Call for Submissions for Forefront Series & Applications for 2024-2025 HEFT Are Now Open

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Between our requests for abstracts with three of our popular Forefront Series and the Health Equity Fellowship for Trainees (HEFT) program, there is no shortage of opportunities for authors to find a voice within our publication.?

Questions, including those about the suitability of a particular topic, can be sent to [email protected].

Look below to learn more about each opportunity and we look forward to hearing from you!

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We’re pleased to announce the continuation of our Forefront Series “Provider Prices in the Commercial Sector.”

This series features analysis and discussion of physician, hospital, and other health care provider prices in the private-sector markets and their contribution to overall spending therein.

Begun in early 2023, the series has already featured over two dozen articles by various authors discussing price transparency data, abusive billing practices, state efforts to address high commercial prices, federal antitrust guidance, public-to-private cost-shifting, and many related topics.

Thanks to ongoing support from Arnold Ventures, we are able to reissue our call for submissions for this series. We will accept submissions on a rolling basis throughout 2024.

We’re pleased to announce the continuation of our Forefront Series “Medicare and Medicaid Integration.”

This series features policy analysis, proposals, and commentary that we hope will elevate the issues for our audience and inform policies on the state and federal levels to advance integrated care for those dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. ?

Begun in early 2022, the series has already featured over two dozen articles by various authors discussing the advancement of integrated care for dual-eligible individuals, the CAPABLE Program, proposals for Medicaid managed care rules, the improvement of care for dually eligible individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities, and many related topics. ?

Thanks to ongoing support from Arnold Ventures, we are able to reissue our call for submissions for this series. We will accept submissions until October 31, 2024. ?

We’re pleased to announce the continuation of our Forefront Series “Accountable Care for Population Health.”

This series features policy analysis, proposals, and commentary that will inform policies on the state and federal levels to understand and advance models for accountable care. ?

Begun in early 2023, the series includes articles exploring the evidence base (and gaps in our knowledge) and the range of views on various key issues—all with the aim of enhancing the national conversation on accountable care and eliciting thoughtful responses from leaders in the public and private sectors. ?

Thanks to ongoing support from Arnold Ventures, we are able to reissue our call for submissions for this series. We will accept submissions until December 2024.

The Health Equity Fellowship for Trainees (HEFT) is a part of Health Affairs’ national initiative to advance equity in health policy and health services scholarly publishing.

The purpose of the Fellowship is to increase the quantity and quality of manuscripts published by early-career researchers interested in addressing health inequities among underserved racial and ethnic populations, while cultivating future health equity research leaders.

In the program, fellows will receive multilayered mentorship from experienced Health Affairs authors and editorial staff for eighteen months (July 2024–December 2025).?

Mentors will work with fellows to make fellows’ manuscript submissions more likely to be accepted by Health Affairs or another journal. Manuscript submissions must be related to addressing health inequities among underserved populations.

Applications for the 2024–2025 Health Equity Fellowship for Trainees cohort are now open from December 4, 2023–February 15, 2024.