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

**Thursday, January 16, 2020**

TODAY ON THE BLOG

PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE

Nudging Into Insurance Coverage: Lessons From 401(k) Auto-Enrollment

By Nathan Hodson

Christen Linke Young's retroactive model offers new hope for
auto-enrollment into health insurance, but behaviorally informed
adjustments will be required to use the power of auto-enrollment for
good. Read More >>

PAYMENT

Administration Fails To Assess Impact Of Major Changes Proposed For
State Medicaid Financing and Supplemental Provider Payments

By Edwin Park

On November 18, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
issued a proposed "Fiscal Accountability" rule, which could
significantly change how states finance their share of the cost of
Medicaid programs and how states provide supplemental payments to
hospitals, nursing homes, physicians, and other providers. Despite its
likely broad, harmful impact, CMS acknowledges that the fiscal effects
of the proposed rule on state Medicaid programs are largely "unknown."
Read More >>

COMMUNICATION

You've Got To Hear This: Funding A New Health Policy Podcast

By Steven Birenbaum and Jordan Reese

The podcasting world is bursting with content, and there are an
increasing number of health policy podcasts to choose from. Health
philanthropy has been getting involved in this medium, too. For example,
two foundations are supporting a new podcast at the intersection of
economics and health policy. Staffers at the two funders explain why
they believe in the potential of podcasts and how they plan to build an
audience. Read More >>

IN THE JOURNAL

MEDICARE

The Impact Of Bundled Payment On Health Care Spending, Utilization, And
Quality: A Systematic Review

By Rajender Agarwal, Joshua M. Liao, Ashutosh Gupta, and Amol S. Navathe

Bundled payments for discrete services are designed to create incentives
for efficient resource allocation by providers. Rajender Agarwal and
coauthors conducted the first systematic review of three programs
administered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services starting
in 2009: the Acute Care Episode Demonstration, the Bundled Payments for
Care Improvement initiative, and the Comprehensive Care for Joint
Replacement model. Read More >>

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A CLOSER LOOK-Nicotine

U-Haul recently announced that it will no longer hire people who use
nicotine in any form in the twenty-one states where such hiring policies
are legal. A Health Affairs Blog post suggestsnext steps in a
comprehensive strategy for tobacco harm reduction
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