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The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs

May 30, 2021

Dear John,

Don't miss Alan Weil interviewing Liz Fowler, the new CMS deputy
administrator, on Thursday as part of a new speaker series. Register
here today .

Read on for highlights from Health Affairs this week.

What's New In Health Affairs

In a new study, released ahead of print this week
,
Christopher Sun and coauthors evaluated emergency medical services (EMS)
call data from the Boston area in the first few months of the pandemic
to better understand patients' reluctance to call EMS for
cardiac-related care.

The authors found that there was a substantial decrease in EMS calls and
an increase in hospital transportation refusals despite a significant
increase in out-of-hospital cardiac arrests.

In the newest addition to our "Eye On Health Reform
"
series, Katie Keith covers the American Rescue Plan Act, which
temporarily expands the Affordable Care Act's premium tax credits and
increases federal financial incentives for holdout states to expand
their Medicaid programs.

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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
.

In May's Narrative Matters essay
,
Krista Lyn Harrison describes how the hospice model fails when patients
die slowly. This post is part of Health Affairs' Age-Friendly Health
series , with support from
The John A. Hartford Foundation .

Listen to Harrison read her Narrative Matters essay on Health Affairs'
Narrative Matters podcast
.

The GrantWatch column

in the May 2021 issue mentioned a broad sampling of foundations'
recent funding in COVID-19 areas including vaccination, data collection
and analysis, mental health, legal services, and more.

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One-on-One with Elizabeth "Liz" Fowler

On

**Thursday, June 3, 2021**, you are invited to join

****

**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.

Register Here

Featured This Week

Worse Cardiac Arrest Outcomes During The COVID-19 Pandemic In Boston Can
Be Attributed To Patient Reluctance To Seek Care

Christopher Sun et al.

The American Rescue Plan Expands The ACA

Katie Keith

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

Kevin Callison and Jason Ward

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

Alan Weil and Julia Adler-Milstein

The Hidden Curriculum Of Hospice: Die Fast, Not Slow

Krista Lyn Harrison

Podcast: The Hidden Curriculum Of Hospice: Die Fast, Not Slow

Krista Lyn Harrison

Funders Continue COVID-19 Fight In Varied Ways

Lee L. Prina

Podcast: Does The US Have A Drug Innovation Problem?

Rob Lott and Jessica Bylander

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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

On The Blog This Week

Asian American Subgroups And The COVID-19 Experience: What We Know And
Still Don't Know.

Matthew K. Chin et al.

COVID-19 Will Upend Hospital Reporting And Value-Based Programs For
Years To Come

Claudia A. Salzberg and Charles "Chip" Kahn

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

Jeffrey Shuren and Timothy Stenzel

To End The HIV Epidemic, Implement Proven HIV Prevention Strategies In
The Criminal Justice System

Daniel Teixeira da Silva and Chethan Bachireddy

Doula Care Saves Lives, Improves Equity, And Empowers Mothers. State
Medicaid Programs Should Pay for It

Cara B. Safon et al.

Leah A. Zallman-A Leading Voice For Addressing Health Inequities Among
Immigrants

Pablo Buitrón de la Vega et al.

Structural Racism Is Not An Exemption From Accountability

Paige Nong et al.

Supporting States In Setting Health Care Cost Growth Targets To Improve
Affordability

Rachel Block and Keanan Lane

Hill Democrats Ask for Input On Public Option As CO, NV Consider
Adoption

Katie Keith

COVID-19, Decarceration, And Bending The Arc Of Justice-The Promise Of
Medical-Legal Partnerships

Benjamin A. Barsky et al.

How Mass Incarceration Makes Us All Sick

Eric Reinhart

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Does The US Have A Drug Innovation Problem?

Listen to Health Affairs' Jessica Bylander and Rob Lott explore whether
the US has a drug innovation problem or not.

Listen Here

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