Volume 56 | Number 4 | August 2021
EDITORIAL
Racism and health: A call to action for health services research
Monica E. Peek M.D., M.P.H., M.Sc.
COMMENTARIES
Taking account of accountable care
Zirui Song MD, PhD
Challenges and opportunities for administrative simplification in health care
Anuraag Chigurupati MBA
ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS
Impact of the Medicare Shared Savings Program on utilization of mental health and substance use services by eligibility and race/ethnicity
Andrea Acevedo Ph.D., Brian O. Mullin BA, Ana M. Progovac PhD, Theodore L. Caputi MPH, J. Michael McWilliams M.D., Ph.D., Benjamin L. Cook
Impact of a commercial accountable care organization on prescription drugs
Hui Zhang, David W. Cowling PhD, Joanne M. Graham PhD, Erik Taylor BA
The one‐year impact of accountable care networks among Washington State employees
Norma B. Coe PhD, Bailey Ingraham MS, Elaine Albertson MPH, Lingmei Zhou MS, Suzanne Wood PhD, David Grembowski, Douglas Conrad
COST CONTROL
Reducing administrative costs in US health care: Assessing single payer and its alternatives
David Scheinker, Barak D. Richman, Arnold Milstein, Kevin A. Schulman M.D.
Medicare fee reductions and the overuse of intensity‐modulated radiotherapy
David H. Howard Ph.D., Jason Hockenberry PhD
Improving target price calculations in Medicare bundled payment programs
Benjamin A. Y. Cher MS, Baris Gulseren MS, Andrew M. Ryan Ph.D., M.A.
MEDICAID
Increasing Medicaid enrollment among formerly incarcerated adults
Marguerite E. Burns Ph.D., Steven T. Cook MS, Lars Brown MA, Steve Tyska MD, Ryan P. Westergaard MD, PhD, MPH
Did Medicaid slow declines in access to health care during the great recession?
Joseph A. Benitez Ph.D., Victoria E. Perez PhD, Jie Chen Ph.D.
Effects of forced disruption in Medicaid managed care on children with asthma
Katherine Piwnica‐Worms MD, MHS, Becky Staiger PhD, Joseph S. Ross MD, MHS, Marjorie S. Rosenthal, Chima D. Ndumele Ph.D.
Impact of the 1115 behavioral health Medicaid waiver on adult Medicaid beneficiaries in New York State
Eric Y. Frimpong PhD, MA, Wahida Ferdousi PhD, Grace A. Rowan PhD, MS, Marleen Radigan DrPH, MS
Medicaid expansions, preconception insurance, and unintended pregnancy among new parents
Caroline K. Geiger BA, Benjamin D. Sommers M.D., Ph.D., Summer S. Hawkins PhD MS, Jessica L. Cohen PhD
Medicaid healthy behavior incentives and use of dental services
Hawazin W. Elani BDS, PhD, Ichiro Kawachi M.D., Ph.D., Benjamin D. Sommers M.D., Ph.D.
EMERGENCY CARE
High‐deductible health plans and low‐value imaging in the emergency department
Shih‐Chuan Chou MD, MPH, SM, Arthur S. Hong MD, MPH, Scott G. Weiner MD, MPH, J. Frank Wharam M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O., M.P.H.
The impact of urgent care centers on nonemergent emergency department visits
Lindsay Allen M.A., Janet R. Cummings Ph.D., Jason M. Hockenberry Ph.D.
The impact of health‐related supports in senior housing on ambulance transfers and visits to emergency departments: The Right Care, Right Place, Right Time Project
Pamela Nadash, Marc A. Cohen PhD, Jane Tavares PhD, Edward Alan Miller Ph.D., M.P.A.