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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Climate change is a public health crisis. It poses a present, fundamental threat to the food, air, water, and shelter of Americans. Climate events can induce disruptions to societies and stress ...

Efforts to incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) technologies into health care have been under way for decades. Recently, rapid evolution in the development of AI technologies has provided new ...