In late October 2024, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) released data for the eleventh year of the ...

As our population continues to age, Medicare’s role in the American health care system continues to grow. And Medicare’s ...

With multiple stakeholders involved with different interests, the “specialty drug” definition can be a moving target.

Since the Supreme Court overturned constitutional protections for abortions, some states, including Idaho, have also enacted ...

Consistent with the approach taken by other alternative payment models, GUIDE frames the emergency department as a negative ...

The CMS Administrator’s job is one of the most important and challenging jobs in health care. It is my greatest hope that the ...

On October 1, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an advisory opinion titled Debt Collection ...

As we near the turnover of administrations, Health Affairs Forefront offers a series of articles from leaders at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services providing their thoughts on the ...

Community health needs assessments identify key health needs and issues, but historically have not included sufficient data ...

National health care spending reached $4.9 trillion in 2023 (or $14,570 per person), increasing 7.5 percent from 2022 ().This rate of growth was faster than in 2021 and 2022, when health care ...

Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott back to the program to explore Medicare fraud, how prevalent it is, who's most at risk, and what measures are being taken to protect ...