Sunday, May 15, 2022 | The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
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Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Earlier this week, Brendan Saloner wrote a guest essay as part of the Health Affairs Today newsletter. In it, he wrote about the effect that the pandemic had on individuals with substance use disorders (SUDs).
The pandemic exacerbated
individual isolation and increased the risks of solitary drug use amid an increasingly lethal and unpredictable drug supply.
Saloner argues that given these factors, improving access to treatment and other health care services should be a critical priority for the health care industry.
He then points to a new article he and coauthors authored in the May issue of Health Affairs, which documents trends in the use of SUD treatment from 2010–19.
Although access to general medical care and insurance coverage have improved for people with SUD, Saloner and colleagues' findings underscore the importance of renewed efforts to increase the use of SUD treatment.
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In Health Affairs Forefront, authors write about Medicare and Medicaid.
In one article, Katie Keith looks at the latest enrollment reports and 1332 waivers. She summarizes new reports on the uninsured rate and coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and examines the guidance on risk adjustment, medical loss ratio reporting, and transparency requirements.
Karen E. Joynt Maddox and Kenton J. Johnston discuss quality improvement efforts that incorporate equity as a key priority.
The authors indicate that Medicare beneficiaries who are also eligible for Medicaid (dual eligibles) have less access to high-quality care and are more likely to have a disability.
Given these factors, the authors suggest that measuring cost and quality of care is a critical step in determining payment models to improve equity.
The article by Maddox and Johnston is the latest among a series in response to
the latest developments in policy and research affecting the dual-eligible population. Other authors will contribute to the series as well.
The series is produced with the support of Arnold Ventures. Included articles are reviewed and edited by Health Affairs Forefront staff; the opinions expressed are those of the authors.
In an episode of This Week, Health Affairs' Leslie Erdelack and Ellen Bayer unpack the FDA's proposed ban on menthol cigarettes and its public health implications, including concerns for health equity.
Vilsa Curto On Vertical Integration's Effect
On Health Care Prices
Vilsa Curto from Harvard University joins A Health Podyssey to discuss the effects of vertical consolidation and integration in health care.
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Using data from four states, Avital B. Ludomirsky and coauthors found that, of primary care physicians who contracted with Medicaid, on average just 25 percent provided 86 percent of care, and 25 percent of specialists provided 75 percent of care.
Please join us on May 17 for a detailed discussion of the paper’s data, methods, and conclusions. Health Affairs Senior Editor Leslie Erdelack will host.
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