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

**Thursday, February 11, 2021**

TODAY ON THE BLOG

SYSTEMS OF CARE

To Make Progress, Focus On Building Trust

By Lisa Simpson and Sachin H. Jain

At least three dimensions of trust are essential to addressing the
health and health care challenges ahead: trust within historically
disenfranchised communities to achieve equity; trust in science and
scientific innovation; and trust in health care itself. Read More >>

Hospital Price Transparency Could Change The Face Of Medical Debt
Collections, If Advocates Exploit It

By Jackson Williams

With some assistance, uninsured patients, or those who are out of
network with a hospital, should be able to leverage the newly available
information in hospital price reports to fend off hospitals' attempts
to collect excessive charges. Read More >>

COSTS & SPENDING

Health Care Reform: One (Percent) Step At A Time

By Zack Cooper and Fiona Scott Morton

High US health care costs are the result of a series of discrete
problems that each incrementally raises health spending by a percent or
two. We call these the "one percent problems" and have brought
together experts to identify these problems and describe evidence-based
steps to address them. Read More >>

NURSING HOMES

These Administrative Actions Would Improve Nursing Home Ownership And
Financial Transparency In The Post-COVID-19 Period

By Charlene Harrington, Anne Montgomery, Terris King, David C.
Grabowski, and Michael Wasserman

The growth in complex nursing home ownership structures has limited
financial transparency by allowing nursing homes to hide public payments
and stint on direct resident care.
Read More >>

**IN THE JOURNAL**

MEDICAID

Medicaid Physician Fees Remained Substantially Below Fees Paid By
Medicare In 2019

By Stephen Zuckerman, Laura Skopec, and Joshua Aarons

Stephen Zuckerman and coauthors update previous studies of Medicaid
physician fees to assess how Medicaid fees compared with Medicare fees
in 2019 across states and service types. Read More >>

**ELEVATING VOICES: Black History Month**
Rachel L. J. Thornton and coauthors write in a 2016 Health Affairs
article that strategies to achieve a reduction in health disparities

will require interventions that address education and early childhood;
urban planning and community development; housing; income enhancements
and supplements; and employment.

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