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The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
October 3, 2021
Dear John,
Please join us on Friday, October 8, 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.
Read on for highlights from Health Affairs this week.
What's New In Health Affairs
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A new health policy brief
looks at the downstream effects of exclusionary, low-density residential
zoning on health and health equity.
As the brief notes, virtually all municipal space is governed by zoning
codes, but the US differs from other wealthy countries by earmarking
large shares of that space as low-density, in which only single-family
homes can be built. The effect of this is often to artificially raise
the cost of housing for everyone by limiting housing supply, thus
excluding people who cannot afford to buy single-family homes on large
lots.
The brief details the history of US zoning regulations and the way that
they exacerbated spatial segregation by class and income, especially in
large US urban areas.
This week on Health Affairs Blog, Katie Keith and coauthors summarized
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 discussed the need for an improved
response to the next special pathogen outbreak
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Featured This Week
Low-Density Zoning, Health, And Health Equity
Michael Lens
Podcast: How Dementia Care Integrates Formal And Informal Care Services
Alan Weil and HwaJung Choi
Podcast: 'Long COVID': Making The Invisible Visible
Maria Victoria Bovo
Podcast: 'Long COVID': Hacer Visible Lo Invisible
Maria Victoria Bovo
Podcast: Hospital Specialty Pharmacies And 340B
Leslie Erdelack and Jessica Bylander
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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. Â Â
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.**
Register Here
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How Dementia Care Integrates Formal And Informal Care Services
Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews HwaJung Choi from
the University of Michigan on family care availability and implications
for informal and formal care used by American adults with dementia.
Listen Here
On The Blog This Week
To Bring Food Into Health, We Must Bring Health To The Food System
Maninder Kahlon and Raj Patel
For Post-Traumatic Stress, Ensure Veterans Have Access To Nontraditional
Therapies
David J. Shulkin
Biden's Shot At A Better Public Charge Rule
Joseph Daval
Medicare Advantage, Direct Contracting, And The Medicare 'Money
Machine,' Part 1: The Risk-Score Game
Rick Gilfillan and Donald M. Berwick
Medicare Advantage, Direct Contracting, And The Medicare 'Money
Machine,' Part 2: Building On The ACO Model
Rick Gilfillan and Donald M. Berwick
To Incentivize COVID-19 Vaccination, Give Vaccinated Individuals A
Discount On Their Insurance Premiums
Ian T.T. Liu and Jonathan Darrow
Banning Surprise Bills, Part 1: A New Rule On Independent Dispute
Resolution
Katie Keith et al.
Before The Pandemic, The United States Had Begun Building A Special
Pathogen System. What Can We Learn from Its COVID-19 Response?
John-Martin Lowe et al.
Harnessing The Combined Strengths Of A National And A Local Funder To
Bolster Maine Medicaid Expansion
Tara Oakman et al.
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Hospital Specialty Pharmacies And 340B
Listen to 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.
Listen Here
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