In 2016, in anticipation of the US presidential election and forthcoming new administration, the National Academy of Medicine launched a strategic initiative to marshal expert guidance on pressing health and health care priorities. Published as Vital Directions for Health and Health Care, the products of the initiative provide trusted, nonpartisan, evidence-based analysis of critical issues in…
Sabrina Corlette and Jason Levitis join Health Affairs This Week host Jeff Byers to discuss the new ACA marketplace standards for 2025.
Reforming Medigap could be done either by the federal government or by states. If Medigap and Medicare Advantage (MA) reform proceeded in parallel, Congress could…
Join this event featuring a discussion with the past and present leaders of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
Women living with serious mental illness (SMI) are at increased risk for adverse pregnancy and parenting outcomes. However, little is known about the experiences and…
The A.C.C.E.S.S. AI Model is a framework for multidisciplinary stakeholders to collectively engage communities, identify barriers to AI implementation, and uncover opportunities to use AI…
As the evidence base for EHR contributions to diagnostic error grows, several actions should be taken to address this patient safety issue.
Nationwide, perinatal mood and anxiety disorder (PMAD) diagnoses among privately insured people increased by 93.3 percent from 2008 to 2020, growing faster in 2015–20 than in…
We propose that Medicare should pilot a data-driven, inference-based approach to establishing patient risk scores – and, therefore, budgets – for MA plans and value-based…
Join this event featuring a closer look at a new Health Affairs research article, “Antidepressant Prescriptions Increased For Privately Insured People With Perinatal Mood And…
This is Part II. Implementing three recommendations—real-time, low-cost financial performance data; low-cost sophisticated financial modeling of value-based payments (VBPs); and global reinsurance—will reduce important barriers…
