The alignment of incentives is clear. Treatment of tobacco use improves patient health, lowers total medical expense, and, ...

For now, the most reasonable stance is watchful waiting: acknowledging the real problems WISeR seeks to address, recognizing ...

Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Stacie Dusetzina of Vanderbilt University Medical Center and David Simon of the ...

This Forefront article details the proposed changes to Medicaid eligibility and financing, the anticipated outcomes for ...

A patient-led process for comparing actual bills to data reported under the hospital price transparency rule would help the ...

In 2025, the average annual premium for family health coverage reached $26,993, an increase of $1,408 (6 percent) from the previous year. Covered workers contributed an average of 16 percent ($1,440) ...

After four years, federal price transparency rules have revealed a meaningful number of prices. But they’ve revealed ...

This shift could improve care coordination and create opportunities for cost savings through enhanced formulary flexibility ...

Medicaid’s open-ended matching funding arrangements distribute a much larger amount of federal funding to wealthier states ...

Under FDA regulations, suspension is not the end of the process. Unless a license holder voluntarily relinquishes its license ...

The medical loss ratio drives higher premiums and higher medical care spending and presents other unintended consequences ...

By learning the lessons of previous successes, increasing access to treatment, supporting those in recovery, and ...