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Dear John,

In the April 2021 issue of Health Affairs, Cyrus M. Kosar and coauthors
investigate changes in mortality risk for nursing home residents from
March to November 2020.

Nursing Home COVID-19 Mortality Rates Declined In 2020

With more than one-third of US coronavirus deaths linked to nursing
homes, this population warrants specific mortality tracking, separate
from the general public.

In a recent Health Affairs paper, Cyrus M. Kosar and coauthors
investigated changes in COVID-19 mortality rates for nursing home
residents
from
March to November 2020. They found that mortality rates of nursing home
residents with COVID-19 fell from 26.4 percent in March to 10.0 percent
in November 2020.

Since mortality risk declined for symptomatic and asymptomatic groups,
the overall decline in mortality rates was not driven by the increased
detection of asymptomatic, less severe cases.

The authors also found that, across all months, residents with
significant cognitive and functional impairment had higher mortality
rates than those with less impairment.

Today on Health Affairs Blog, Katie Keith discusses the recently
released information from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

about its approach to compliance reviews for the 2022 plan year, the
risk adjustment interim summary report for 2020, and guidance on
reconciliation of cost-sharing reductions for 2020. In addition,
Caroline F. Plott and coauthors discuss how hospitals can be active
partners in promoting community health and equity
.

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Your Daily Digest

COVID-19 Mortality Rates Among Nursing Home Residents Declined From
March To November 2020

Cyrus M. Kosar, Elizabeth M. White, Richard A. Feifer, Carolyn Blackman,
Stefan Gravenstein, Orestis A. Panagiotou, Kevin McConeghy, and Vincent
Mor

Latest Guidance On 2022 Plans, Risk Adjustment, Cost-Sharing Reductions,
And More

Katie Keith

New Hospital Rankings Assess Hospitals' Contributions To Community
Health With A Focus On Equity

Caroline F. Plott, Rachel L. J. Thornton, Irene Dankwa-Mullan, Ekta
Punwani, Hema Karunakaram, Kyu Rhee, Kelly Jean Thomas Craig, and Joshua
M. Sharfstein

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