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 ...

Transparency in the program is more than just a mechanism for fair pricing—it is a driving force that diminishes the returns ...

This article does not attempt to predict the potential policies that the new administration and Congress might pursue or how ...

Expanding eligibility for MSPs is an important avenue to support health care affordability for older low-income adults, ...

This past year featured key developments in the prescription drug policy area, including the implementation of significant ...

Continued increases in premiums and underlying health care prices have likely contributed to the declining small-group health ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) systems are being widely adopted in health care, with applications spanning use in clinical care to administrative applications such as billing and insurance denials.

During his first term in office, President Donald Trump issued an executive order labeling structural racism and related ideas “divisive concepts,” limiting discussion and teaching of these ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure ...

Last year, the CMS Innovation Center launched the Quality Pathway strategic initiative to strengthen the focus on quality in alternative payment models. Since it was created, the CMS Innovation ...