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September 2022, Vol 3, No. 9

JAMA Forum

Optimizing Investment in Housing as a Social Determinant of Health

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JAMA Health Forum. 2022;3(9):e223626. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.3626

This JAMA Forum discusses the challenges of assessing the effects of housing investment as a social determinant of health, coordinating budgeting, building infrastructure, and the targeted government actions underway.

Medicare Enters the Pharmaceutical Purchasing Business

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JAMA Health Forum. 2022;3(9):e223630. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.3630

This JAMA Forum discusses the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act that enables Medicare, for the first time, to negotiate prescription drug prices with pharmaceutical companies.

Resuscitating Abortion Rights in Emergency Care

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JAMA Health Forum. 2022;3(9):e223781. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.3781

This JAMA Forum discusses the Biden administration鈥檚 efforts to ensure abortion rights during emergency care, the protections afforded under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act and how they relate to abortion care, and individual state鈥檚 efforts to ensure abortions are not performed in any situation.

Living in an Age of Pandemics鈥擣rom COVID-19 to Monkeypox, Polio, and Disease X

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JAMA Health Forum. 2022;3(9):e224062. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.4062

This JAMA Forum discusses pandemic drivers and the lessons learned by health systems during the COVID-19 pandemic, including global cooperation, equity, health communication, and childhood vaccinations, and provides 5 steps toward a more secure future with information on prevention, preparedness, response, recovery, and resilience.

Health Insurance Coverage After the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Ends

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JAMA Health Forum. 2022;3(9):e224207. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.4207

This JAMA Forum discusses the potential ramifications after the COVID-19 public health emergency ends such as limiting telehealth, ending the continuous enrollment requirement in Medicaid, and decreasing regulatory flexibility that has allowed pharmacists to administer COVID-19 vaccines.

Viewpoint

Strengthening Primary Care to Improve Health Outcomes in the US鈥擟reating Oversight to Address Invisibility

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JAMA Health Forum. 2022;3(9):e222903. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.2903

This Viewpoint discusses how the lack of a comprehensive national primary care approach creates gaps and confusion in federal policy and proposes solutions.

Residency Training in the COVID-19 Pandemic鈥擜ddressing the Need for Systems-Based Education

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JAMA Health Forum. 2022;3(9):e223023. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.3023

This Viewpoint discusses the importance of systems-based practices in residency education and lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic.

CMS Coverage With Evidence Development鈥擟hallenges and Opportunities for Improvement

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JAMA Health Forum. 2022;3(9):e223061. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.3061

This Viewpoint describes the recent Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services requirement of coverage with evidence development for aducanumab and other Alzheimer disease drugs and considers how this policy tool could be improved.

The 340B Drug Discount Program Preserved After US Supreme Court Review鈥擝ut Chevron Remains Vulnerable

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JAMA Health Forum. 2022;3(9):e223185. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.3185

This Viewpoint commends the ruling in favor of 340B-covered entities but contemplates if the absence of the Chevron deference will affect future health care-related policy.

The Dr Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act: A Modest Step in the Right Direction

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JAMA Health Forum. 2022;3(9):e223349. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.3349

This Viewpoint discusses the burnout crisis in American medicine that has negatively influenced patient care and the physical and mental health of US physicians, as well as the first dedicated federal effort aimed at improving the mental health of US physicians.

Original Investigation

Association of the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model With Quality, Utilization, and Medicare Payments After the First 5 Years

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JAMA Health Forum. 2022;3(9):e222723. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.2723

This cohort study examines quality, utilization, and Medicare payments for home health patients in home health value-based purchasing model states compared with those in comparison states.

Association of Private Equity Acquisition of Physician Practices With Changes in Health Care Spending and Utilization

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JAMA Health Forum. 2022;3(9):e222886. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.2886

This difference-in-differences study of private equity acquisition of physician practices examines changes in prices and utilization associated with acquisition.

Association of Insurance Mix and Diagnostic Coding Practices in New York State Hospitals

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JAMA Health Forum. 2022;3(9):e222919. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.2919

This cross-sectional study examines the association between a hospital鈥檚 share of privately insured patients and diagnostic coding practices.

Comparison of Low-Value Services Among Medicare Advantage and Traditional Medicare Beneficiaries

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JAMA Health Forum. 2022;3(9):e222935. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.2935

This cross-sectional study compares rates of low-value services between Medicare Advantage and traditional Medicare beneficiaries and explores how elements of insurance design present in Medicare Advantage are associated with the delivery of low-value care.

Receipt of Out-of-State Telemedicine Visits Among Medicare Beneficiaries During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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JAMA Health Forum. 2022;3(9):e223013. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.3013

This cross-sectional study examines out-of-state telemedicine use during the COVID-19 pandemic among Medicare beneficiaries.

Association Between Medicaid Dental Payment Policies and Children鈥檚 Dental Visits, Oral Health, and School Absences

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JAMA Health Forum. 2022;3(9):e223041. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.3041

This cross-sectional study used National Survey of Children鈥檚 Health data to evaluate the association of increased Medicaid dental payment rates with children鈥檚 dental visits, oral health, and school absences.

Financial Outcomes Associated With the COVID-19 Pandemic in California Hospitals

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JAMA Health Forum. 2022;3(9):e223056. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.3056

This cross-sectional study uses quarterly data from 348 California acute care facilities between 2019 and June 2021 to assess financial outcomes, government financial assistance programs, and safety-net hospital performance compared with non鈥搒afety net hospital performance.

Medicare Advantage Financing and Quality in Puerto Rico vs the 50 US States and Washington, DC

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JAMA Health Forum. 2022;3(9):e223073. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.3073

This cohort study analyzes differences in Medicare Advantage plan payments and quality ratings between Puerto Rico and the 50 US states and Washington, DC, and changes in these difference after Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act implementation.

Comparison of Estimated No Surprises Act Qualifying Payment Amounts and Payments to In-Network and Out-of-Network Emergency Medicine Professionals

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JAMA Health Forum. 2022;3(9):e223085. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.3085

This cross-sectional study compares in-network and out-of-network payments with qualifying payment amount estimates to assess potential implications of the No Surprises Act on private insurance reimbursements for emergency medicine clinicians.

Effect of Pharmacist Email Alerts on Concurrent Prescribing of Opioids and Benzodiazepines by Prescribers and Primary Care Managers: A Randomized Clinical Trial

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JAMA Health Forum. 2022;3(9):e223378. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.3378

This randomized clinical trial investigates whether pharmacist emails to practitioners of patients who recently received opioids and benzodiazepines reduce coprescribing of these medications.

Exit Rates of Accountable Care Organizations That Serve High Proportions of Beneficiaries of Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups

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JAMA Health Forum. 2022;3(9):e223398. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.3398

This cohort study examines whether accountable care organizations with a high proportion of racial and ethnic minority groups are more likely to exit the Medicare Shared Savings Program.

Research Letter

Association Between Patient Demographic Characteristics and Devices Used to Access Telehealth Visits in a US Primary Care Network

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JAMA Health Forum. 2022;3(9):e222932. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.2932

This cross-sectional study assesses the association between patient characteristics and use of different devices to access telehealth visits during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Association Between Double Bonuses and Clinical and Administrative Performance in Medicare Advantage

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JAMA Health Forum. 2022;3(9):e223301. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.3301

This cross-sectional study compares double bonuses with clinical and administrative performance in Medicare Advantage facilities.

Changes in Industry Marketing and Research Payments to US Physicians and Teaching Hospitals During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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JAMA Health Forum. 2022;3(9):e223342. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.3342

This cross-sectional study explores ways that the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with changes in research and marketing payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies before and during the pandemic.

In the News

Study Finds Historic Levels of Marijuana, Hallucinogen Use Among Young Adults

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JAMA Health Forum. 2022;3(9):e223737. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.3737

Report Dissects Fraud Risk in Telehealth Services Billed to Medicare

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JAMA Health Forum. 2022;3(9):e223887. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.3887

Review Identifies 鈥淣oteworthy鈥 Differences in Effects on Patients of Traditional Medicare vs Medicare Advantage

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JAMA Health Forum. 2022;3(9):e224052. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.4052

High Suicide Rates Among American Indian or Alaska Native Persons Surging Even Higher

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JAMA Health Forum. 2022;3(9):e224179. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.4179
Special Communication

Expert Panel Consensus on State-Level Policies to Improve Engagement and Retention in Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder

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JAMA Health Forum. 2022;3(9):e223285. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.3285

This study examines expert consensus on the effectiveness and the ability to implement state-level opioid use disorder treatment policies.

Invited Commentary

Takeaways From 2 Key Studies on Interstate Telehealth Use Among Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries

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JAMA Health Forum. 2022;3(9):e223020. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.3020
Editorial

Noteworthy New Milestones for JAMA Health Forum

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JAMA Health Forum. 2022;3(9):e223734. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.3734
JAMA Health Forum Masthead

JAMA Health Forum

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JAMA Health Forum. 2022;3(9):e220717. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.0717
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