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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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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, ...

The Quality Pathway can drive greater care improvements through the use of multiple complementary levers of change, such as ...