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umbgerontology.bsky.social
Congratulations to Marc Cohen and Jane Tavares, Ph.D. of LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston for writing one of the most-read HealthAffairs articles of the year! This ranked # 2 on the HealthAffairs Forefront most-read list: www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
History Repeats? Faced With Medicaid Cuts, States Reduced Support For Older Adults And Disabled People | Health Affairs Forefront
Cutting federal Medicaid spending would have such negative consequences on older adults and people with disabilities because reductions in Federal reimbursements to states would leave states with toug...
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December 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
onehealthtrust.bsky.social
🦠 The AMR Stategic Coalition (ASC), which includes the One Health Trust, is pushing forward the fight the control anitmicrobial resistance (AMR) in the United States and globally.

Check out the latest coverage of the ASC in HealthAffairs: www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...

#AMR #ActionOnAMR
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November 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
pandemiccenter.bsky.social
In #HealthAffairs, our Senior Adviser @bethcameron-dc.bsky.social co-authored w/ @spsaki.bsky.social how we should protect Americans in a #BirdFlu pandemic.

From rebuilding surveillance to restoring #mRNA vaccine programs.

Read more ⤵️
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November 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
aahealthdisability.bsky.social
New research makes plain the limitations of existing #DisabilityData measures. #DisabilityHealth researchers can use their recommended limitation statements to explain how ACS6 and WGSS data may not capture all people with disabilities.

Read the study #OpenAccess: academic.oup.com/healthaffair...
Screenshot of the HealthAffairs Scholar article page for "Disability data: a case study in research limitation transparency".
November 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
kathrynp-phd.bsky.social
Editors Choice! #HAScholar @healthAffairs Relationship between state-level abortion policy and maternal mortality in the United States: a scoping review academic.oup.com/healthaffair...
The relationship between state-level abortion policy and maternal mortality in the United States: a scoping review
AbstractIntroduction. The United States has a high rate of maternal mortality compared to similar countries. Following the overturning of Roe v. Wade and f
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October 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
masonroberts.bsky.social
Thanks to Dr. Barr in HealthAffairs for speaking to this so well in his article today.

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#ValueBasedCare #AIinHealthcare #CMS #ActuarialInsights #HealthTech
Can AI Help Deliver CMS’s Value-Based Care Agenda? | Health Affairs Forefront
I posit that the success of value-based care (VBC) programs, including the assumption of more risk, can be accelerated with optimized AI to support clinical workflows and quality gap closures.
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October 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
jlevinscherz.bsky.social
Today in #Employer Coverage: Ambulatory surgery centers cost less than hospital outpatient surgery.

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Ambulatory surgery centers cost less than hospital OPDs
October 15, 2025
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October 15, 2025 at 9:51 AM
rbly.bsky.social
To get a healthaffairs publication out of sniffing your own farts is wild.
September 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
ritahamad.bsky.social
Upcoming seminar hosted by #HealthAffairs on "#Immigration Policies and Their Impact on #Health Care," including effects on both patients and the healthcare workforce. Oct 15 at 1pm Eastern. Sign up here: www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/h... @nilc.org @immcouncil.org @kffhealthnews.org
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September 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
joefigs.bsky.social
In new #HealthAffairs Forefront piece, we show a troubling trend:

Rapid growth of “Chronic Condition Special Needs Plans (C-SNPs)” enrolling dual-eligibles.

We argue their growth is threatening national integrated care efforts for duals.

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Growth Of C-SNPs May Be Jeopardizing Medicare-Medicaid Integration | Health Affairs Forefront
With the new availability of Medicare enrollment data for 2025, we examine ongoing enrollment growth of chronic condition special needs plans (C-SNPs) overall and among the dual-eligible population.
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September 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
jlevinscherz.bsky.social
Today in #Employer Coverage: Opportunities to improve treatment for #opioid use disorder. @healthaffairs. open.substack.com/pub/employer...
Opportunities to improve treatment of those with opioid use disorder
September 23, 2025
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September 23, 2025 at 9:43 AM
nmqf.bsky.social
🧠 Affordability means little without access. That’s the message behind the latest Physical Laws Framework (PLF) article from NMQF.

🔗 Read the full article: www.healthaffairs.org/sponsored-co...

🌐 Learn more at ConserveLife.org
#PrescriptionDrugs #HealthAffairs #AffordableCare #EquityMatters
September 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
schaeffer.usc.edu
It’s become much easier to prescribe a key #opioid addiction treatment. However, a new USC Schaeffer study in #HealthAffairs shows most pharmacies still don't carry the treatment, including in some especially hard-hit areas.
Despite Relaxed Prescribing Rules, Opioid Addiction Treatment Still Hard to Find at Pharmacies - September 2, 2025 - USC Schaeffer
Even as policymakers have made it much easier to prescribe buprenorphine, a new Schaeffer Center study finds most pharmacies still aren't carrying the treatment.  - September 2, 2025
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September 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
schaeffer.usc.edu
Medicare Advantage has grown to cover most seniors.
Schaeffer Sr. Scholar Steve Lieberman traces how overpayments, upcoding & favorable selection are helping fuel MA's meteoric rise and discusses potential reforms on the #HealthAffairs podcast.
Podcast: Steven Lieberman on The Meteoric Rise Of Medicare Advantage | Health Affairs Podcast
Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews Steven M. Lieberman of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles on his recent paper that explores how Medicare Advantage has seen significant enrollment g...
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August 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
pittcp3.bsky.social
PA lawmakers want to regulate #AI use in healthcare. At CP3, we've been thinking about this issue for years and wrote a paper published in #HealthAffairs in 2022.

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More on PA lawmakers via @wesa.fm:
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Overdose Risk Prediction Algorithms: The Need For A Comprehensive Legal Framework | Health Affairs Forefront
Predictive analytics may have a key role to play in overdose prevention. Before the promise of these technologies can be realized, however, a comprehensive legal framework to address information shari...
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August 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
nmqf.bsky.social
The next article in the #PLF series is out now on @HealthAffairs.

This piece is co-authored by Chad Worz, Pharm.D., BCGP, FASCP, CEO of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists.

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#HealthEquity #ConserveLife #KidneyCare
July 31, 2025 at 3:32 PM
ihdps.bsky.social
Two articles from former IHDPS Director Jean Hall and fellow disability researchers dive into how we count people with disabilities in the U.S.

Published by @healthaffairs.bsky.social

Links in comments below

#DisabilityResearch
A white woman with one arm holds up one finger Text: The disability mismatch: The case for a comprehensive disability status measure & In measuring disability, do not abandon US standards Published by HealthAffairs
July 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
centerforhealthai.bsky.social
📢 Dr. @prpayne5.bsky.social co-authored a must-read piece in #HealthAffairs. Priorities for AI in health care include safe AI, an AI-ready workforce, major research investments, and defining AI liabilities. Read more: www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/... #AI #HealthCare #WashUMed #NAM
Artificial Intelligence In Health And Health Care: Priorities For Action | Health Affairs Journal
The field of artificial intelligence (AI) has entered a new cycle of intense opportunity, fueled by advances in deep learning, including generative AI. Applications of recent advances affect many aspe...
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June 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
dusetzinas.bsky.social
New paper out in #HealthAffairs on potential savings with the #InflationReductionAct in Medicare #PartD. Lots of savings for those needing specialty drugs but a note of caution for those with lower spending. Need to shop for a new plan if you take a preferred brand, especially in stand-alone plans!
Medicare Part D Redesign Savings May Be Lower For Beneficiaries With Spending Below The Out-Of-Pocket Cap | Health Affairs Journal
The Medicare prescription drug plan redesign under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 aims to simplify the Part D benefit while capping out-of-pocket spending for Part D–covered drugs. Whether and wh...
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June 2, 2025 at 9:48 PM
avisfavaro.bsky.social
Note to Canadians looking at privately owned hospitals as an option here - US data strongly suggests deaths among surgical patients are higher @healthAffairs www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...
Hospitals Acquired By Private Equity Firms: Increased Postoperative Mortality For Common Inpatient Surgeries | Health Affairs Journal
Private equity (PE) firms have increasingly invested in US hospitals, raising concerns about their effects on the quality of surgical care. We evaluated the impact of PE acquisition of acute care hosp...
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May 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
icdd2025.bsky.social
From HealthAffairs.Org -- "History Repeats? Faced with Medicaid Cuts, States Reduced Support for Older Adults and Disabled...." www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore... #HealthAffairs #ProtectMedicaid #AdministrationOnCommunityLiving
History Repeats? Faced With Medicaid Cuts, States Reduced Support For Older Adults And Disabled People | Health Affairs Forefront
Cutting federal Medicaid spending would have such negative consequences on older adults and people with disabilities because reductions in Federal reimbursements to states would leave states with tough choices: use more state dollars to pay for Medicaid (hard to do if the use of provider taxes is eliminated or severely cut), or cut Medicaid spending.
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April 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
eugelin06.bsky.social
While health regulations are usually well intentioned they often are poorly implemented

Dialysis is a prime example of regulation perpetuating a consolidated industry with no market competition, poor outcomes &price gouging

New in HealthAffairs Forefront

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April 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
jlevinscherz.bsky.social
Today in #Employer Coverage: Study shows that inflation pharmacy rebates could save billions if extended to employer-sponsored health plans

@HealthAffairs

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Inflation pharmacy rebates could save employers billions
April 3, 2025
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April 3, 2025 at 9:44 AM
rutgerscshp.bsky.social
This week’s #FindingsFriday insight comes from a new #HealthAffairs article led by CSHP/@rutgersifh.bsky.social Professor @ericaeliason.bsky.social.

The study examines how state continuous eligibility policies and structures affected children’s #Medicaid and CHIP enrollment: go.rutgers.edu/3q6z78ux
March 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM