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**The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs**

**Wednesday, October 23, 2019**

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TODAY ON THE BLOG

****PHARMACEUTICALS & MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

The Emerging Use By Commercial Payers Of Third-Party Lab Benefit
Managers For Genetic Testing

By Kathryn A. Phillips and Patricia A. Deverka

Commercial payers are increasingly using laboratory benefit managers to
manage laboratory test utilization. LBMs represent a relatively newer
area of utilization management, although they are similar in some ways
to pharmacy benefit managers, used to manage prescription drug benefits.
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IN THE JOURNAL

VIOLENCE

Alcohol-Related Crimes And Risk Of Arrest For Intimate Partner Violence
Among California Handgun Purchasers

By Hannah Laqueur, Rose M. C. Kagawa, Mona Wright, and Garen J.
Wintemute

Hannah Laqueur and coauthors explore the relationship between alcohol
misuse and subsequent arrest for intimate partner violence. Read More >>

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