In their new Forefront article, Daniel Shenfeld, Amol Navathe, + Zeke Emanuel from Penn delineate three major design flaws in current programs that impede expansion of value-based payment, and how they can be fixed. bit.ly/3Jp4tsk

Event this Wed 4/24 | Don't miss @stephanievhall discussing article on increases of antidepressant prescriptions 2008-2020 for #Perinatal mental disorders and the impact of new clinical recommendations. Free to all. April 24, 3-4 pm ET. Register: bit.ly/4aLea0c

In their April paper, Tova Walsh of UW-Madison Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work and Dr. Craig Garfield of Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine examine the literature on paternal perinatal mental health and explore ways to include fathers in policies aimed at improving parental mental health.

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In their new Forefront article, Leah Pope, PhD, Malkah Pinals, Ashnee Patel, Blake Erickson, Amy Watson + Michael Compton of Columbia University Wayne State University discuss the results of the implementation of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, 21 months after the launch. bit.ly/4b0fqvU

How do social determinants of health factor into #PerinatalMentalHealth disorders? Blebu of Harbor-UCLA Medical Center + coauthors The Lundquist Institute identify co-occuring social determinants for perinatal clients with anxiety, depression, or SMI. bit.ly/3Qa8Ta1

In his new Forefront article, Richard Hughes IV from Epstein Becker Green argues that the US must choose between poorer health outcomes, shorter lifespans, and increased health spending, or transforming its system to one of prevention, improved health outcomes and cost. bit.ly/4aBE9qV

The Health Affairs This Week podcast is back!

Join host Jeff Byers as he interviews Brent Fulton from University of California, Berkeley about the current state of antitrust and private equity in health care.

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In her new Forefront article, Kate McEvoy of NAMD discusses impediments to Medicaid being the bedrock for health services to low-income people and also the seat of innovation in our system around people’s co-occurring health-related social needs. bit.ly/3UjmvCy

In her Health Affairs Forefront article DocElovitz 🎗️ (Dr. Michal Elovitz of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai) calls for a major expansion of research on #WomensHealth to help prevent or treat the many conditions and diseases that burden women across the lifespan. bit.ly/445yp67

JUST RELEASED | Should telemedicine continue post-pandemic? carter nakamoto Ateev Mehrotra of Harvard Medical School + coauthors explore the impact of greater telemedicine use across health systems on utilization, spending, and quality, 2019-2022. Read their results: bit.ly/4cXchPn

In their new Forefront article, Sachin Kamal-Bahl, Justin Puckett Jackie McRae, PharmD, MS + Richard Willke of COVIA Health Solutions UMB Pharmaceutical Health Services Research + ISPOR argue that CMS must implement a transparent approach to health equity to build trust in drug-setting processes. bit.ly/4aPxfyt

In their new Forefront article, Vinaya Gogineni, Wendy Barr + Bob Phillips of NUFSM Family Medicine UMass Chan Medical School + The Center for Professionalism and Value discuss how the threatened Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program equips doctors to go where they are most needed. bit.ly/3VXyCGs

Review the key drivers of #PerinatalMentalHealth and the seven vital conditions for well-being. Alison Stuebe + coauthors (@UNC_SOM @UNC UNC Hospitals UNC Public Health Maternal Health Learning and Innovation Center) call for sustained commitment to reproductive justice. Read their analysis: bit.ly/4azVVL7

In their new Forefront article, Maanasa Kona + Nadia Stovicek (she/her) from Center on Health Insurance Reforms discuss how states, with their broad oversight authority over hospitals and insurers, are beginning to impose their own price transparency requirements on hospitals and insurers. bit.ly/3vFWN1D

In their new Forefront article AriasJ of Georgia State University + the authors in the thread offer steps that public health programs can take to make public health law a “core requirement” in their curricula, and mainstream law in public health education. bit.ly/3TUHNox

In their new article, Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo of University of Illinois and coauthors explore COVID-19-related stressors experienced by Mexican-descent perinatal women and mothers of young children and related recommendations to address well-being.

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In their new Forefront article, James Colbert + Dr. Chethan Sathya, MD MSCE of Memora Health + Northwell Health discuss how health system leaders need criteria they can use so platforms they adopt align with efforts to provide competent care + advance health equity. bit.ly/3JwXTjD

In their new paper, Ana Schaefer of Downstate Health Sciences University and coauthors explore perinatal psychiatry access programs across the country.

They summarize program components and characteristics as a basis for future evaluation.

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