Medicare pays hospital outpatient departments higher rates than physician-owned practices, leading to higher spending and incentivizing hospitals to acquire physician practices. The Bipartisan Budget ...

By elevating patient perspectives from an afterthought to a core part of the process, payers can create a system that aligns ...

Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews Thomas Buchmueller of the University of Michigan to discuss his recent paper that ...

Policymakers, researchers, community leaders, and advocates must continue their efforts to improve maternal health, including ...

Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Katie Keith of Georgetown Law back to the pod to discuss President Trump's potential ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed new limits on how states use provider taxes to finance their ...

For the many young adults living with diabetes, health insurance coverage transitions are not only stressful; they can also ...

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The new guidance builds on previous years’ by increasing the focus on transparency and expanding, per statute, to include ...

By simulating various scenarios, predictive models help public health officials weigh the trade-offs between different ...

Health Affairs' Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott interviews Caitlin Carroll of the University of Minnesota to discuss her recent ...

Conflicting QSSD definitions from two federal agencies mean that CMS’ administrative authority on drug pricing and payment is ...