The North Carolina State Health Plan experience shows us that large, self-insured employers can work to bend the cost curve ...

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) ...

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

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

Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews Matthew Maughan of Brown University about his paper exploring how commercial insurers paid more for procedures at hospital outpatient departments as compared to ...

Harrison (Harry) Koos is a PhD candidate in health policy (health economics track) at Stanford University. His research focuses on transparency and competition in markets for hospital services.