While evidence-based decisions are essential, they must be paired with effective public messaging that builds trust and ...

Oklahoma and South Carolina are among nine states that use some form of provider-based reference pricing to contain spending ...

This article does not attempt to predict the potential policies that the new administration and Congress might pursue or how ...

Health Affairs' Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott interviews Paige Nong of the University of Minnesota about her recent paper that evaluates and explores the current use of artificial intelligence and ...

In 2016, ahead of the US presidential election, the National Academy of Medicine launched the strategic initiative Vital Directions for Health and Health Care—a series of papers on critical areas of ...

Given forthcoming changes to Medicare Part D plans under the Inflation Reduction Act, CMS should collect and publish ...

During his first term in office, President Donald Trump issued an executive order labeling structural racism and related ...

Despite this legal entitlement, many transition-age youth and young adults leaving foster care lose their Medicaid coverage ...

Transforming physical design. Hospitals are also dangerous; patients are exposed to infection and injuries that could be prevented if hospitals had better designs. 16 An analysis of more than 600 ...

Existing regulatory authority allows CMS to ensure that all provisions within the Inflation Reduction Act bring meaningful ...

Transparency in the program is more than just a mechanism for fair pricing—it is a driving force that diminishes the returns ...