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June 2024, Vol 5, No. 6

JAMA Forum

New Federal Program to Address Child Hunger Begins This Summer

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(6):e242133. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.2133

This JAMA Forum discusses a new summer nutrition program to address child hunger, the evidence on the effects of this and other summer programs, the role for health professionals, and the policy considerations for participation by individual states.

It Is Time to Consider More Price Regulation in Health Care

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(6):e242342. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.2342

This JAMA Forum discusses the promise and pitfalls of regulating prices in the US health care system.

Cost—A Hidden Aspect of Equity-Grounded Implementation Science

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(6):e242350. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.2350

This JAMA Forum discusses the cost of health inequities, the lack of attention to implementation science and the costs in the research enterprise, and provides recommendations for targeting cost in equity-grounded implementation science.

The Unintended and Anticompetitive Consequences of Laws to Control Health Care Costs

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(6):e242470. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.2470

This JAMA Forum discusses the effects of certificate of need laws, certificates of public advantage laws, and restrictions on physician-owned hospitals under the Affordable Care Act on hospital expansion and renovation and health care costs.

Viewpoint

National Institutes of Health Designates Disabled People a Health Disparity Population

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(6):e241185. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.1185

This Viewpoint examines watershed moments in improving health care for people with disabilities in the US.

Advancing Interoperability and Prior Authorization Reform

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(6):e241193. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.1193

This Viewpoint discusses the provisions and potential of the new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Interoperability and Prior Authorization Final Rule.

Resurgent Maternal and Congenital Syphilis in Mississippi—Pathways for Prevention

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(6):e241278. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.1278

This Viewpoint discusses Mississippi’s public health challenges particularly as they relate to resurgent maternal and congenital syphilis.

Artificial Intelligence Can Be Regulated Using Current Patient Safety Procedures and Infrastructure in Hospitals

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(6):e241369. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.1369

This Viewpoint describes the potential benefits and harms of using artificial intelligence (AI) in health care decision-making processes.

Original Investigation

Medicaid Policy Change and Immediate Postpartum Long-Acting Reversible Contraception

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(6):e241359. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.1359

This cohort study assesses the association between a change in Medicaid policy allowing for reimbursement of long-acting, reversible contraception (LARC) separate from the obstetrics global fee and use of LARC immediately postpartum.

Beneficiary Experience of Care by Level of Integration in Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(6):e241383. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.1383

This cross-sectional study compares experience of care, out-of-pocket spending, and satisfaction between dually enrolled Medicaid beneficiaries with traditional Medicare and those with Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans with and without exclusively aligned enrollment.

Medicaid Managed Care and Pediatric Dental Emergency Department Visits

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(6):e241472. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.1472

This cohort study estimates the association between the adoption of managed care for dental services in Florida’s Medicaid program and nontraumatic dental emergency department visits and associated charges.

Health and the 2024 US Election

Increasing Voter Participation Through Health Care–Based Voter Registration

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(6):e241563. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.1563

This cross-sectional study assesses whether leveraging health care settings as venues for voter registration and mobilization is useful, particularly for historically underrepresented populations in elections.

Racial and Ethnic and Rural Variations in Access to Primary Care for Veterans Following the MISSION Act

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(6):e241568. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.1568

This cross-sectional study examines the utilization of and wait times for primary care for Black and Hispanic veterans compared with White veterans in rural and urban areas after the VA MISSION Act.

Quantifying Industry Spending on Promotional Events Using Open Payments Data

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(6):e241581. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.1581

This cross-sectional study using Open Payments data describes a method to quantify spending by the pharmaceutical and medical device companies on events to promote products among prescribers.

State Cannabis and Psychedelic Legislation and Microdosing Interest in the US

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(6):e241653. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.1653

This cross-sectional study analyzes trends in public interest in microdosing in the US through Google search queries and assesses their association with cannabis and psychedelic legislative reforms.

Household Health Care Payments Under Rate Setting, Spending Growth Target, and Single-Payer Policies

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(6):e241932. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.1932

This cross-sectional microsimulation analysis simulates how overall health care payments and who pays for health care would change under rate regulation, spending growth target, and single-payer health care alternatives compared with the status quo.

Health and the 2024 US Election

Changes in Health Care and Prescription Medication Affordability in the US During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(6):e241939. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.1939

This cross-sectional study evaluates changes in health care affordability and prescription medication affordability during the COVID-19 pandemic (2021 and 2022) compared with pre–COVID-19 pandemic levels (2019) and whether income-based inequities changed.

Pay-for-Performance Incentives for Home Dialysis Use and Kidney Transplant

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(6):e242055. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.2055

This cross-sectional study assesses the association of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ End-Stage Renal Disease Treatment Choices model with use of home dialysis and kidney transplant during the model’s first 2 years and examines changes in these outcomes by race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status.

Coverage and Access Changes During Medicaid Unwinding

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(6):e242193. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.2193

This survey study examines assess early changes in insurance and access to care during Medicaid unwinding among individuals with low incomes in 4 Southern states.

Research Letter

Patient-Level Savings on Generic Drugs Through the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(6):e241468. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.1468

This economic evaluation estimates the out-of-pocket cost savings patients could achieve if generic drugs were purchased directly from the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company rather than using their health insurance.

Trends in Private Equity Consolidation in Cardiovascular Care

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(6):e241478. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.1478

This cross-sectional study examines the growth in numbers and geographic locations of private equity acquisitions in cardiology across the US.

Brief Report

Race and Ethnicity Representation in Phase 2/3 Oncology Clinical Trial Publications: A Systematic Review

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(6):e241388. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.1388

This systematic review assesses race and ethnicity reporting rates from 4 high-impact medical journals to examine patient representation by race and ethnicity compared with national cancer incidence.

Editorial

Equity in Access for Veterans in the VA Community Care Program

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(6):e241405. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.1405
Correction

Error in Figure 2

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(6):e241508. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.1508

Errors in Table 1 and Table 3

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(6):e241974. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.1974
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JAMA Health Forum

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(6):e240531. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.0531
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