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The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs
Friday, December 6, 2019
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MEDICAID
Inside Tennessee’s Final 1115 Medicaid Block Grant Proposal
By Sara Rosenbaum, Alexander Somodevilla, Morgan Handley, and Rebecca Morris
The state’s proposal, if approved, would become “Amendment 42” to TennCare since its establishment nearly 30 years ago, although the term “amendment” would hardly seem to describe such a total and sweeping departure from the normal Medicaid coverage and payment principles that govern all state Medicaid programs, including TennCare.
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HEALTH AFFAIRS EVENTS–2019 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey
Next Week! December 11, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Eastern
Conrad Hotel – 950 New York Ave NW, Washington DC
Register Today
Join us for a special event to be convened by Health Affairs and The Commonwealth Fund marking the publication of the 2019 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey of Primary Care Physicians in 11 Countries. Senior government officials, delivery system
experts, and leading policy thinkers from around the world will gather for a high-level discussion of strategies to promote high-quality primary care, with special attention to the integration of health and social care.
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Top Articles for November 2019 Stay current with the issues of interest to your colleagues. Below are the most-read articles from the November 2019 issue of the journal.
Financial Hardships Of Medicare Beneficiaries With Serious Illness
By Michael Anne Kyle, Robert J. Blendon, John M. Benson, Melinda K. Abrams, and Eric C. Schneider
Are Patients Electronically Accessing Their Medical Records? Evidence From National Hospital Data
By Sunny C. Lin, Courtney R. Lyles, Urmimala Sarkar, and Julia Adler-Milstein
Measles, Mumps, And Communion: A Vision For Vaccine Policy
By Joshua T. B. Williams
The Effect Of The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program On Mortality
By Colleen M. Heflin, Samuel J. Ingram, and James P. Ziliak
Medicaid Expansion
Associated With Reductions In Preventable Hospitalizations
By Hefei Wen, Kenton J. Johnston, Lindsay Allen, and Teresa M. Waters
View the full table of contents for the November 2019 issue here.
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A CLOSER LOOK—Health Information Technology
Yesterday, the US Food and Drug Administration announced the global launch of a new application, CURE ID. This internet-based repository will allow the clinical community to report their experiences treating difficult-to-treat infectious diseases with novel uses of existing FDA-approved drugs through a website or on a smartphone or other mobile device. A Health Affairs Blog post argues that as technological innovations for health care organization continue to expand, we need a health information agency.
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