The past decade in US health care has been defined by the “value” movement—an industrywide effort to redesign reimbursements to reward patient outcomes instead of service volume. The tremendous progress to date includes the creation of new policy infrastructure to support innovative payment and delivery models, a systemwide realignment of financial incentives, and promising reports of cost…
Results from Medicare’s first year of negotiation with other price benchmarks shed light on the competitive dynamics and payer negotiations that shape what the U.S.…
One way to begin addressing unmet needs among vulnerable Medicare beneficiaries is to identify a core measure set that uses existing quality measures.
Reduced-sodium salts look, work, and taste just like regular salt. So why hasn’t a global salt-switch happened?
Reduced-sodium salts look, work, and taste just like regular salt. So why hasn’t a global salt-switch happened?
Legislative policies that criminalize immigrants have a “chilling effect” on public program participation among eligible immigrants. However, little is known about the effect of local…
Media coverage refuting the existence of a maternal health crisis misses the mark and threatens to undermine progress. While maternal mortality statistics are complex, the…
Biosimilars drugs are almost identical copies of original biologic products. Early biosimilars had slower adoption and savings than expected; however, biosimilars launched in recent years…
The number and complexity of clinician payment models in Medicare Part B has grown substantially without yielding the expected savings or quality improvement gains. Increasing…
In the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplaces, enrollees must periodically demonstrate their eligibility to receive income-linked health insurance premium subsidies. Marketplaces can verify eligibility using…
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has proven lifesaving: Morbidity and mortality outcomes are significantly improved with PCI when compared to clot-busting therapy. However, not all hospitals…
