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The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs

Thursday, September 23, 2021

Dear John,

September articles explore the Medicare Advantage quality bonus payment
program and the quality-adjusted life-year (QALY).

Quality Performance and Measurement

Two papers in the September issue discuss quality in health care.   

The Medicare Advantage (MA) quality bonus payment program provides a
"double bonus" to high-quality plans in certain metropolitan areas.

Adam Markovitz and colleagues found that double bonuses are not
significantly associated

with changes in quality performance or changes in MA enrollment, the
program's purported goals. Further, "Black beneficiaries were
substantially less likely to reside in counties offered double bonuses
than White beneficiaries."

The quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) is a standard measure
incorporating life expectancy and quality of life and is often used in
cost-effectiveness analysis.

Leah Rand and Aaron Kesselheim conducted a systematic literature review
of criticisms

leveled at the QALY and concluded that the nine major criticisms fall
into three categories: methodological concerns, criticisms of
neutrality, and potential discrimination.

Rand discussed these findings on an episode of A Health Podyssey earlier
this month
.

Today on Health Affairs Blog, Jennifer Haley and Emily Johnston discuss
how Medicaid's role for postpartum coverage

changed under the continuous enrollment requirement.

Elevating Voices: Hispanic Heritage Month: Jill A. McDonald, Anup
Amatya, Charlotte C. Gard, and Jesus Sigala found that, in states that
border Mexico, cesarean rates were highest

for Hispanic women living in border counties. They concluded,
"Interventions should address cultural factors-that is, the
importance of the degree of Hispanicity in the mothers'
communities."

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Medicare Advantage Plan Double Bonuses Drive Racial Disparity In
Payments, Yield No Quality Or Enrollment Improvements

Adam A. Markovitz et al.

Controversy Over Using Quality-Adjusted Life-Years In Cost-Effectiveness
Analyses: A Systematic Literature Review

Leah Z. Rand and Aaron S. Kesselheim

Podcast: Pushing Against The QALY Criticism In Drug Pricing

Alan Weil and Leah Rand

Opportunities For States To Minimize Postpartum Coverage Loss When The
Public Health Emergency Ends

Jennifer M. Haley and Emily M. Johnston

In States That Border Mexico, Cesarean Rates Were Highest For Hispanic
Women Living In Border Counties In 2015

Jill A. McDonald et al.

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