Thursday, January 20, 2022 | The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
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Next week, on Friday, January 28, join Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil for a virtual forum on the topic of caring for
people with complex health and social needs.
Price Regulation
The latest in Health Affairs’ series of Policy Insights features Robert Berenson and Robert Murray making the case that price regulation can serve to increase competition in the health care
domains that matter most to patients.
"Out-of-network caps should reduce hospitals’ overall negotiating leverage, exerting downward pressure on in-network negotiated rates," they theorize.
Earlier today, Berenson and Murray joined Michael Chernew and Miriam Laugesen in a live discussion about price regulation at a Health Affairs Lunch and Learn. Sign up for our upcoming free virtual events on the Health Affairs website.
Today in Health Affairs Forefront, Katrina Donahue and coauthors argue that additional support is needed to bolster the efforts of practice-based research networks because of diminished capacity from the
COVID-19 pandemic.
In GrantWatch, Benjamin Miller and coauthors say it is important to root substance use disorder services in consistent,
evidence-based practices and standards, so that everyone—from providers and payers to patients and families—is "speaking the same language" as to prevention and treatment.
Check out our COVID-19 Resource Center for Health Affairs content about all things related to the pandemic.
New Podcast: Health Affairs Pathways Health Affairs is launching a new podcast next week!
Health Affairs Pathways explores the avenues and
alleyways of the health care system through varied storytelling. Our first season is a six-part series from Lalita Abhyankar, a physician based in San Francisco, California.
Her series, titled Piecemeal, examines how consolidation in health care is affecting independent
primary care.
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