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Join Penn LDI and Health Affairs on July 22 for a half-day in-person conference to highlight and deepen our understanding of how policy makers are working toward fully integrated care for dually eligible beneficiaries of Medicaid and Medicare.

Health Affairs Scholar is celebrating its one-year anniversary.

The journal was founded by Health Affairs to meet the growing and unmistakable need to widely share new research findings to the health policy community through swift and open-access publication. 

The digital journal published its first issue in July 2023 with a dedication to emerging policy trends and global health. Since launch, Scholar has published cross-cutting and timely research vetted through high-quality peer review.

The journal is being noticed. Cited by Congress and national media outlets like the New York Times, NPR, and the Los Angeles Times, Scholar has published papers on health care costs, access, quality, and equity. High-impact papers have included:

• Active steps to reduce administrative spending associated with financial transactions in US health care
• Food and Drug Administration novel drug decisions in 2017: transparency and disclosure prior to and 5 years following approval
• Has the fall of Roe changed contraceptive access and use? New research from four US states offers critical insights

Health Affairs Scholar is one of the fastest health policy peer-reviewed journals available. From submission to advance article publication, the median time is 73 days, which includes author revision.

Scholar recently has been accepted for indexing in PubMed Central, a major milestone that reflects the journal’s strong quality of scholarship. It is also indexed in Google Scholar.

Do you have a paper that needs publishing? Consider Health Affairs Scholar as your research’s destination.

Read about Scholar’s first year from Editor-in-Chief Kathryn Phillips on Forefront.

A Health Podyssey: Ross Brownson on the Path to Public Health Transformation

Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Ross Brownson on his recent paper that details the path toward a transformed public health system and how a focus on social determinants of health and partnerships with diverse sectors can help overcome challenges in the current system.

Health Affairs This Week: Why the Supreme Court Rejected a Challenge to Abortion Medication w/ Andrew Twinamatsiko

Health Affairs' Jeff Byers is joined by Andrew Twinamatsiko of the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law to discuss a recent Supreme Court decision to reject a challenge to the FDA's approval of abortion medication.

Three Ways To Improve The Patient-Focused Listening Sessions In The Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program

Joe Vandigo et al.

Liability Concerns Could Slow The Clinical AI Revolution

Anish Kumar

Shifting To Smoking: Adapting Policy To Changing Patterns Of Substance Use

Katherine Dunham et al.

Precision Permanent Supportive Housing: A Data-Driven Approach To Addressing Chronic Homelessness

Sudhakar V. Nuti et al.

Ending Unequal Treatment In The United States Health Care System

Vincent Guilamo-Ramos et al.

Zurawski V. Texas: Abortion Exceptions As The New Legal Battleground For Women’s Lives

Catherine Kawaja

Penny Wise And Pound Foolish: IRA Impact On Chronic Disease Costs In Medicare

Kenneth E. Thorpe

Health Affairs Reads: The Case For (Il)liberalism In Public Health

Leslie Erdelack

Braidwood v Becerra: The Threat to Preventive Services Just Got Worse

Richard Hughes IV

Appellate Ruling Largely Preserves Access To Preventive Services, But Threats Loom

Zachary Baron and Andrew Twinamatsiko

Policy Epidemiology: Identifying What Works In Outbreak Preparedness And Response

Rebecca Katz

Join us on Wednesday, July 10, for a Lunch & Learn event discussing health and health care policy decisions that are expected in the closing days of the Supreme Court’s 2023-2024 term.

This event is exclusive to our Health Affairs Insiders.

And today is your last chance to get $40 Off an Insider membership when you use the code InsiderAtTwo at checkout.