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Proposed CMS Data Access Changes May Hamper Health Services Research

This Viewpoint discusses how proposed Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services data access changes may impede health services research. from JAMA Health Forum New Online https://ift.tt/Ze6tbzg

Health Is on the Ballot in the Presidential Election

This JAMA Forum discusses the markedly different records and divergent campaign messages of the 2 major party presidential candidates on the issues of health care access, prescription drug prices, reproductive rights, migrant health, gun violence, health and safety agency powers, and pandemic preparedness. from JAMA Health Forum New Online https://ift.tt/MpE6ORB

How Should Medicare Pay For Artificial Intelligence?

This Viewpoint examines artificial intelligence–enabled clinical services, existing payment structures, and the economics of artificial intelligence pricing. from JAMA Internal Medicine Online First https://ift.tt/5RexLbY

A Call for PrEP Discussions With Black Women—Be a Gardener

This Viewpoint discusses the importance of proactively discussing preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) with Black cisgender women. from JAMA Health Forum New Online https://ift.tt/UxHkwyc

Caring for an Aging US Population—the Good News and the Bad News

This JAMA Forum discusses innovative ideas to care for an aging US population, provides examples of ways to rethink housing and nursing homes, and discusses potential policy changes. from JAMA Health Forum New Online https://ift.tt/LdlnO6H

The Promise and Challenge of Value-Based Payment

This Viewpoint discusses the benefits and challenges of transitioning to a value-based payment design for health care rather than a fee-for-service system. from JAMA Internal Medicine Online First https://ift.tt/z5v8w21

Barriers to Buprenorphine Dispensing by Medicaid-Participating Community Retail Pharmacies

This serial cross-sectional study estimates the proportion of Medicaid-participating pharmacies that dispensed buprenorphine among those dispensing any opioid in 6 states and assesses variation by Medicaid patient volume or rural vs urban location. from JAMA Health Forum New Online https://ift.tt/MQ3o0y5

Assessing the Impact of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine on Health Services

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Measuring Primary Care Spending in the US by State

This case series identifies states’ estimates of primary care spending and recommends steps policymakers can take toward standardizing these estimates. from JAMA Health Forum New Online https://ift.tt/QrFSgjH

A Comparison of Ukrainian Hospital Services and Functions Before and During the Russia-Ukraine War

This cross-sectional survey analyzes hospital services in Ukraine during the period before and after the Russian invasion. from JAMA Health Forum New Online https://ift.tt/iGmLHUf

The Implications of the Public’s Preexisting Condition—Amnesia

This JAMA Forum discusses how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) ended the denial of coverage to people with preexisting conditions and the potential ramifications if the ACA is repealed or replaced in the future. from JAMA Health Forum New Online https://ift.tt/q3wS2k0

Patent Portfolios Protecting 10 Top-Selling Prescription Drugs

This cross-sectional study examines the composition of the patents protecting the 10 top-selling prescription drugs in the US. from JAMA Internal Medicine Online First https://ift.tt/uB256JZ

Mail-Order Pharmacy Dispensing of Mifepristone for Abortion After In-Person Screening

This cohort study estimates the effectiveness, acceptability, and feasibility of dispensing mifepristone for medication abortion using a mail-order pharmacy. from JAMA Internal Medicine Online First https://ift.tt/FLMlSkq

Opioid-Induced Adrenal Insufficiency

This case report describes a woman in her 40s with opioid use disorder receiving methadone who was admitted for extended antibiotic treatment for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and was subesequently diagnosed with opioid-induced adrenal insufficiency. from JAMA Internal Medicine Online First https://ift.tt/5lwRTcM

Primary Care’s Role in Prescribing Mail-Order Mifepristone

This Viewpoint discusses the controversy over mail-order mifepristone prescribed by primary care clinicians for first-trimester abortion as it relates to the history of initial approval, the Supreme Court case Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v US Food and Drug Administration, and available clinical research. from JAMA Internal Medicine Online First https://ift.tt/IG1ROVK

Audio-Only Telehealth Use Among Traditional Medicare Beneficiaries

This cross-sectional study analyzes how use of audio-only telehealth services by Medicare beneficiaries changed from 2020 to 2022 and assesses which patients would be most affected by policy reforms. from JAMA Health Forum New Online https://ift.tt/c2SmIxz

Projected Life Expectancy for Adolescents With HIV in the US

In this modeled study, life expectancy was compared among 18-year-old youth with perinatally acquired HIV, youth with nonperinatally acquired HIV, and youth without HIV. from JAMA Health Forum New Online https://ift.tt/U8nOaFG

Nurse Practitioner Care and End-of-Life Outcomes for Nursing Home Residents With Dementia

This cohort study examines whether there is an association between nurse practitioner care and end-of-life outcomes for nursing home residents with Alzheimer disease and related dementias and whether these associations differ by state-level nurse practitioner scope of practice regulations. from JAMA Health Forum New Online https://ift.tt/w0KNrUh

Implementing Maximum Fair Price Without Hurting Pharmacies

This Viewpoint discusses challenges pharmacies may face under the Inflation Reduction Act and steps that can be taken to prevent unintended consequences. from JAMA Health Forum New Online https://ift.tt/hkqSjM4

Financial Games in Health Care—Doing Well Without Doing Good

This JAMA Forum discusses dimensions of financial manipulation in health care and highlights policies that might address it. from JAMA Health Forum New Online https://ift.tt/Uax6t3h

Too Much Dentistry

This Viewpoint explores whether all dental procedures are clinically necessary given their expense and the disparate access to treatment among some socioeconomic and racial and ethnic groups. from JAMA Internal Medicine Online First https://ift.tt/6yl0mCb

Loss of Medicaid Coverage During the Renewal Process

This cohort study measures the proportion of people who lose Medicaid coverage at the renewal deadline, overall and by enrollee characteristics, and time until regaining Medicaid coverage among those losing coverage at the deadline. from JAMA Health Forum New Online https://ift.tt/VR3StKO

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An Asset Framework to Guide Nonhealth Policy for Population Health

This JAMA Forum discusses 3 types of assets (financial, physical, and social) that unlock access to resources and shape population health. from JAMA Health Forum New Online https://ift.tt/0s8FbZL