The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
June 27, 2021
Dear John,
Read on for highlights from Health Affairs this
week.
What's New In Health Affairs
The July 2021 issue of Health Affairs will focus on borders, immigrants, and health. In an ahead-of-print paper released this week, Keith Gennuso and colleagues calculated life expectancy for counties on the US side of the US-Mexico border. They found large gaps in life expectancy by race and ethnicity.
Compared with traditional Medicare, Medicare Advantage was associated with "higher use of preventive care visits, fewer hospital admissions, fewer emergency department visits, shorter hospital and skilled nursing facility lengths-of-stay, and lower health care spending."
Antitrust enforcement focuses on provider consolidation because of the risk of price increases. In a new Considering Health Spending paper, Peter Lyu and colleagues found evidence that accountable care organization (ACO) contracting without a merger or acquisition can still yield price increases.
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Timing Out-Of-Pocket Spending In Health Care Is Challenging
Listen to Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interview Stacie Dusetzina from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and Michal Horný from Emory University on out-of-pocket health care spending.
One-on-One with Micky Tripathi, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, US
Department of Health and Human Services
On Thursday, July 1, 2021, you are invited to joinHealth Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil when he welcomes Micky Tripathi, the new National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).At HHS, Tripathi leads the formulation of the federal health IT strategy and coordinates federal health IT policies, standards, programs, and investments.
There will be an opportunity for viewers to contribute questions.
Date: Thursday, July 1, 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.
Unpacking Apple's Health Care Efforts And Digital Health's Overall Maturity
Listen to Health Affairs' Jeff Byers and Exits & Outcomes' Brian Dolan discuss Apple's moves in health care and the overall maturity of the digital health industry.
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