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Thursday, January 26, 2023 | The Latest Research, Commentary, And News
From Health Affairs
Dear John,
Don't miss our event on February 3, "Rational Health Care Spending
Growth - Can We Get There From Here?" The event is open to all and you
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Behavioral Health Cost Sharing and More
This month's issue of Health Affairs covers a variety of topics like the
effects of behavioral health cost sharing and health care spending.
In one article, Vicki Fung and coauthors examine coverage parity and
racial and ethnic disparities
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in mental health and substance use care among Medicare beneficiaries.
From 2010 through 2014, Medicare phased in cost-sharing parity for
outpatient mental health and substance use disorder (MHSUD) services,
thereby reducing cost-sharing levels.
Fung and coauthors find that among White beneficiaries, the policy
change was associated with an increase in relative rates of MHSUD
specialty visits and medication use and a decrease in emergency
department visits and hospitalizations related to MHSUD.
Elsewhere in the journal, Anne Martin and coauthors from the Office of
the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
provide insights about national health care spending in 2021.
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They 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.
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Elsewhere At Health Affairs
Today in Forefront, Cindy Mann and coauthors discuss a new approach to
budget neutrality
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unveiled by CMS in recently approved demonstrations in multiple states.
Richard Hughes IV urges further clarity from the federal government
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on the coverage and management of HIV prevention.
Read more on Forefront
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Daily Digest
Coverage Parity And Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Mental Health And
Substance Use Care Among Medicare Beneficiaries
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Fung et al.
National Health Care Spending In 2021: Decline In Federal Spending
Outweighs Greater Use Of Health Care
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Anne B. Martin et al.
CMS Updates Its Budget Neutrality Policy
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Cindy Mann et al.
Why Are We Delaying Coverage Of New HIV Prevention?
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