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The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs
Thursday, January 2, 2020
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ON THE BLOG
Susan DeVore’s look at trends to watch in 2019 was the most-read Health Affairs Blog post of the year, heading a list that also included several posts exploring social determinants of health and two entries from Katie Keith’s chronicling of all things ACA. Rounding out our top ten: posts on maternal mortality, alternative payment models, vaccine rates, and hot topics for health policy researchers and analysts. 1. Health Care In 2019: Five Key Trends To Watch, by Susan DeVore, January 10, 2019
2. Meeting Individual Social Needs Falls Short Of Addressing Social Determinants Of Health, by Brian Castrucci and John Auerbach; January 26,
2019
3. Final Rule On Health Reimbursement Arrangements Could Shake Up Markets, by Katie Keith; June 14, 2019
4. Standardizing Social Determinants Of Health
Assessments, by Douglas P. Olson, Benjamin J. Oldfield, and Sofia Morales Navarro; March 18, 2019
5. Unpacking The Executive Order On Health Care Price Transparency And Quality, by Katie Keith; June 25, 2019
6. When Talking About Social Determinants, Precision Matters, by Katie Green and Megan Zook; October 29, 2019
7. The United States Maternal Mortality Rate Will Continue To Increase Without Access To Data, by Rachel Mayer, Alison Dingwall, Juli Simon-Thomas, Abdul Sheikhnureldin, and Kathy Lewis; February 4, 2019
8. North Carolina: The New Frontier For Health Care Transformation, by Mark B. McClellan, Mathew Alexander, Mark Japinga, and Robert S. Saunders; February 7, 2019
9. Vaccine Exemptions And The Federal Government’s Role, by Richard Hughes IV; March 21, 2019
10. Three Hot Topics For The Health Policy Research Community In 2019, by Lisa Simpson; January 24, 2019
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A CLOSER LOOK—Risk Adjustment
On Tuesday, a three-judge panel of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the methodology adopted by the Department of Health and Human Services to administer its risk-adjustment program under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In an April 2017 study, Paul Jacobs and colleagues found that, combined with a reinsurance program, the risk-adjustment approach improved financial outcomes for individual market insurers with the highest claims in early years of the law’s implementation.
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About Health Affairs
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