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August 2024, Vol 5, No. 8

JAMA Forum

Better Data to Improve Medicaid

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(8):e242953. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.2953

This JAMA Forum discusses the current data collection mechanisms used for Medicare and proposes ways to improve nationwide data collection efforts for Medicaid.

What Can Be Learned From Nonadherent Patients to Promote the Health of Populations?

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(8):e243025. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.3025

This JAMA Forum discusses patient- and population-level nonadherence to medical advice and elaborates on 4 main categories of reasons that underpin nonadherence.

The Pathology of US Health Care—The Example of Weight Loss Medications

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(8):e243052. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.3052

This JAMA Forum discusses the cost of newly approved weight loss medications in the US compared with other countries and provides arguments for why these medications should be more available for individuals in the US and covered by more insurers.

How Better Health Strategies Could Reduce Juvenile Crime

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(8):e243371. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.3371

This JAMA Forum discusses health strategies that could be used to reduce juvenile crime, including identifying and treating trauma with behavioral health, rethinking the punishment approach, and incorporating other methods to overcome current challenges.

AI in Health Policy

Antidiscrimination Law Meets Artificial Intelligence—New Requirements for Health Care Organizations and Insurers

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(8):e243397. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.3397

This JAMA Forum discusses new regulatory requirements for antidiscrimination in artificial intelligence tools used in health care, the dark side of flexible enforcement by agencies, and ways to facilitate meaningful compliance.

Viewpoint

Reducing Disparities Through Online Accessibility Information

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(8):e241801. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.1801

This Viewpoint describes the need for more health care organizations to include disability accessibility information on their websites and to improve physical access for patients with disabilities.

Insights From a New National Academies Report on Caregiving

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(8):e241925. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.1925

This Viewpoint details the findings of a report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on family caregiving among those in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine.

Expanding Treatment Options for Alcohol Use Disorder

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(8):e242184. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.2184

This Viewpoint discusses the emergence of telemedicine as a potential treatment option for alcohol use disorder and highlights the advantages, disadvantages, and barriers of this care model.

Interrogating and Uprooting Systemic Racism in the Emergency Department

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(8):e242347. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.2347

This Viewpoint discusses how recognizing systemic racism in emergency departments will allow for the mitigation of racial and ethnic disparities and promote equitable treatment for all patients.

How Payers Can Improve Care After Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(8):e242538. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.2538

This Viewpoint discusses the role of payers in monitoring patients for chronic health problems after an adverse pregnancy outcome.

Original Investigation

Quality-of-Care Outcomes in Vertical Relationships Between Physicians and Health Systems

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(8):e242173. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.2173

This difference-in-differences study explores the association of vertical relationships between primary care physicians and large health systems regarding quality of care.

Practice Facilitation to Address Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Primary Care: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(8):e242371. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.2371

This cluster randomized clinical trial aims to determine if tailored practice facilitation improved rates of recommended screening and management of unhealthy alcohol use compared to usual care.

Macular Degeneration Drug Prescribing Patterns After Step Therapy Introduction in Medicare Advantage

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(8):e242446. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.2446

This retrospective encounter-based analysis evaluates the impact of step therapy on macular degeneration drug prescribing patterns among 3 large Medicare Advantage insurers.

Drug Prices After Patent Expirations in High-Income Countries and Implications for Cost-Effectiveness Analyses

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(8):e242530. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.2530

This economic evaluation assesses drug price changes after patent expirations in 8 high-income countries and what the implications are for cost-effectiveness analyses.

Oregon's Hospital Payment Cap and Enrollee Out-of-Pocket Spending and Service Use

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(8):e242614. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.2614

This difference-in-differences analysis examines the association of the Oregon State Employee Plan’s hospital payment cap with out-of-pocket spending and changes in service use among state employees enrolled in higher cost-sharing plans.

Access to Care and Outcomes With the Affordable Care Act for Persons With Criminal Legal Involvement: A Scoping Review

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(8):e242640. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.2640

This scoping review assesses the association of any provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act with 5 types of outcomes, including insurance coverage rates, access to care, health outcomes, costs of care, and social welfare outcomes, among people with criminal legal involvement.

Disparate Patient Advocacy When Facing Unaffordable and Problematic Medical Bills

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(8):e242744. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.2744

This cross-sectional survey of a representative sample of people in the US examines how households respond to medical bills they disagree with or cannot afford.

Twelve-Month Contraceptive Supply Policies and Medicaid Contraceptive Dispensing

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(8):e242755. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.2755

This cohort study aims to determine whether 12-month contraceptive supply policies were associated with an increase in the receipt of 12-month or longer supply of contraception.

Research Letter

Value-Based Contracting in Clinical Care

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(8):e242020. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.2020

This cohort study analyzes quality incentives, requirements, and other measures in employment and payer contracts of primary care clinicians.

Prescription Fills for Semaglutide Products by Payment Method

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(8):e242026. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.2026

This cross-sectional study examines trends in US prescription fills for semaglutide products by payment method between January 2021 and December 2023.

Brief Report

Safety Net Primary Care Capabilities After the COVID-19 Pandemic

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(8):e242547. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.2547

This survey study compares post–COVID-19 pandemic operational characteristics and capabilities of federally qualified health centers with non–federally qualified health centers.

Public Health Impact of FDA’s Request for Additional Safety Data on Cytisine for Tobacco Cessation

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(8):e242647. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.2647

This mathematical model projects the potential population-level health impacts of making cytisine immediately available as an approved smoking cessation aid in the US vs delaying approval by 1 year.

Special Communication

Advancing Health Policy and Outcomes for People With Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities: A Community-Led Agenda

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(8):e242201. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.2201

This Special Comunication proposes national goals based on a community-led consensus model to propose policy and clinical changes to improve outcomes that matter to people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities.

Correction

Error in Conflicts of Interest Section

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(8):e242859. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.2859

Omitted Conflict of Interest Disclosures

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(8):e243106. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.3106
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JAMA Health Forum

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JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(8):e240533. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.0533
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