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Sunday, December 18, 2022 | The Latest Research, Commentary, And News
From Health Affairs
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Health Affairs is planning a thematic issue on COVID-19 and lessons for
global health for December 2023. Please see our request for abstracts
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Ahead-Of-Print: National Health Care Spending In 2021
A new analysis from the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services
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(CMS) was released ahead-of-print this week. Anne Martin and coauthors
estimate that in 2021 health care spending in the United States
increased 2.7 percent to $4.3 trillion, or $12,914 per person.
The authors' findings indicate that health care spending growth in 2021
was much slower than growth in the nominal gross domestic product (GDP),
which increased 10.7 percent.
Other findings from the article, which will be featured in the January
2023 issue of Health Affairs, include:
* Growth in total health care spending in 2021 reflected increases in
the use of health care goods and services and insurance coverage that
were accompanied by a decline in federal government health care
spending.
* Federal COVID-19 funding continued in 2021, but at a much lower level
than in 2020.
* The number of uninsured individuals declined for the second
consecutive year, going from 31.2 million in 2020 to 28.5 million in
2021.
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Health Affairs This Week: 2022 Health Policy Year in Review
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On the 100th episode of Health Affairs This Week, Ellen Bayer and
Kathleen Haddad go over major policy developments in health care this
year, including COVID-19, abortion, gun violence, drug prices, and more.
A Health Podyssey: Sara Yeatman On The Intersection Of Contraceptive
Access And College Completion
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Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Sara Yeatman from
the University of Colorado Denver to discuss the effects of the
Colorado's 2009 Family Planning Initiative on contraceptive access in
college completion for women.
The Proposed 2024 Payment Rule, Explained
CMS issued the proposed 2024 Notice of Benefits and Payment Parameters
on Monday, December 12.
The NBPP, known colloquially as the Payment Rule, is eagerly awaited
each year as it provides the vehicle for CMS to announce major policy
changes in many areas affecting consumers, health insurers, and the
marketplaces, among others.
Health Affairs Forefront pulled together comprehensive coverage this
week of the proposed rule from Sabrina Corlette, Matthew Fiedler, and
Jason Levitis.
Part 1: Insurance Market Reforms and Consumer Assistance
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by Sabrina Corlette
In this first of three Forefront articles on the 2024 NBPP, Sabrina
Corlette focuses on proposed market reforms and consumer assistance
improvements.
Part 2: Risk Adjustment
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by Matthew Fiedler
In this second of three Forefront articles on the proposed 2024 Notice
of Benefit and Payment Parameters, we focus on risk adjustment.
Part 3: Exchange Operational Standards and APTC Policies
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by Jason Levitis
Levitis focuses on Exchange operational standards and Advance Premium
Tax Credit policies, including the annual payment parameter guidance.
Featured This Week
Redesigning Health Equity Philanthropy
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Rich Joseph and Makeeba McCreary
Increasing Stimulant Prescriptions To Prevent Overdose Deaths In An
Adderall Shortage
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Eric J. Kutscher and S. Alex Sidelnik
Improving Care For Dually Eligible Individuals With Intellectual And/Or
Developmental Disabilities
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Giselle Torralba and Brianna Ensslin Janoski
Drug Pricing Reform In The Inflation Reduction Act: What Are The
Implications? Part 1
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Nitzan Arad and Mark McClellan
Drug Pricing Reform In The Inflation Reduction Act: What Are the
Implications? Part 2
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Nitzan Arad and Mark McClellan
Proposed 2024 Payment Rule, Part 1: Insurance Market Reforms And
Consumer Assistance
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Sabrina Corlette
Proposed 2024 Payment Rule, Part 2: Risk Adjustment
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Matthew Fiedler
The Decline In US Life Expectancy; The Nation's Choice
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Steven H. Woolf
When Nonprofit Health Care Behaves Badly: The Case For Mission Leaders
As Ombudsmen
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Mark Kuczewski
As Mpox Persists With A New Name, Challenges Remain
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Syra Madad and Andrew Wallach
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