This week, we published a new Considering Health Spending Research Brief focusing on value-based payment as a tool to address excess US health spending.

The brief explores top findings from the literature about value-based payment. Key takeaways from the research include:

More than half of health care payments in the US are still based on fee-for-service.
Savings attributable to ACOs range from just less than 1 percent to just more than 6 percent of per person spending.
The effects of bundled payments vary across procedures and patient populations.
Research on savings from capitation is limited.

The Health Affairs nonpartisan Council on Health Care Spending and Value studies excessive health spending in the US and recommends strategies to address it.

This research brief is one in a series that provides snapshots of key literature that informed the council’s inquiry into health
spending drivers and interventions.

Join us on December 8, 2022, for the free briefing, "EITC, TANF and More: The Health and Policy Implications of Building Income Supports for Low-Income Families with Young Children."

Selected authors and experts will present their work and discuss how policy makers can better understand the drivers of disparities in access to income support programs.

Additional events this month include:

Policy Spotlight: One-On-One with White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha (12/12)
Insider Journal Club: Understanding Take-Up Of The Earned Income Tax Credit Among Californians With Low Income (12/15)

A Health Podyssey: Abdinasir Ali On State Eviction Moratoriums' Impact on Health
Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Abdinasir Ali from the University of Iowa College of Public Health on his research assessing the effects of state eviction moratoriums on mental health.

Health Affairs This Week: Tackling Bias in Health Care Algorithms

California Attorney General Rob Bonta is investigating hospitals' software algorithms to help identify potential racial biases in the systems. Listen to Health Affairs' Jessica Bylander and Rob Lott discuss the background and research behind racial biases in health care algorithms.

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