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The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs

Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Dear John,

Don't miss a BONUS episode of A Health Podyssey where Editor-in-Chief
Alan Weil interviews Liz Fowler, director of the Center for Medicare and
Medicaid Innovation
.

Health And Economic Outcomes Of A Workplace Wellness Program

The goal of workplace wellness programs is twofold: improve employee
health and lower health care costs for employers and insurers.

A workplace wellness program was implemented at a random subset of
worksites within BJ's Wholesale Club from 2015 to 2017. Zirui Song and
Katherine Baicker looked into its effects.

While the program led to better self-reported health behaviors, notably
active weight management, the authors found that it did not produce
significant differences in clinical measures

of health, health care spending and use, or employment outcomes between
treatment and control.

"To the extent that these results are representative of other wellness
programs, they temper expectations of substantial improvements in health
outcomes or financial returns on investment from wellness programs,"
wrote Song and Baicker.

Today on Health Affairs Blog, Heather Foster and Margaret Murray discuss
Congress's opportunity to repair, reform, and reinforce the Affordable
Care Act

by improving affordability, particularly for younger consumers.

Additionally, in part 1 of a two-post series, Hannah Crook and coauthors
discuss the lessons that can be learned from the past decade of
value-based payment models
.

Finally, Katie Keith discusses the Georgia Access Model
,
which eliminates the use of HealthCare.gov in Georgia and would make it
the only state without a single one-stop-shop marketplace for consumers
in need of private health insurance.

Elevating Voices: Pride Month: In 2017, after measures of sexual
orientation and gender identity were eliminated from the National Survey
of Older Americans Act Participants, Kathy Greenlee, a member of the
LGBT+ community herself, penned a Health Affairs Blog post arguing
against the change
.

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Your Daily Digest

Podcast: LIVE with Liz Fowler, Director Of The Center for Medicare &
Medicaid Innovation

Alan Weil and Elizabeth Fowler

Health And Economic Outcomes Up To Three Years After A Workplace
Wellness Program: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Zirui Song and Katherine Baicker

A Sensible Solution: How The Affordable Care Act Can Insure More Young
Invincibles

Heather Foster and Margaret A. Murray

A Decade Of Value-Based Payment: Lessons Learned And Implications For
The Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Innovation, Part 1

Hannah L. Crook et al.

CMS Requests Information To Assess Georgia's ACA Section 1332 Waiver

Katie Keith

Collecting Sexual Orientation And Gender Identity Information On Older
Americans Is Good Public Policy

Kathy Greenlee

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LIVE with Liz Fowler, Director Of The Center For Medicare & Medicaid
Innovation

Listen to Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interview Liz Fowler,
Director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, at a live
Health Affairs speaker event from June 3, 2021.

Listen Here

 

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