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Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Dear John,

Delayed and cancelled medical appointments due to the COVID-19 pandemic
were common over the past year, but were certain populations more
affected than others by these disruptions?

COVID-19 Delays And Cancellations

The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted patients and providers to delay or
cancel a substantial share of medical care in the past year. Kevin
Callison and Jason Ward examined the socioeconomic and demographic
characteristics of patients

who have been subject to these involuntary care disruptions.

Using survey data from May through October 2020, they found that "older
age, being in fair or poor health, greater education, the presence of a
work-limiting disability, and having health insurance coverage were
associated with greater likelihood of experiencing an involuntary
disruption in accessing medical care as a result of the COVID-19
pandemic."

Some of these findings are consistent with what we know about
populations who experience a constant level of disruption across the
health care system, but others-respondents with higher levels of
education experienced disruption-are less intuitive.

For all our pandemic-related content including articles, blog posts,
podcasts, and more, visit our COVID-19 Resource Center
.

On today's episode of A Health Podyssey, Julia Adler-Milstein talks
about the evolution of health information exchange
.

Today on Health Affairs Blog, Jeffrey Shuren and Timothy Stenzel write
about South Korea's implementation of a national COVID-19 testing
strategy
.

Elevating Voices: Asian American and Pacific Islander American Heritage
Month: Jeongyoung Park, Xinxin Han, and Preeti Iyer wrote in 2018 about
state telehealth policies and whether they were associated with the use
of telehealth services among underserved populations
.

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**Health Affairs** Editor-in-Chief

**Alan Weil** when he welcomes

**Elizabeth "Liz" Fowler**, the new deputy administrator of the Center
for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and director of its Center for
Medicare and Medicaid Innovations (CMMI), for an in-depth discussion of
the Biden administration's plans and priorities for CMS and CMMI. 

There will be an opportunity for viewers to contribute questions.

**Date:   Thursday, June 3, 2021**

**Time:   1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. (EDT)**
Place:     Online details will be shared with registrants 24 hours in
advance of the event

**Health Affairs** is grateful to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and
The Commonwealth Fund for their support of the special issue, "The
Affordable Care Act Turns 10
" (March 2020, Vol. 39,
No. 3: 359-544), and this event.

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Your Daily Digest

Associations Between Individual Demographic Characteristics And
Involuntary Health Care Delays As A Result Of COVID-19

Kevin Callison and Jason Ward

South Korea's Implementation Of A COVID-19 National Testing Strategy

Jeffrey Shuren and Timothy Stenzel

Podcast: Julia Adler-Milstein On Tracking The Evolution Of Health
Information Exchange

Alan Weil and Julia Adler-Milstein

Are State Telehealth Policies Associated With The Use Of Telehealth
Services Among Underserved Populations?

Jeongyoung Park et al.

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Julia Adler-Milstein On Tracking The Evolution Of Health Information
Exchange

Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Julia Adler-Milstein
from the University of California San Francisco on the evolution of
health information exchange organizations and health data governance.

Listen Here

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