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What Does Economy-Wide Inflation Mean for the Prices of Healthcare Services (and Vice Versa)?
While consumer prices rose more than 6% over the 12-month period ending in January 2022, Matthew Fiedler writes that healthcare services have been an exception with only modest increases above pre-pandemic rates.
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Comments On the 2023 Advance Notice On Medicare Part C and D Payment Policies
Matthew Fiedler and Richard Frank commented on the 2023 Medicare Part C and D Advance Notice issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
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The Debate on Overpayment In Medicare Advantage: Pulling It together
Health Affairs Forefront has published articles that advance two diametrically opposing assessments of issues regarding the Medicare Advantage program. Ginsburg and Lieberman discuss them and why it is important to come to agreement.
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New Evidence Suggests a Lack of Cost-Shifting in Prescription Drug Markets
Recent legislative efforts to regulate drug prices have reignited debates about the interaction between price setting in public insurance programs and commercial market spending.
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Comments on the 2023 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters
Loren Adler, Erin Duffy, and Matthew Fiedler recently provided comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on CMS’ proposal to resume network adequacy reviews for qualified health plans offered in states that use the federal enrollment platform.
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CMS Should Abandon Its “Two-Stage” Risk Adjustment Estimation Proposal
USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy experts analyze a CMS proposal that will use “two-stage” estimation procedure to set risk scores.
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Comments on the Georgia Access Model
Linda Blumberg and Matthew Fiedler recently provide comments to the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of the Treasury on the Georgia Access Model.
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Building a Sustainable Behavioral Health Crisis Continuum
An overview of new federal policies that are being implemented, their potential impact and implementation challenges, and considerations about whether additional federal policy actions are necessary to strengthen the ability of states and localities to establish behavioral health crisis services that reflect best practices to meet community needs.
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The Kids Are Not All Right: The Urgent Need to Expand Effective Behavioral Health Services for Children and Youth
The pandemic has created additional financial stress, loss of loved ones, and educational and social disruptions for many children. For the more than 12 million US children who live in families with incomes below the poverty line, there are additional pressures that can reduce health and well-being, including homelessness and food insecurity.
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