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

**Thursday, October 3, 2019**

TODAY ON THE BLOG

PAYMENT

Where There's A Will There's A Way: Hospitals Push The Price
Transparency Envelope

By Mark A. Zezza and David Sandman

Early adopters of price transparency recognize that the most frequent
"pain points" for patients at hospitals involve their financial
experiences, and they believe that patients who know the price ahead of
time are more likely to pay.Read More >>

GRANTWATCH

From Emergencies To Equity: The Growing Role Of Hospitals In Community
Health

By Jason Lacsamana, Sandra Viera, Katie Miller, and Sonja Lockhart
(10/1/19)

The St. Joseph Health Community Partnership Fund has been working with
Prevention Institute in seven California communities. The two
organizations aim to support hospitals and their community partners in
pursuing upstream causes of, and solutions to, community-level health
problems. It is critically important to address the root causes of
health problems and eliminate health inequities, because clinical
strategies alone won't lead to healthier outcomes. Read More >>

A Civic Duty To Improve Access To Generic Pharmaceuticals

By Shelley Lyford (9/26/19)

Seven health care systems and three philanthropic organizations launched
a nonprofit generic drug company in 2018 with a mission to ensure that
essential generic drugs are both accessible and affordable. The focus is
on improving hospitals' access to generics. The president and CEO of the
Gary and Mary West Foundation and West Health explains why and how
Civica Rx was established and provides some updates. Read More >>

Cultural Competence Is Key To Meeting Patients' Needs: One Perspective
From New York City

By Hewett Chiu (9/19/19)

Cultural competence is essential to providing high-quality care and is a
bedrock for meeting the needs of an increasingly diverse patient
population. Throughout his career, this author has set out to change the
health care system at the community level to better meet the needs of
patients facing language or cultural barriers to care. Key to helping
him on this path was his participation in the United Health Foundation's
Diverse Scholars Initiative. Read More >>

Scientific Excellence Is Just The First Step To Optimal Care

By Richard I. Levin and Brianne Alcala (9/5/19)

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation, a nonprofit, has championed
humanism-that is, putting human interests, values, and dignity at the
core of health care-for years. Health care companies have been slow to
incorporate humanism, though. And payments for care, which often include
incentives for improved outcomes, don't acknowledge such critical
factors as careful listening and compassion, which have been shown to
affect healing. Five corporations have joined the Gold Corporate Council
to promote humanism. Read More >>

People Post: Foundation Staffers' Goings and Comings; Job Openings

By Lee-Lee Prina (8/29/19)

Who has a new job or has received a promotion in health philanthropy?
Read news from foundations around the country. Read More >>

IN THE JOURNAL

GRANTWATCH

Funding To Improve Social Determinants Of Health

By Lee L. Prina

The GrantWatch column in the September 2019 issue describes
foundations' funding addressing either of two social risk factors:
food insecurity and inadequate housing. For example, the Common Market
is "a regional food distributor [that] works to strengthen regional
farms while making local produce available to underserved areas," says
the Kresge Foundation, which is among the funders that have recently
supported this innovative model. And the Montana Healthcare Foundation
is a funder interested in housing and health. The Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation is well known for its funding to improve various social
determinants. A number of other funders, including the Humana, Colorado
Health, and Vitalyst Health Foundations, have awarded grants focused on
one or more determinants. Read More >>

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**A CLOSER LOOK**-Medicare

President Trump is planning to sign an executive order calling for
initiatives to reduce Medicare fraud and bolster private Medicare plans.
This Health Affairs article from May details the first estimates of the
numbers and characteristics of Medicare beneficiaries exposed to
fraudulent providers
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