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Health Affairs Forefront 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."
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.
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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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publications by CMS, outline a cohesive Value-Based Care strategy for Medicare along three main pillars: alignment, growth, and equity.
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