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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.
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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 >>
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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 (click on Download Event), video, and podcast.
Read the journal’s series on Aging & Health.
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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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