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Health Affairs Kathleen Haddad and Vabren Watts discuss open enrollment season and Medicare provisions in the CMS Final Rule.Related Links:Previewing The 2023 Open Enrollment Period (Health Affairs Forefront)HHS Finalizes Physician Payment Rule Strengthening Access to Behavioral Health Services and Whole-Person Care (CMS)Shopping for ACA Health Insurance? Here's What's New This Year (Kaiser Health News)An Overhaul for Medicare's Pay Transformation Program (Axios)Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available — and we’d like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.Subscribe: RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castro | Stitcher | Deezer | Overcast

Health Affairs' Leslie Erdelack and Jessica Bylander discuss the FDA's efforts to pull the pregnancy drug Makena from the market and the implications for drug policy.Join us in D.C. for an in-person happy hour event on November 17Related Links:FDA Panel Recommends Pulling Preterm Birth Drug From the Market (New York Times)Accelerated Approval of Cancer Drugs: No Economic Reward For Drug Makers That Conduct Confirmatory Trials (Health Affairs)Delays in Confirmatory Trials for Drug Applications Granted FDA's Accelerated Approval Raise Concerns (Office of Inspector General)Podcast: Prescription Drug Policy, Drug Pricing & Aduhelm With Rachel Sachs (Health Affairs This Week)Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available — and we’d like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.Subscribe: RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castro | Stitcher | Deezer | OvercastJoin us in D.C. for an in-person happy hour event on November 17

Health Affairs This Week is on a break this week. Today, we are publishing an episode from A Health Podyssey, where Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil brings you in-depth conversations with leading researchers and influencers shaping the big ideas in health policy and the health care industry. Health Affairs This Week will return next week.Subscribe to A Health Podyssey: RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google PodcastsHealth Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Northwestern University's Tara Lagu on the paper she published in the October 2022 issue of Health Affairs examining physicians attitudes toward patients with disabilities.Order the October 2022 issue of Health Affairs on disability and health.Health Affairs thanks the Ford Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for their financial support of this issue.Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.

Health Affairs' Ryann Tanap and Vabren Watts interview Tony Brunswick, executive director of Art Enables, about his organization and its work and impact on artists with disabilities.Health Affairs thanks the Ford Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation,and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for their financial support of this issue.Related Links:Disability and Health Theme IssueCreating Income Opportunities for Artists with Disabilities (Health Affairs Forefront)Health Affairs Sunday Update Sign-UpArt Studio Helps Adults With Disabilities Turn Their Passion Into a Career (NPR)Disability & Health in 10 Exhibits: Themes from Health Affairs' October 2022 Issue (Health Affairs Forefront)Order the October 2022 issue of Health Affairs on disability and health.Sign up for Health Affairs Sunday Update.Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available — and we’d like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.Subscribe: RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castro | Stitcher | Deezer | Overcast

Health Affairs' Leslie Erdelack and Ellen Bayer give a peek behind the curtain on Health Affairs' new Disability and Health theme issue.Health Affairs thanks the Ford Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation,and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for their financial support of this issue.Related Links:Disability and Health Theme IssueTara Lagu on Physicians’ Attitudes on People With Disabilities (A Health Podyssey)Patient And Coworker Mistreatment Of Physicians With Disabilities (Health Affairs)Upcoming Health Affairs EventsOrder the October 2022 issue of Health Affairs on disability and health.Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available — and we’d like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.Subscribe: RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castro | Stitcher | Deezer | Overcast

Health Affairs' Kathleen Haddad and Chris Fleming conduct a whistle-stop tour of the current health policy litigations flowing through the courts.Related Links:Providers Sue (Again) Over No Surprises (Health Affairs Forefront)Lawsuit Challenges Federal Copay Accumulator Policy (Health Affairs Forefront)Court Holds That Key ACA Preventive Services Requirements Are Unconstitutional (Health Affairs Forefront)Will The US Supreme Court Strike Down The ACA's Preventive Services Coverage Requirement? (Health Affairs Forefront)Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available — and we’d like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.Subscribe: RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castro | Stitcher | Deezer | Overcast

Listen to Marianne Amoss and Rob Lott talk about Health Affairs' Forefront series on Medicare and Medicaid Integration and some of their favorite articles about the dual eligible population.The series is produced with the support of Arnold Ventures. Included articles are reviewed and edited by Health Affairs Forefront staff; the opinions expressed are those of the authors. The series will run through October 31, 2022; submissions are accepted on a rolling basis.Related Links:Medicare and Medicaid Integration Landing PageTo Advance Health Equity For Dual-Eligibles Beneficiaries, We Need Culturally Appropriate Services (Health Affairs Forefront)Congress Considers Strategies To Improve Medicare and Medicaid Integration For Dual-Eligible Individuals (Health Affairs Forefront)Integrating Care In Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans: A Bigger Toolbox For States (Health Affairs Forefront)Podcast: Eric Roberts on Dual Eligibles Coverage (A Health Podyssey)Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available — and we’d like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.Subscribe: RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castro | Stitcher | Deezer | Overcast

Listen to Health Affairs' Jessica Bylander and Vabren Watts discuss a new partnership between Walmart and UnitedHealth Group - which will include efforts across retail health centers, Medicare Advantage plans, and social determinants of health - as well as other health care moves from big retailers like Amazon and CVS. Related Links:Press Release: Walmart and UnitedHealth Group Collaborate To Deliver Access to High-Quality, Affordable Health CareCVS Makes $8 Billion Bet on the Return of the House Call (New York Times)Gains Made By Walmart's Healthier Food Initiative Mirror Preexisting Trends (Health Affairs)Walmart, UnitedHealth to Offer Preventive Healthcare Program for Seniors (Reuters)Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available — and we’d like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.Subscribe: RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castro | Stitcher | Deezer | Overcast

Listen to Health Affairs' Ellen Bayer and Rob Lott review the state of the health care workforce in this Labor Day themed episode of Health Affairs This Week.Related Links:Primary Care Beyond COVID-19 (Health Affairs Forefront)New Behavioral Health Workforce Database Paints A Stark Picture (Health Affairs Forefront)Addressing Health Worker Burnout (U.S. Surgeon General)Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Hospital and Outpatient Clinician Workforce (HHS)Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available — and we’d like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.Subscribe: RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castro | Stitcher | Deezer | Overcast

Listen to Health Affairs' Leslie Erdelack and Chris Fleming discuss the Moderna lawsuit against Pfizer regarding its mRNA technology in relation to the COVID-19 vaccine and its potential impact on the future of biopharmaceutical markets.Related Links:Covid Vaccine ‘Windfall Profits’ Under Attack by Patent Holders (Bloomberg Law)Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available — and we’d like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.Subscribe: RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Castro | Stitcher | Deezer | Overcast