Shifting from reducing MA capitation by an across-the-board coding intensity adjustment factor to Medicare Advantage ...

Consolidation of physician practices, largely driven by health systems, has motivated policy efforts to move care toward lower-price, non–health system settings. At the same time, however, private ...

Private equity (PE) acquisitions of health care providers are often framed as a monolithic intervention, but firms’ strategies for generating returns for investors may vary. In a ...

The FDA’s framework for AI regulation, while robust for premarket evaluation, would benefit from more specific mechanisms for continuous monitoring of AI performance in diverse real-world settings.

When manufacturers and public health officials took steps more than two decades ago to remove thimerosal from most pediatric vaccines, their intention was to bolster public confidence. Instead, it ...

Health Affairs' Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott interviews Paige Nong of the University of Minnesota about her recent paper that evaluates and explores the current use of artificial intelligence and ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Provider Prices in the Commercial Sector, featuring analysis and discussion of physician, hospital, and other health care ...

Medicaid managed care has become the dominant form of Medicaid delivery in the United States, with 41 states (including Washington, DC), using managed care organizations (MCOs) to provide access ...

Health Affairs' Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott interviews Don Berwick of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement about his paper as part of the Vital Directions for Health and Health Care: Priorities ...