Forefront: Health Care Affordability
 â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â
Problems viewing this email?
View Message In Browser
<[link removed]>
Thursday, February 16, 2023 | The Latest Research, Commentary, And News
From Health Affairs
Dear John,
Join us for our first virtual happy hour
<[link removed]>
on Tuesday, February 28.
Insiders from across the country will have the opportunity to network
with other Health Affairs Insiders, health policy professionals, and
members of the Health Affairs senior leadership team. Become an Insider
today
<[link removed]>.
Dialysis Networks In Medicare Advantage
When the 21st Century Cures Act went into effect in January 2021, it
permitted people with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) to enroll in
Medicare Advantage (MA).
Eunhae Oh and coauthors analyze the dialysis facility networks for MA
plans in 2020
<[link removed]>,
one year before the act significantly increased MA enrollment among
patients with ESRD.
Nearly one-quarter of dialysis networks were narrow, which Oh and
coauthors defined as including 25 percent or fewer of dialysis
facilities within the plan's service area.
The authors also report that Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, and
American Indian/Alaska Native beneficiaries with ESRD were more likely
than White beneficiaries to be enrolled in narrow-network MA plans.
Visit our website to read more about the policy implications of their
findings.
Read More
<[link removed]>
[link removed]
Advertisement
Elsewhere At Health Affairs
Today in Forefront, Bryan Dowd and Tim McDonald explain the meaning of
the "iron triangle" in health policy and describe how "discriminant"
coverage designs
<[link removed]>
could reduce spending without reducing quality or access.
Bill Frist, one of the cochairs of the Health Affairs Council on Health
Care Spending and Value, published an article in Forbes discussing
administrative waste and inefficiencies in US health care spending
<[link removed]>.
Frist's article is the first in a four-part series on the Health Affairs
Council on Health Care Spending and Value's
<[link removed]>
newly released report, "A Road Map for Action.
<[link removed]>"
During Black History Month, we're highlighting influential Black voices
and organizations who have made an impact on health equity and policy.
Did you know? When a group of Black doctors sought membership into the
American Medical Association in the late 1800s, they were repeatedly
denied. In 1895, they formed the National Medical Association
<[link removed]>.
In 1908, the NMA began publishing the Journal of the National Medical
Association. The NMA is now the largest and oldest national organization
representing African American physicians and their patients.
Paid For By UnitedHealthcare
Community & State <[link removed]> is the business
segment of UnitedHealthcare that provides health care coverage for the
economically disadvantaged, the medically underserved and those without
the benefit of employer-funded health plans. These state-based health
plans meet local needs, while leveraging the national resources of
UnitedHealthcare.
Advertisement
Daily Digest
Narrow Dialysis Networks In Medicare Advantage: Exposure By Race,
Ethnicity, And Dual Eligibility
<[link removed]>
Eunhae Grace Oh et al.
Health Care Affordability: Iron Triangle Or Iron Curtain?
<[link removed]>
Bryan Dowd and Tim McDonald
[link removed]
How well do you know health policy?
Every week, we'll send out a quiz question covering Health Affairs
history and health policy trivia. Test your knowledge today on the
question below:
What is the phone number to the national mental health hotline?
* 911
* 977
* 988
* 999
Answer <[link removed]>
[link removed]
[link removed]
Â
[link removed]
Â
[link removed]
Â
[link removed]
Â
mailto:
[email protected]
About Health Affairs
Health Affairs is the leading peer-reviewed journal
<[link removed]> at the intersection of health,
health care, and policy. Published monthly by Project HOPE, the journal
is available in print and online. Late-breaking content is also found
through healthaffairs.org <healthaffairs.org>, Health Affairs Today
<[link removed]>, and Health Affairs Sunday
Update <[link removed]>. Â
Project HOPE <[link removed]> is a global health and
humanitarian relief organization that places power in the hands of local
health care workers to save lives across the globe. Project HOPE has
published Health Affairs since 1981.
Copyright © Project HOPE: The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc.
Health Affairs, 1220 19th Street, NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20036, United States
Privacy Policy <[link removed]>
To unsubscribe from this email, update your email preferences here
<[link removed]>.
_________________
Sent to
[email protected]
Unsubscribe:
[link removed]
Health Affairs, 1220 19th Street, NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20036, United States
