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The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs

May 23, 2021

Dear John,

Read on for highlights from Health Affairs this week.

What's New In Health Affairs

In the past decade, the number of health information exchange networks
has grown to more than one hundred disparate networks at the local,
regional, and national levels. As a result, health care providers often
use a variety of different networks and methods to exchange health
information.

Julia Adler-Milstein and coauthors recently conducted their sixth
national health information organization (HIO) survey
.
Their work, published in a paper in the May 2021 issue, informs federal
policy actions to better coordinate varied approaches to health
information exchange.

Signing up for health insurance through the ACA Marketplaces can be
confusing. Some families end up selecting objectively "inferior" plans.
Andrew Feher and Isaac Menashe study the use of postal and email
messages to reach people who made choice errors in Covered California

and conclude that those messages reduce plan selection errors by 3.9
percentage points.

For more on the ACA, Katie Keith covers how the American Rescue Plan Act
expands the ACA

in May's addition to our "Eye On Health Reform" series.

The federal government has responded to the opioid crisis in numerous
ways, including providing states funding for their own programs. Bradley
Katcher and Christopher Ruhm examined how well these funds target the
geographic areas with the greatest need
.

Richard Nelson and coauthors assessed health care costs before and after
people enrolled in the Supportive Services for Veteran Families
program
.
After enrollment, people receiving financial assistance for
housing-related expenses incurred $352 lower health care costs per
quarter than those who did not receive the assistance.

This week on Health Affairs Blog, Katie Keith wrote about fixing the
ACA's family glitch
.

Featured This Week

A Survey Of Health Information Exchange Organizations In Advance Of A
Nationwide Connectivity Framework

Julia Adler-Milstein et al.

Using Email And Letters To Reduce Choice Errors Among ACA Marketplace
Enrollees

Andrew Feher and Isaac Menashe

The American Rescue Plan Expands The ACA

Katie Keith

Podcast: Lowering Medicare Eligibility May Improve Cancer Outcomes

Alan Weill and Gerard Silvestri

Federal Opioid Grant Funding Favors Least Populous States, Not States
With Greatest Need

Bradley A. Katcher and Christopher J. Ruhm

Temporary Financial Assistance Decreased Health Care Costs For Veterans
Experiencing Housing Instability

Richard E. Nelson et al.

Podcast: Behind The CDC's New COVID-19 Mask Guidelines For Those Who Are
Fully Vaccinated

Chris Fleming and Vabren Watts

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Lowering Medicare Eligibility May Improve Cancer Outcomes

**** Listen to

**Health Affairs** Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interview Gerard Silvestri
from the Medical University of South Carolina on cancer outcomes among
Medicare beneficiaries and their younger uninsured counterparts.

Listen Here

On The Blog This Week

Making Employer-Sponsored Insurance More Affordable

Erica Socker and Mark E. Miller

Food Insecurity In The Disability Community: Disparities In SNAP Access

Bonnielin K. Swenor, Rachel M. Cahill, and Laura J. Samuel

Policies To Improve Implementation And Sustainability Of Behavioral
Health Integration

Dina Fradkin et al.

Paradigm Lost: Lessons For Long COVID-19 From A Dramatic Shift In
Treatment For Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Brian Hughes, Steven Lubet, and David Tuller

Five Areas Where The Office Of Civil Rights Can Improve Its Proposed
Changes To HIPAA, And Advance Interoperability

Lucia C. Savage and Deven McGraw

Centering Equity In The Design And Use Of Health Information Systems:
Partnering With Communities On Race, Ethnicity, And Language Data

Karen Wang et al.

New Commission To Tackle How National Health Data Are Collected, Shared,
And Used

Alonzo Plough and Gail C. Christopher

At Last, Generic HIV Prevention Drugs Promise Savings And Access-But
Also Reveal Precarious Financing

Amy Killelea and Tim Horn

Five Keys To Realizing Health Equity In US Health Plans

J. Nwando Olayiwola

Fixing The ACA's Family Glitch

Katie Keith

Graduate Medical Education Positions And Physician Supply Continue To
Increase: Implications Of The 2021 Residency Match

Edward S. Salsberg and Candice Chen

Time To Set Aside The Term 'Low-Value Care'-Focus On Achieving
High-Value Care For All

Danielle J. Brooks et al.

HEALTH AFFAIRS BRANDED POST:
Delivering Program Benefits To Those Without Traditional Bank Accounts

John Sweeney
Sponsored by WEX

 

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Behind The CDC's New COVID-19 Mask Guidelines For Those Who Are Fully
Vaccinated

**** Listen to Health Affairs' Chris Fleming and Vabren Watts discuss
the latest CDC guidelines related to COVID-19 and whether fully
vaccinated individuals should wear masks indoors.

Listen Here

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