The November issue of Health Affairs, released today, examines the connections between the community development and public health sectors to improve health and well-being. The issue explores the growing cross-sector collaborations to foster access to healthy food, safer homes, job training, and other community improvements to reach shared public health goals. Articles in this issue, produced with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, suggest that new relationships can make the kind of improvements in health that no one sector has been able to achieve in the past. At the journal’s press briefing this morning, author Sandra Braunstein of the Federal Reserve System explained that it’s important to study and foster the relationship between the two sectors because “they can bring a lot of expertise and a lot of power to help people live healthier lives.” The November issue features work from the following AcademyHealth members: Neighborhood Characteristics Associated With Access to Patient-Centered Medical Homes for Children Jaya Aysola and John Z. Ayanian Large Variations in Medicare Payments for Surgery Highlight Savings Potential From Bundled Payment Programs David C. Miller, Justin B. Dimick, Nancy Birkmeyer, and John D. Birkmeyer The PROMETHEUS Bundled Payment Experiment: Slow Start Shows Problems in Implementing New Payment Models Peter S. Hussey, M. Susan Ridgely, and Meredith B. Rosenthal Mayo Clinic Employees Responded to New Requirements for Cost Sharing by Reducing Possibly Unneeded Health Services Use Nilay D. Shah, James M. Naessens, and Robert Nesse Gaps in Residency Training Should be Addressed to Better Prepare Doctors for a Twenty-First-Century Delivery System Murray N. Ross Policy Makers Should Prepare for Major Uncertainties in Medicaid Enrollment, Costs, and Needs for Physicians Under Health Reform Benjamin D. Sommers, Katherine Swartz, and Arnold Epstein Care for Veterans with Mental and Substance use Disorders: Good Performance, but Room to Improve on Many Measures Harold Alan Pincus, Brad Smith, Carrie Farmer, and Melony E. Sorbero Using Opioids for Chronic Pain: The Authors Reply Michael R. Von Korff Patient-Centered Medical Homes: The Authors Reply Diane R. Rittenhouse, Lawrence P. Casalino, and Stephen M. Shortell Medicaid Managed Care for Elderly, Disabled Populations Marguerite Burns and Sharon Long   Health Affairs is an official journal of AcademyHealth.

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