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Friday, October 1, 2021
Dear John,
The September issue’s Narrative Matters essay discusses the lasting impact of long COVID.
On Long COVID
In her Narrative Matters essay, Maria Victoria Bovo, a pediatrician, shares her experience with the debilitating symptoms of long COVID.
Bovo describes feeling lasting tiredness, breathlessness, and continuous headaches and “brain fog,” which has reduced her attention span, concentration, and memory.
“COVID-19 did not end my life, but it stopped me. It dragged me down from the high-velocity train on which I was riding. I stood up, fell down, and stood up
again,” she explains.
Studies show that 5 to 20 percent of patients with COVID-19 are affected long term, and the development and severity of long COVID don’t seem to correlate with the severity of the disease during the acute phase of the infection.
Check out Bovo reading the essay in English and Spanish on the Narrative Matters podcast.
Today on Health Affairs Blog, Katie Keith and coauthors summarize the highly anticipated new rule on the independent dispute resolution process that will be used to resolve payment disputes between payers and providers. A second post, to be published Monday, October 4, will discuss other parts of the rule related to good faith estimates, external review, and more. John-Martin Lowe and coauthors discuss the need for an improved response to the next special pathogen outbreak.
In a new GrantWatch post, Tara Oakman and coauthors describe how two foundations collaborated to facilitate the implementation of Maine's Medicaid expansion.
Elevating Voices: Hispanic Heritage Month: Today, a new episode of Health Affairs’ Narrative Matters podcast features Maria Victoria Bovo reading her Narrative Matters essay about long COVID in Spanish. Listen here.
Mental health conditions are diagnosed in one of every five pregnant or postpartum people, yet perinatal mental health is poorly addressed by the US health care system. The October 2021 issue of Health Affairs is mostly devoted to perinatal mental health.
Please join us on Friday, October 8, 2021, for a virtual forum featuring remarks and a discussion with US Representative Lauren Underwood (IL), the cofounder and cochair of the Black Maternal Health Caucus and a lead sponsor of the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021.
In addition, a select group of authors from the issue will
present their work and take questions from the online audience.
Details are as follows:
Date: Friday, October 8, 2021 Time: 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Eastern/10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Pacific Place: Virtual Event. Sign-in details to be shared upon registration.
Hospital Specialty Pharmacies and 340B Listen as Health Affairs' Leslie Erdelack and Jessica Bylander take a break from government shutdown and Capitol Hill news to discuss the latest on hospital specialty pharmacies and 340B drug pricing.
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