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

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 ...

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

We can do better. We can build a system that provides coordinated high-quality care to every patient who needs it.

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 ...

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 ...

President Trump reinstated an expanded version of the so-called “Mexico City policy,” which prevents organizations that receive federal global health funding from providing access to abortion-related ...

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

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

Expanding eligibility for MSPs is an important avenue to support health care affordability for older low-income adults, ...