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Wednesday, January 8, 2020
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TODAY ON THE BLOG

SYSTEMS OF CARE

Moving To A Learning Measurement System
By Somava Stout, Christine Petrin, and Karen DeSalvo

We need a national measurement system that can bridge sectors to advance health, well-being, and equity. Read More >>


MEDICAID

Proposed Rules On Medicaid Financing Miss Mark And Threaten Access
By Cindy Mann and Anne O'Hagen Karl

If finalized, the rules would have a profound impact on state financing and payment policies that, in turn, could dramatically reduce beneficiary access to care. Read More >>
IN THE JOURNAL

PAYMENT

Differences Between Public And Private Hospital Payment Rates Narrowed, 2012–16
By Thomas M. Selden

In an earlier study Tom Selden and coauthors used data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) to show that the average difference in payment rates for inpatient hospital stays between private insurance and Medicare grew from under 10 percent in 2000 to about 75 percent in 2012. This DataWatch updates those results through 2016, revealing a slowing in and even a reversal of the divergence between private and public (Medicare and Medicaid) payment rates. Read More >>


AFFORDABLE CARE ACT

Terminating Cost-Sharing Reduction Subsidy Payments: The Impact Of Marketplace Zero-Dollar Premium Plans On Enrollment
By Coleman Drake and David M. Anderson

The termination of cost-sharing reduction subsidy payments to insurers in 2017 resulted in a proliferation of Marketplace plans having zero-dollar premiums in 2018 and 2019. In this study Coleman Drake and David Anderson examined whether a zero-price effect exists in potential enrollees’ decisions to become insured in the Marketplaces. Read More >>
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A CLOSER LOOK—Rural Health

Rural hospitals are closing, and many Americans are losing access to health care. A recent Heath Affairs article explains that monitoring and improving rural health is challenging because of varied and conflicting concepts of just what rural means. The authors evaluate the challenges and implications of definitions that inadequately encompass rural people and places.
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