Given the prevalence of managed care, it’s incumbent upon the industry to ensure that there is a robust supplier pool.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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