For
Older Adults

By Faith Mitchell

Funded by The John A. Hartford Foundation, the Age-Friendly Health
Systems initiative at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement will also
look at equity. After documenting the racial and ethnic breakdown of
their patients, participating health care providers will analyze health
outcomes, stratified by race and ethnicity, and take follow-up actions,
as needed, to address disparities. The American Hospital Association and
Catholic Health Association of the United States are partnering on the
age-friendly initiative. Read More >>

FOLLOWING THE ACA

The 2022 Final Payment Notice (Sorta)

By Katie Keith

On January 14, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
released its final 2022 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters rule.
The final 2022 "payment notice" adopts only the most controversial
changes included in the proposed rule, but it will likely be subject to
a regulatory freeze and eventual modification by the Biden
administration. Read More >>

**IN THE JOURNAL**

CHILDREN'S HEALTH

Understanding Variation In Nonurgent Pediatric Emergency Department Use
In Communities With Concentrated Disadvantage

By Kristin N. Ray, Kristin A. Yahner, Jamil Bey, Katherine C. Martin,
Arrianna M. Planey, Alison J. Culyba, and Elizabeth Miller

Kristin N. Ray of UPMC Children's Hospital and coauthors analyze
research to provide insight on the variation in nonurgent pediatric
emergency department use in communities with concentrated disadvantage.
Read their recommendations to stakeholders for increasing health equity.
Read More >>

ORGANIZATION OF CARE

Geographic Variation In The Consolidation Of Physicians Into Health
Systems, 2016-18

By Laura Kimmey, Michael F. Furukawa, David J. Jones, Rachel M. Machta,
Jing Guo, and Eugene C. Rich

Laura Kimmey and coauthors explore the reasons behind doctor market
concentration in recent years. Read More >>

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What Could Medicaid And COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Look Like Under A
Biden Administration?

Listen to editors Chris Fleming and Jessica Bylander discuss the
COVID-19 vaccine rollout and what the Biden administration may do with
Medicaid block grants and work requirements.

Listen here.

**A CLOSER LOOK**-The ACA And The HPV Vaccine

Many vaccines are a preventive, no-cost measure covered by insurance. In
a May 2015 paper, authors Brandy J. Lipton and Sandra L. Decker report
on Affordable Care Act provisions implemented in 2010 that affected use
of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine by increasing the percentage
of young adults with any source of health insurance coverage and
improving the generosity of coverage. Read more about how the policy
implementation significantly increased the likelihood of HPV vaccine
initiation

and completion for young women.

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