1. Ashvin Gandhi and coauthors found that the annual median turnover rate for registered nurses working in nursing homes was in excess of 100 percent, which had implications for COVID-19 care, as discussed in the New York Times. David Grabowski, one of the study's authors, went on A Health Podyssey to discuss the research.

2. Health Affairs and the National Academy of Medicine hosted the Vital Directions for Health and Health Care: Priorities for 2021 Virtual Briefing, during which notable policy makers and health care providers discussed health equity across the five priority areas recently outlined in Health Affairs.

3. Maximilian Pany and coauthors found that patients who have their care managed by teams, rather than by solo providers, were more likely to have their chronic conditions brought under control, and discussed their research on A Health Podyssey.

4. Katie Keith wrote a blog post about the final coverage provisions in the American Rescue Plan and what comes next.

5. Four papers on COVID-19 vaccines and treatments illustrated how "the COVID-19 innovation system represents a departure from business as usual."

6. In a Narrative Matters essay and corresponding podcast, Sharon Griswold argued that the bankruptcy and subsequent closure of Hahnemann University Hospital demonstrates the need for health care and graduate medical education policy reform.

7. Christopher Whaley joined Alan Weil on A Health Podyssey to discuss a bundled payment program in a commercially insured population that led to price reductions of more than 10 percent per procedure.

Today, two new Health Affairs Blog posts focus on women’s health. Swapna Reddy and coauthors call for the Biden administration to restore and protect hard-won reproductive rights domestically and globally. In addition, Jenny A. Higgins and coauthors argue that health care providers can be powerful advocates against misperceptions and political myths about birth control, but only if they are armed with the accurate knowledge to do so.

Elevating Voices In Women’s History Month: Senator from Massachusetts and recent presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren coauthored one of Health Affairs’ most-cited papers in 2005. The paper found that illness and injury are major contributors to personal bankruptcy.

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