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Thursday, July 21, 2022 | The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From
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provides readers with the latest high-value health policy news,
commentary, and analysis, published daily.
Today, we are looking back at the five most-read Forefront articles from
June and July 2022 thus far.
* Giselle Appel and coauthors argue that it's time to make fentanyl test
strips
widely available to potentially prevent overdoses.
* Richard Gilfillan and Donald Berwick respond to two critiques
of their September 2021 Health Affairs Forefront articles on the
"Medicare Advantage Money Machine."
* Charles Silver argues that abortion opponents will likely have to use
tactics similar to those employed in the War on Drugs
to prevent women from getting the pills they require.
* Melissa Majerol and Dora Lynn Hughes discuss the Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center's recent review of three
existing experimental payment and service delivery models
to determine whether implicit bias may be present.
* Richard Hughes IV writes that Justice Gorsuch's message
to states about vaccine mandates may be interpreted to mean that a state
must always offer religious exemptions, which would negate the success
of public health in dramatically reducing the threat of
vaccine-preventable diseases.
Also, don't miss these recent Forefront articles written by notable
authors in the health policy field.
* Sean Cavanaugh, Mandy Cohen, and Farzad Mostashari argue that CMS can
achieve its ambitious goal of connecting 100 percent of original
Medicare members to an accountable care relationship by 2030, but it
will take urgent and specific action
on several fronts.
* Henry Aaron describes the decision by the Washington State legislature
to delay implementation of WA Cares
as not a confession of failure, but a prudent action to give time to
implement modifications to correct genuine problems in the original
legislation.
* Chelsea Clinton and Katelyn Yoo argue that COVAX is not sufficient
to vaccinate the world and its failures are the failures of a global
health paradigm, which relies on charity rather than solidarity,
elevating the concept of response over building resilience.
* Dora Hughes, Aditi Mallick, Douglas Jacobs, and Shari Ling discuss the
CMS Behavioral Health Strategy
,
which underscores the importance of access, equity, quality, and
effective data integration in preventing and treating mental health and
substance use disorders, and acute and chronic pain.
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Today in Health Affairs Forefront, Angela Shen and Jason Schwartz
discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has placed unprecedented strains on
the US public health system
,
particularly for the agencies and officials that support the review and
use of vaccines.
Douglas Jacobs and coauthors, building off several recent publications
by CMS, outline a cohesive Value-Based Care strategy
for Medicare along three main pillars: alignment, growth, and equity.
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