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

**Friday, September 27, 2019**

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TODAY ON THE BLOG

HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Remembering Don Lindberg: A Transformative Leader

By Robert A. Logan

Donald A.B. Lindberg, who died on August 17 at age 85, is a primary
reason we have access to PubMed, MedlinePlus.gov, Clinicaltrials.gov,
GenBank, a host of other biomedical databases, and the Internet.
Read More >>

FOLLOWING THE ACA

ACA Update: Risk Adjustment Litigation, DSH Cut Methodology

By Katie Keith

Litigation continues over the ACA's risk adjustment program, including
oral arguments held in the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals on September
25, 2019. On September 24, CMS issued a new final rule outlining
methodology to make reductions to state Medicaid Disproportionate Share
Hospital (DSH) allotments. Read More >>

HEALTH AFFAIRS EVENTS

PAST EVENT:  AGING AND HEALTH - IMPROVING CARE FOR OLDER ADULTS

Health Affairs and The John A. Hartford Foundation hosted a robust
policy conversation featuring authors from the journal's Aging &
Health series, as well as other experts in the field, discussing topics
including:  Moving Serious Illness Care from Hospital to Home,
Disparities in Home- and Community-Based Care, and the Impact of
Caregiving on Spouses and the Need for Support. Get caught up with the
event: slides
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IN THE JOURNAL

CULTURE OF HEALTH

Transforming City Streets To Promote Physical Activity And Health Equity

By Keshia M. Pollack Porter, Tyler Prochnow, Patricia Mahoney, Haley
Delgado, Christina N. Bridges Hamilton, Emily Wilkins, and M. Renée
Umstattd Meyer

Play Streets is a place-based intervention that is typically organized
by local governments or community organizations and involves temporarily
closing streets to create safe places and free opportunities for
physical activity. In this descriptive study Keshia Pollack Porter and
colleagues examined 162 of Chicago's PlayStreets, held in the summer
of 2018, to assess the volume and type of physical activity among youth
participants and the variety of services provided to residents.Read More
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**CLOSER LOOK**-Amazon Care

Amazon Care, a pilot health care service initially available to Amazon
employees in and around the Seattle area, was recently launched.
According to Techcrunch, Amazon Care includes both virtual and in-person
care, with telemedicine via app, chat, and remote video, as well as
follow-up visits and prescription drug delivery directly to an
employee's home or office. This Health Affairs Blog

from earlier this year evaluates "The Oversell And Undersell Of Digital
Health."

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