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 ...

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

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

The potential of biotech-powered consumer health is as sensitive as it is expansive. When it comes to consumer education, ...

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

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

Policymakers, researchers, community leaders, and advocates must continue their efforts to improve maternal health, including perinatal mental health, under the new administration.

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

To address the demand-side of this fight, a prevention and treatment-based approach is necessary, as state officials can ...

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

Now is the time for policy makers, payers, health systems, and clinicians to act decisively by extending AHCaH, evaluating ...

Health Affairs' Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott interviews Eric Topol, Executive Vice President of Scripps Research, on his new book, Super Agers, which provides an evidence-based approach on extending ...