View Message in Browser

[link removed]

 

[link removed]

 

[link removed]

 

[link removed]

 

mailto:[email protected]

[link removed]

**The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs**

**Tuesday, January 7, 2020**

[link removed]

TODAY ON THE BLOG

ACCOUNTABLE CARE

How Are ACOs Prioritizing Palliative Care And Other Serious Illness
Strategies?

By Rachel Roiland, William K. Bleser, David Muhlestein, Robert S.
Saunders

Given their breadth and their incentives for care coordination,
accountable care organizations could be a powerful vehicle for improving
palliative and serious illness care. Read More >>

FOLLOWING THE ACA

Will The Supreme Court Take Up The Contraceptive Mandate (Again)?

By Katie Keith

We may learn the Supreme Court's decision on January 13, 2020. This is
because

**Pennsylvania**has been scheduled for the Court's conference on
January 10. If the Court accepts the appeal, it could affirm or reverse
the Third Circuit's decision. If not, the case would be over, and the
Third Circuit's decision would be allowed to stand. The Trump-era
rules on the contraceptive mandate would be permanently vacated and
unenforceable.
Read More >>

HEALTH AFFAIRS BRANDED POST

The Value Of Medicare Advantage: Understanding What's At Stake

By Allyson Y. Schwartz
Supported by the Better Medicare Alliance

Like the election before it, the 2020 presidential election is already
proving to be a referendum on health care-and the stakes for consumers
couldn't be higher. Read More >>

IN THE JOURNAL

MATERNAL & CHILD HEALTH

Out-Of-Pocket Spending For Maternity Care Among Women With
Employer-Based Insurance, 2008-15

By Michelle H. Moniz, A. Mark Fendrick, Giselle E. Kolenic, Anca Tilea,
Lindsay K. Admon, and Vanessa K. Dalton

While maternity care is a required benefit under the ACA, women with
employer-based insurance still face deductibles and copayments when
obtaining care. Michelle Moniz and coauthors find that between 2008 and
2015, mean out-of-pocket spending for maternity care for these women
increased from $3,069 to $4,569, driven mostly by increases in
deductibles. Read More >>

[link removed]

Read the January 2020 Table of Contents

**Subscribe to**Health Affairs

**for full journal access**

[link removed]

A CLOSER LOOK-Children's Mental Health

Young people are particularly vulnerable to mental health concerns, as
suicide and homicide are the second- and third-leading causes of death
for people ages 10-24. This Health Affairs journal article reviews
access, outcomes, and quality in the children's mental health system
and identifies five areas for intentional policy action to better infuse
quality into the system
.

HEALTH AFFAIRS CAREER OPPORTUNITY

Editorial Assistant/Coordinator

Health Affairs has an immediate opening for an editorial
assistant/coordinator

in its Bethesda, Maryland, office. The position provides:

* support for editorial information and project management needs

* technical assistance to users of editorial databases

* editorial/production support for Health Affairs Blog

Please visit our website

for a position description and information on how to apply.

[link removed]

[link removed]

[link removed]

 

[link removed]

 

[link removed]

 

[link removed]

About Health Affairs

Health Affairs is the leading peer-reviewed journal
at the intersection of health,
health care, and policy. Published monthly by Project HOPE, the journal
is available in print and online. Late-breaking content is also found
through healthaffairs.org , Health Affairs
Today , and Health Affairs
Sunday Update .  

Project HOPE is a global health and
humanitarian relief organization that places power in the hands of local
health care workers to save lives across the globe. Project HOPE has
published Health Affairs since 1981.

Copyright © Project HOPE: The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc.

Health Affairs, 7500 Old Georgetown Road, Suite 600, Bethesda, MD 20814, United States

Privacy Policy

To unsubscribe from this email, click here
.                 
                                               
                        I