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Health Affairs Scholar is excited to announce a call for papers on three topics: Global Aging, Intersections of Social Policies and Health and Policy Options for the 340B Drug Discount program.

For more information on the topics and how to submit, visit the Health Affairs Scholar website.

Volume 2, Issue 9 of Health Affairs Scholar covers personalized nutrition, the inclusivity of national health surveys, the ROI of interventions aimed at addressing social determinants of health, prior authorization burdens and solutions and much more.

Editor’s Featured Papers

Personalized nutrition: aligning science, regulation, and marketing

Stephanie Rogus and Peter Lurie

Return on investments in social determinants of health interventions: what is the evidence?

Sayeh Nikpay et al.

Disability inclusion in national surveys

Caroline Cerilli et al.

Also in the Issue

Counting everyone: evidence for inclusive measures of disability in federal surveys 

Jean P. Hall et al.

Perceptions of prior authorization burden and solutions

Nikhil R. Sahni et al.

Perceptions of multi-cancer early detection tests among communities facing barriers to health care

Kristi L. Roybal

Health Affairs Branded Post:

Improving Adherence with Continuous Glucose Monitoring: A Risk Profile-based Digital Intervention Program

Richard Mackey et al.

Sponsored by CCS Medical

In anticipation of the 2024 presidential election, Health Affairs has been collecting articles we've published over the years to surface evidence and analysis on the health-related topics that are talking points on both sides of the aisle.

As we get closer to November, we wanted to share with you a convenient resource collecting these works that have focused on drug costs, markets & antitrust, and the economy with a lens on housing, food, and financial stability.

Jay Bhatt on the Social Drivers of Health

Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Dr. Jay Bhatt, Managing Director of the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions and the Deloitte Health Equity Institute, to highlight the upcoming season of Research & Justice For All that focuses on social drivers of health and the role that Deloitte has played in pursuing health equity goals across the life sciences and health care industry.

Rachel Sachs Explains the FTC's Pharmacy Benefit Manager Lawsuit & PBM Reform

Health Affairs' Jeff Byers is joined by Deputy Editor Chris Fleming and Rachel Sachs of Washington University, St. Louis to discuss a recent lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against the three largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) in the country for rebating practices that the FTC claims resulted in inflating the list price of insulin.

Expanding Permanent Pathways In Medicare For Accountable Care

Purva Rawal et al.

part of our Accountable Care For Population Health series

The Taxpayer-Funded GRAIL Galleri-Medicare Study: A Flawed Design

H. Gilbert Welch and Barnett S. Kramer

An Incremental Approach To Integrating Medicare And Medicaid

Tanya B. Shah and Luke Tobeler

part of our Medicare and Medicaid Intergration series

Federal Court Rejects Challenge To Oregon’s Health Care Transaction Review Law

Emily Schneider and Sheela Ranganathan

part of our Provider Prices In The Commercial Sector series

When Designing Disability Survey Questions, Align Measurement To Purpose: A Response To Landes et al.

Daniel Mont et al.

Measuring Disability With The National Health Interview Survey: A Response To Landes, et al.

Stephen J. Blumberg and Amy M. Branum

Medicaid Unwinding Highlights Need For Stronger Federal Oversight To Protect Children’s Coverage

Eva H. Allen et al.

Advancing Equity through Accountable Care with Purva Rawal from the CMS Innovation Center

Join Health Affairs Thursday, October 17, 2024, for a virtual event featuring a conversation between Health Affairs Senior Editor Margaret Winchester and Purva Rawal, the Chief Strategy Officer for the CMS Innovation Center, on advancing equity through accountable care.