Kick Off 2022 With Health Affairs
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We are pleased to share our January schedule of free virtual events
designed to showcase exciting thinkers, policy makers and policies;
drill deeper into our signature content; and hone the skills of a new
generation of health policy researchers and aficionados.
View the Full Agenda
Kick off the New Year with Health Affairs at these January events:Â Â
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. ET
Lunch and Learn: "National Health Care Spending In 2020: Growth Driven
By Federal Spending In Response To The COVID-19 Pandemic"
On December 15, Health Affairs published ahead-of-print, "National
Health Care Spending In 2020: Growth Driven By Federal Spending In
Response To The COVID-19 Pandemic
,
" the
annual national health expenditures article prepared by the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of the Actuary. Always one
of Health Affairs' most-read articles, this year's provides the
first official report on spending that reflects the effects of COVID-19.
The article will appear in the January 2022 issue of the journal.
On Wednesday, January 5, you are invited to join Health Affairs
Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil for a discussion of the findings with
economists Sherry Glied, Dean of the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of
Public Service at New York University, and Craig Garthwaite, the Herman
Smith Research Professor in Hospital and Health Services Management and
Director of Healthcare at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of
Management.
Drs. Glied and Garthwaite are both members of the Health Affairs Council
on Health Care Spending and Value
and bring different perspectives on appropriate policies to respond to
growing health care spending.
Register for the Lunch and Learn
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. ET
Journal Club: "Louisiana Medicaid Expansion Associated With Reduced
Travel For Care Among Minorities And Rural Residents" by Charles
Stoecker and Dimitris Karletsos
The centerpiece of the January Health Affairs Journal Club meeting is
"Louisiana Medicaid Expansion Associated With Reduced Travel For Care
Among Minorities And Rural Residents." In the paper, to appear in the
January 2022 issue of the journal, the authors examine how Medicaid
expansion has the potential to address racial and geographic disparities
in health care access through decreased travel distances.
Please join Charles Stoecker, an associate professor and the JP Morgan
Chase Chair in Healthcare Finance, and Dimitris Karletsos, PhD
candidate, both in the Department of Health Policy and Management at
Tulane University's School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, on
January 11 for a detailed discussion of the paper's data, methods, and
conclusions. Health Affairs Associate Editor Marianne Amoss will host.
Register for the Journal Club
Thursday, January 20, 2022
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. ET
Health Affairs Lunch and Learn: Considering Health Spending: Is It Time
to Regulate Health Care Prices?
Register today for this January 20th event when Health Affairs Senior
Editor Laura Tollen hosts a panel of experts discussing why they believe
there is a need for regulation of at least some health care prices -
and how to do it. Robert Berenson, Institute Fellow at the Urban
Institute, and Robert Murray, President of Global Health Payment, LLC,
and past executive director of the Maryland Health Services Cost Review
Commission, will discuss their forthcoming Health Affairs paper, "How
Price Regulation Is Needed To Advance Market Competition."
Additional perspectives will be shared by Michael E. Chernew, the
Leonard D. Schaeffer Professor of Health Care Policy, Department of
Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School. Audience members will have
an opportunity to share thoughts and questions for the panelists.
Register for the Lunch and Learn
Stay tuned for announcements about additional speakers and events
. We hope to see you in
2022!
Debbie Boylan
Director of Events, Health Affairs
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