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The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
August 15, 2021
Dear John,
Health Affairs' continued leadership in the field of health policy is
validated by its recent increase in Journal Impact Factor score to 6.301
for 2020, up almost a full point from 2019. This places Health Affairs
in the top tier of journals in two categories: Health Policy and
Services, and Health Care Sciences and Services.
Read on for highlights from Health Affairs this week.
What's New In Health Affairs
In the latest in our Eye on Health Reform series, Katie Keith updates
readers on all things Affordable Care Act
(ACA)
,
including:
* The Supreme Court's ruling to uphold the law in California v. Texas
by a resounding 7-2 decision
* The Biden administration's first proposed rule on Marketplace coverage
* Implementation of the No Surprises Act banning many surprise medical
bills
* Continuing rise in Marketplace enrollment due to the broad COVID-19
special enrollment period and enhanced premium tax credits under the
American Rescue Plan Act
* Federal request for Georgia to submit more information to assess the
state's Section 1332 waiver
* The Department of Health and Human Services' announcement of funding
for navigators and state-based Marketplaces
On Thursday, as part of our Policy Spotlight series, Editor-in-Chief
Alan Weil interviewed
**Chiquita Brooks-LaSure**, the new Administrator of the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The discussion covered a number of
topics, including the how the unfinished work of the ACA is an important
effort to address health equity, maternal health as an administrative
priority, and the future of value-based payments and telehealth.
**Video for the event is now available**
.
In addition to the event, Brooks-LaSure coauthored a post, "Innovation
At The Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services: A Vision For The Next
10 Years
,"
on Health Affairs Blog.
Also on the blog, Alain Enthoven argued that the health care
"system" we have is designed perfectly to deliver the unsatisfactory
results we see, but there is a better approach: m
anaged
competition
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Featured This Week
EYE ON HEALTH REFORM: ACA Action Continues As Law Is Upheld
Katie Keith
Event: Health Affairs Policy Spotlight with CMS Administrator Chiquita
Brooks-LaSure
Podcast: James Robinson On The Drug Market, Innovation, Biosimilars, and
What The French Get Right
Alan Weil and James C. Robinson
Podcast: The Public Transit-Health Connection
Rob Lott and Jeff Byers
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James Robinson On The Drug Market, Innovation, Biosimilars, and What The
French Get Right
Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews James Robinson from
the University of California Berkeley, School of Public Health on drug
innovation, biosimilars, and market competition in the United States and
beyond.
Listen Here
On The Blog This Week
The Middle Ground For Fixing Long-Term Care Costs: The WISH Act
Marc A. Cohen and Stuart M. Butler
Health Affairs' Impact Factor Rises To Its Highest Ever Score Of 6.301
Digital Strategies To Create Mutual Benefit For Researchers And Research
Participants
Elizabeth L. Cope et al.
The Risk Of Repeal: Examining The Use Of State-Action Immunity For
Hospital Mergers
Liam Bendicksen and Christopher Koller
Marketplace Special Enrollment Reaches 2.5 Million; Administration
Announces Health Care Reconciliation Priorities
Katie Keith
Addressing The Maternal Health Crisis Through Improved Data
Infrastructure: Guiding Principles For Progress
Andre Chappel et al.
Judge Blocks Enforcement Against Franciscan Alliance Plaintiffs Of
Prohibition On Discrimination Based On Gender Identity, Pregnancy
Termination
Katie Keith
Where Are The High-Price Hospitals? With The Transparency Rule In
Effect, Colonoscopy Prices Suggest They're All Over The Place
John (Xuefeng) Jiang et al.
The American Rescue Plan Act, A Critical Opportunity To Improve Child
And Family Health
Sandra H. Stenmark et al.
Innovation At The Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services: A Vision
For The Next 10 Years
Chiquita Brooks-LaSure et al.
Making Alternative Payment Models Work For Patients
Purva Rawal et al.
Employer Self-Funded Health Insurance Is Taking Us In The Wrong
Direction
Alain C. Enthoven
A Call For Improved Data Collection On The Long-Term Services And
Supports Needs Of Working-Age Adults With Disabilities
Corinne Lewis and Christina Wu
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**The Health Equity Fellowship for Trainees** is part of Health
Affairs' national initiative to advance racial equity in health policy
and health services scholarly publishing. Its objective is to
**value** and
**increase the quality**and
**quantity** of equity-related research published in Health Affairs that
is authored by members of racial and ethnic groups that have
historically been underrepresented in scholarly publishing.
In the program, fellows will receive multilayered mentorship from
experienced
**Health Affairs** authors and editorial staff for one year (from
January 2022 to December 2022). Mentors will work with fellows to make
fellows' manuscript submissions more likely to be accepted by the
journal or another journal within the fellowship year. Manuscript
submissions must be related to racial equity.
The application period closes on September 13, 2021.
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The Public Transit-Health Connection
Listen to Health Affairs' Rob Lott and Jeff Byers discuss how public
transportation affects health and health equity. In addition, they
discuss the latest on the sweeping bipartisan infrastructure bill.
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